Well I couldn't find anyone who sold a delete plate so I built my own out of .100 aluminum and painted it! I think it came out well and I used all of the factory A/C attachment points and only needed to drill three other holes. I made it to cover ALL the holes! Even the heater core and A/C wiring hole. Let me know what you think!


Here it is raw before painting and after a little prep work.



Here it is all painted up.



And, here it is on the firewall.

 

nice work man. a little ingenuity goes a long way

 

looks good. could it be welded though and blended in for a clean look? just wondering. but looks good, nice custom work!

 

if it was to be welded on there's a very slim chance of ever reinstalling heat and air if he ever decided he wanted to go back

 

My thought exactly!

 

looks very good, you need to do something with the old bolts though

 

Yea, I have some that I will be putting in there on final assembly, they have a black anodized coating! The rest of the car has not been repainted yet and I don't want over-spray on them!

 

looks awesome. Most people put it on looking bare aluminum, looks good also.

I was going to go the same route, but i decided not to when i went to the dragstrip at night. The cool night air made the windows fog up, and it sucked goin down the track.

But depending on ur climate you might like it just like that.

 

Thanks! I like it... I've never had any problems in the past but we will see. And did I mention I painted it all (even the engine bay) with a rattle can! HaHa... We'll see how long it lasts!

 

yea i made mines a while back useing a "right turn only" street sign and spray painted it. the pic was taken about a year after i did it

 

Very nice work........

 

Am I the only one who can't see the original posters pics?
Also, aluminum plate is notoriously difficult to weld to sheet metal in our cars...

 

Hey sonix, i guess ure the only one. Working just fine for me. He either bolted or rivoted his down. Probably bolted, since rivots would be a pita.

 

Ah, after viewing source, it appears the first poster used image shack (blocked here at work), while Lotus used photobucket which isn't blocked.
Maybe I should get back to work...

 

what about fabricating a plate to also hold the heater blower motor? i havent been behind the box yet to see what its all about but i was reading a posting on here before and IIRC they talked that you cant just take a NON' a/c box and bolt it in place of your a/c box..tell me im wrong

 

yeah you can swap but there hard to find for under 100 bucks... id like to make something that holds the heater motor at least... heard s-10 heater boxes kinda fit but its not perfect... these look good tho

 

Street sign ea! Looks pretty good! Didn't think of that. I did think of using some black plex. glass but when I picked it up it was extremely heavy. I think it would have been harder to paint as well.


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You can use a non A/C heater box on an originally A/C car but, for what they seem to be running price wise I could fab my own out of aluminum with a sheet metal bender and a little welding.

 

Yea it's image shack. Now get back to work!!!!

 

Here are a couple more!


Shot with DSC-P8


Shot with DSC-P8

 

what kind of paint did u use?

 

looks like rattle can. Looks awesome. Am i right tho?

 

Yep, rattle can paint. I got it mixed at O'Reilly Auto Parts. All I did was give them my paint code and they mixed the paint and put it in the cans for me. I was impressed at how well the paint sprayed to be honest. I needed to repaint the engine bay before the engine went in anyway, so I figured I would give it a try. If it didn't look decent then I would just paint it Black. Thanks for the comments!

 

Thats cool i did one similar except i just riveted it in place:

 

whgoa i didnt know they could mix paint in a can for you. thats awsome

 

very nice. I wish we had an O' Reilys around here... I just go to Milwaukee Paint (runs almost $20 per can) How much did it cost for them to mix it??

 

It cost $12-$13 a can, but it depends on the color.

 

don't have pics but i did a swap with the s-10 heater box got it cheap. $30. but you have to use the fan that is in it or for an s-10 they bolt up different than the camaro fan. the box bolted up great just different holes. so i used self tapping screws.. i'll post some pics soon