Rear deck grilles (coupe)
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Rear deck grilles (coupe)
On my 75 coupe with a/c I noticed that the grilles behind the rear window have no drainage holes or any functionality. I have been looking at other cars not same year and they have openings with a some type of vent. Does anyone have this type of setup like I have? Or can someone explain why this might be. Thanks :confused: :confused:
Drifting
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Re: Rear deck grilles (Tom McCabe)
These vents are part of the astro ventilation. They are only functional on Non AC cars. There is a vacuum actuator to open and close these vents that is controled by the heating/ventilation control on the console.
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St. Jude Donor '07
Re: Rear deck grilles (bl75vette)
Mine's got 'em too. :cry
It's astro-ventilation. There's a little lever on the early sharks on the shifting console to open/close the vents. On '75s, it's non-functional(no levers). No drainage holes either. I think in '76 they went away. Not sure why they stopped with the vents though. The bolts are starting to rust on mine, so looks like i'll be making a run to home depot for some stainless.
If it's holding water and being completely useless, then it's working right :yesnod: :chevy
It's astro-ventilation. There's a little lever on the early sharks on the shifting console to open/close the vents. On '75s, it's non-functional(no levers). No drainage holes either. I think in '76 they went away. Not sure why they stopped with the vents though. The bolts are starting to rust on mine, so looks like i'll be making a run to home depot for some stainless.
If it's holding water and being completely useless, then it's working right :yesnod: :chevy
Melting Slicks
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Re: Rear deck grilles (bl75vette)
If your '75 has A/C then the grills are "functioning" correctly, they store a small pool of water for the birds to drink from. In '76 they got rid of the grills completly.
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Re: Rear deck grilles (KenSny)
If your '75 has A/C then the grills are "functioning" correctly, they store a small pool of water for the birds to drink from. In '76 they got rid of the grills completly.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Or bats,
Tom
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Re: Rear deck grilles (KenSny)
If your '75 has A/C then the grills are "functioning" correctly, they store a small pool of water for the birds to drink from. In '76 they got rid of the grills completly.
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Re: Rear deck grilles (Silvr77)
Thanks for the info guys. I figured I would have to remove the grilles to clean each time. I like the shop vac idea. Were the bottoms of the (fake vents painted black or the car color? Mine were painted black before the new paint.
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Re: Rear deck grilles (bl75vette)
Flat black.
FWIW: I just put a corner of a towel in the grill opening, and let the water "wick" up to the towel. Only takes a couple of minutes.
[Modified by KenSny, 8:56 AM 2/27/2002]
FWIW: I just put a corner of a towel in the grill opening, and let the water "wick" up to the towel. Only takes a couple of minutes.
[Modified by KenSny, 8:56 AM 2/27/2002]
