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Post by Laguna Budman on Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:07 pm

Anyone remember who made the heater control display that goes behind the clear acrylic piece. If so I would like to purchase one if they can duplicate it.

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Post by 77mali on Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:39 am

I have a 73 heater/AC control off a Monte that says "Shea" on it my 77 has no such markings. I've seen replacements with the colored paper but listed on Ecklers's for 78-82 malibu....looks close though.

http://www.ecklerschevelle.com/malibu-heater-and-air-conditioning-control-lens-with-knobs-1978-1982.html

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Post by Mcarlo77 on Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:13 pm

No need to spend $35.99 for that incorrect repro kit when you can have this whole A$$'y for $30; plus the ride! Pulled it off a '76 Regal. This is as close to new as you are going to find used.


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Post by abajc3 on Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:57 pm

im not really sure, but i think that controls from my malibu are somehow longer, they have some more emty space on the right side and there is a bulb behind them.

as i said im not sure about it, but you might want to check that!

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Post by Mcarlo77 on Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:06 pm

Yeah...you could be right. Don't have a Malibu one handy to compare. This one measures about 6 5/8" wide. However, the portion that is visible through the bezel opening is the same width as on my Monte. I assumed all these "A" bodies used the same control style. Now, I'll have to go check that out tomorrow.

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Post by abajc3 on Tue Aug 16, 2011 4:10 pm

unfortunatelly im away from home at the moment otherwise i`d measure mine.

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Post by lagunainnewark on Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:06 pm

I went out and compared the pic to my Laguna hvac control head, there are small differences. Lettering, location of the labels, Nice piece though. Ron

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Post by Laguna Budman on Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:11 pm

Someone a while back made one at the place he works at and it looked great. Anyone remember this?

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Post by Limey SE on Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:59 pm

went to check mine from my 76 Malibu Classic





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Post by lagunainnewark on Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:23 pm

Looks like the malibu classic and My Laguna have the same HVAC head. Thanks Limey, Ron

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Post by Limey SE on Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:25 pm

I need to find one for Heat only is there such a thing for our cars or did they all come with A/C ??

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Post by 77mali on Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:53 pm

Just another darn part that no one reproduces...add it to the list. Mad It's funny the control from the 73 monte is very close to the 77 malibu but the vac lines are like twice as thick and the plastic connection is mounted differently on the base from the 77. I'll try to post some pics if I can find them both. This may be a good topic for the Parts Interchange thread too. Problem w/ the Chevy's is the paper warps with moisture. For some strange reason I seem to think the Olds Cutlass unit looking very close to Chevrolet, at least the paper part anyway.

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Post by Limey SE on Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:19 pm

This is from the cutlass one I am debating on putting in the Malibu for I like the round gauges and the rally pak style one as well



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Post by 77mali on Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:40 pm

Laughing Dang I wasn't even close on that! Well at least the words were the same font!

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Post by 74MonteCarlo on Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:52 pm

I went out and got black contact paper and used that. didn't 'stick' it to anything. Just placed it behind the plastic. Looks flawless.

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