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Old Nov 3, 2020 | 04:57 PM
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I am building my 76 from the ground up. It had ac originally but I am upgrading from the factory to the r134. The guy I bought the car from included this canister of r12 he had. Does anybody know if this has any value? It feels about half full.


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R12 is currently selling for anywhere from $15 - $90 per pound. If that's a 30-pound bottle that's half full, the R12 freon would be worth no less than a few hundred dollars.
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Use the R12.
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You can find r12 pretty easily on ebay or the internet and it is fairly cheap:

​​​​​​https://www.ebay.com/itm/R-12-refrig...0AAOSwmhFfoKHM

This one is about 12 lbs for $350......^^^^^^^^^^

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Careful, a black shut off valve wasn't one way. Some used these tanks for recovery and air tanks.
Later tanks use a green one way non refillable valve.
Make sure its pure refrigerant.
Im certified, it was a test question.
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