My '68 was originally an A/C car - at some point in it's past owner life someone pulled the original 350 and replaced with a SBC. Along with that swap pretty much all of the original A/C parts were lost - except the 'suitcase' attached to the firewall is still the A/C type.
When disassembling the engine bay for restoration I discovered this piece had been damaged (cracked) in a few places, some of which had been 'repaired' with some type of caulking.
I understand this piece is not reproduced, which likely explains the attempted repair. I have some questions...
1. Is there a proper method of repairing this piece? I'm not even sure what the material is...almost looks like fiberglass but it's not fiberglass.
2. Thoughts on whether it is worth fixing compared to replacing with a non-A/C repo. Although I don't have immediate plans to restore the A/C system I haven't ruled it out down the road - and I kinda like the perceived rarity of a factory A/C convertible (not sure how actually rare they were - but up here in Canada they seem very rare to find). Also my assumption is that this 'suitcase' is only required for factory A/C - an aftermarket unit would work with the non-AC suitcase?
