Topic: 428 A/C COMPRESSOR

[COBRAJET]

1969 428 C/J  WITH FACTORY  A/C IS THE COMPRESSOR A CAST IRON VERSION  OR THE ALUMINUM VERSION . THANKS

[Bob Gaines]

1969 428 C/J  WITH FACTORY  A/C IS THE COMPRESSOR A CAST IRON VERSION  OR THE ALUMINUM VERSION . THANKS

If it is a Dearborn car then I can say with a high confidence level that it is a cast iron Tecumseh.

[COBRAJET]

SAN HOSE

[carlite65]

please turn off the caps. not necessary.

[J_Speegle]

SAN HOSE

San Jose 

Not so sure that the type of compressor was related to the engine size or type but more likely IMO what company typically supplied a particular car assembly plant. Because of that we might have a better or more accurate idea if we knew when your car was built/completed at San Jose.

Of course a lot of R codes were built with 4 speeds so no AC  but there is are pictures of a AC equipped in the 69 Unrestored Picture Thread section titled  69 SJ R code Mach I - Unrestored Picture Thread that shows a cast iron Tecumseh compressor. April built car