AC installed by who?

[JHertzman@domain.elided]

In AD7-846 Jerry Lewis writes "Up until, I think, the Milano all Alfa a/c 
here in the US was installed by the importer/dealer.  Considering the times 
and technology the quality if the installation is open to question, but 
definately not up to todays standards."

I don't disagree with anything else he says on the subject, but I believe 
that the mediocre systems used on the 2000 GT Veloces and Alfettas were 
installed at the factory. Certainly all of the special parts used on the 
air-conditioned Eurospec GT Veloce and US-spec GT Veloce I have are 
identical. In addition, while most of the parts numbers for the various 
Alfetta air-conditioning systems have 116 part numbers, most of those 
indicate first use on European Alfettas (116.08, 116.18, 116.47, 116.55), 
while an appreciable number have 105.48 or 105.12 prefixes, indicating first 
use of those parts on Eurospec 1750 Berlinas and 2000 Berlinas respectively.

While it would not be impossible for the importer or a dealer to install the 
European parts here, it seems rather unlikely. Certainly inefficient. In any 
case, the engineering of the relatively heavy and crude-looking brackets used 
to hang the compressors off the heads was Milanese, not US aftermarket.

John H.
Raleigh, N.C.

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