A couple of the guys asked me what the "Astro Ventilation" is on my 68 Grande Parisienne, its etched into the windows. I don't know what it means. I know the 68 GP has no vent windows, but the regular Parisiennes do have them, does this have something to do with it?
So, what is the astro ventilation? Anyone know?
Thanks, Ken
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
does your dash have round chrome vents in the shape of ball. new for 1968 in Gm vehicles, flow thru vents instead of vent windows and kick panel vents.
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does your dash have round chrome vents in the shape of ball. new for 1968 in Gm vehicles, flow thru vents instead of vent windows and kick panel vents.
No, It has rectangular vents on each side of the dash. So thats what it is? Kool, now at least I can answer these guys...LOL
Thanks..
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
As explained by my Grandfather back in the Enerson years, Astro Ventilation utilized the already engineered air conditioning dash vents on all Pontiac or all GM cars from 68 on, without airconditioning. If you fired up the vehicle, the heater fan (when controls were placed to "vent") would come on low, and stay on, as long as the car was running, and blow fresh air from the firewall/cowl inlet thru those A/C vents. If you open your front doors, you will see a black grill on eather side, this I believe was your exhaust or method to de-pressurize the car's interior. Just another means of "flow-thru-ventilation".
Great idea as my folks were chain-smokers back in the day, and I remember them getting a 72 Impala with Astro Ventilation and it was a relief to the lungs, eyes, and clothes being able to exhaust some of those fumes! No money for A/C back then.......but money for those Mark Ten's!
I'm going down to the archives now and see if I can find a write up on that feature.
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That makes sense then, Thanks for the responses, I knew I could find out on here.... You guys know everything!!!!
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
Yeah for sure, one of the most indelible memories i have of the old 66 four door Parisienne was choking in the back with my 2 brothers ( I always seemed to have to sit on the driveshaft hump too!) while both my parents smoked away in the front while listening to the gravel beat the crap out of the underneath of the car at the same time as listening to CFCW (country favorites of yesterday and today!) We had set all the presets on the radio to CHED but that didn't stop my dad.
No astro ventilation on that one!
-- Edited by 66 Grande guy on Monday 1st of August 2011 05:05:20 PM
Astro ventilation didn't do much to clear the smoke in my parents 69 Strato Chief (in 69 Astro Ventilation was standard). They smoked like chimneys and I wondered why I got Bronchitis every winter!
Yeah for sure, one of the most indelible memories i have of the old 66 four door Parisienne was choking in the back with my 2 brothers ( I always seemed to have to sit on the driveshaft hump too!) while both my parents smoked away in the front while listening to the gravel beat the crap out of the underneath of the car at the same time as listening to CFCW (country favorites of yesterday and today!) We had set all the presets on the radio to CHED but that didn't stop my dad.
No astro ventilation on that one!
-- Edited by 66 Grande guy on Monday 1st of August 2011 05:05:20 PM
Through the cigarette smoke and nicotine stains I managed to "preset" the standard 1972 GM radio to CHED as well. Wes Montgomery in the mornings and Bruce Bowie in the afternoons. The folks seemed cool with CHED back in the day
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