WelcomeNot all cars are created alike. In fact, the cars and trucks rolling off mechanized production lines today just don’t stand up to the beauty, elegance and style of a classic car. That’s why automobile aficionados turn to Terry's Kustom Auto. We have the knowledge, resources and parts to help classic-car owners with classic car restorations and full-vehicle building services. In fact, we distribute some of the finest products available for classic car restorations, customizations and building. So when you want to give your classic car the tender loving care that it deserves, come to us! We offer free estimates and consultations. Custom RestorationsClassic Car Insurance Repairs and EstimatesTender Loving Care for Classic CarsDistributors of Vintage Air  - Auto Air-Conditioning Units Pete and Jake's Hot Rod PartsCentech Wiring Flaming River Steering ComponentsGriffin RadiatorsRetro-Sound Audio The excitement and pleasure of owning an old roadster, muscle car, hot rod or other classic is difficult to describe in words.

Contact UsLooking for a specific part or service? Contact us and work with our professionals to make your custom dreams a reality! Call Us Today At ♦ (503) 685-9353 Address9425 SW Commerce Cir Ste B20Wilsonville, OR 97070 In Business Since 1976We’ve got some exciting news from Classic Auto Air. The longtime vintage Mustang air-conditioning experts now offer a true climate control system for ’65-73 Mustangs. It doesn’t clutter the dashboard, transmission tunnel, or foot well area. Best of all, CAA’s new Perfect Fit climate control system delivers air-conditioned comfort in summer and warm feet in winter.As its name implies, Classic Auto Air’s Perfect Fit climate control system goes behind the ’65-’73 Mustang dashboard and glides right into place for a snug installation hidden from view. Not a one-size-fits-all system, the CAA unit is designed specifically for classic Mustangs, replacing the factory behind-dash heater/defroster assembly and operating like a late-model climate control system to provide heating, air conditioning, and defrosting via the factory heating controls.

When you contact Classic Auto Air for a Perfect Fit system, chat with the representative about what you’d like your system to do and how you’d like it to look. For this article, we’re installing a ’65-’66 CAA Perfect Fit system into our Project Reclaim ’65 Mustang fastback from Mustangs Plus and The Restomod Shop.For me, owning cars without driving them just isn't fun. I drive mine to work and all around L.A. But many of my old cars simply weren't built to perform in today's conditions.carrier split ac unitsModern cars have to start and stop reliably, idle in traffic, and cruise at freeway speeds. fan motor for ac unit not workingI always want to keep my cars as original-looking as possible, but when I can improve a car for safety or functional reasons, I'll do it.how much are 2 ton ac units

Fortunately, I've discovered a number of products and technologies that solve many problems common to old cars and help make them much more reliable to drive. For example, overheating can be a big issue. Most old cars have nonpressurized cooling systems, and if the car runs too hot, the coolant boils and overflows. Today's pressurized systems might fail in a plume of steam, but they are more effective at heat transfer, and they keep the coolant from boiling. In older cars, when the coolant boils over, the quick fix is to top off the radiator with water. But each time you do that you're diluting the coolant, and in California, at least, you're pouring water into the radiator that contains minerals harmful to the vehicle. Many of my cars sit for a month or two between drives, so sometimes I'd find green corrosion all around the radiator pipes and drainage petcocks.Now I use a terrific product called Evans Waterless Coolant. Since there's no water in it, it can't corrode anything. It's also good for the life of the car.

I've had it in my replica 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic for 14 years, and the coolant is as clean as the day it went in. Even better, it doesn't boil up to 375 F, so your car won't overheat. And it's good to minus 40 F, so it also acts as an antifreeze. At $44 a gallon, it can cost several hundred dollars to fill a big radiator. But if you have a valuable antique car, this product is worth every penny.Another great idea is called frictionless, or induction, braking. With a Telma induction brake setup, there's no wear and tear on the conventional brake parts. It's essentially an electromagnetic retarder. A pair of ventilated rotors is attached to the center of the driveshaft. (You may have to cut your driveshaft in two and shorten it to accommodate the new rotor assembly.) Instead of calipers, like a conventional disc brake, you have a stator that's attached to the chassis but separated from the disc by an air gap. Electricity flows through the stator coils, creating powerful electromagnetic fields with alternate polarities.

As the rotors pass through these fields, eddy currents are generated that retard the rotors, which in turn slow the driveshaft. Most of the heat that's produced by braking is dissipated through the rotor vanes. The air gap means there's no friction.I installed the system in my 1941 American LaFrance 600 Series firetruck, which is equipped with huge hydraulic drums aided by power assist. The original brakes are only fade-free up to about 40 mph. So I put a Gear Vendors overdrive unit in the truck, and it's now capable of going up to 75 mph on the freeway. With a Telma unit, I barely use the brakes. Approaching an intersection, for example, I just tap the pedal and the Telma unit slows me right down. When I get closer, I step fully on the brakes to reach a complete stop. I don't think I'll have to do a brake job on this truck for 10 years.There's a cure for antique charging systems too. I have a 1937 Cord 812 Westchester sedan with a vacuum--electric, four-speed Bendix semiautomatic transmission.

Operating its shifter required more electricity at low speeds than the car's 6-volt generator could supply. Even worse, when I pulled up to a light at night, the lights dimmed and the radio went oooohhhh. The generator was probably sufficient for the original lights, but I had installed 6-volt halogen bulbs that are much brighter and need more current to operate. To increase the charge at a stoplight, I had to quickly depress the clutch pedal and rev the engine. That ran the generator a little faster and brightened the lights a bit.In cases like this, a lot of people install a 6-volt alternator or even convert to a 12-volt system, but a Cord is a very special vintage car. I didn't want to change the appearance of the engine, so I installed a Gener-Nator, which converts an original 6-volt (or 12-volt) generator into a 50- to 60-watt alternator. The generator still looks the same, but internally it's all updated. The voltage regulator is built-in, and there's even a little fan to cool the device.