Some pictures of Steve Jacks smooth fire wall and Vintage Air hose routing in his '69. Click a picture for a larger view.

Quote from Steve:

"I have a 69 ragtop and did not want to run the lines from the ugly piece of plastic cover that they gave me thru the firewall at that point.

So, I took the old system out, pounded in the lips on the opening of the heater box on the firewall, then made a template from poster board that covered the whole firewall right up to the heater motor hole out of 20 ga aluminum. Crafted it smooth and flat (no wrinkles, dents or scratches..cutout for my HEI), then powder coated the piece black, glued in on with silicone adhesive and captured it behing the hinges etal. It looks fantasic and far less work than welding, grinding and painting etc and you cannot tell unless you know what I did that it's a firewall cover.....

The way I brought my hoses out is ingenious if I may say so myself . I cut an oval hole in the far upper passenger side cowl plenum that enters into the cowl/fender area next to where the blower motor mounted. This allowed me to run ALL my hoses thru the interior plenum wall to the fresh air plenun in the cowl and used the plastic cover that came with the kit with rubber bushing rings to bring the hoses thru the cowl plenum (sealing that with the plastic piece that holds the four hoses) and further routing/trapping the hoses between the inner and outer fender wells to the front where they exit/pop out under the battery to interface with the engine and air (my air is on the passenger side). It's hardly noticeable and cleans the compartment up so nicely. It is so clean that people often walk by and remark that the car has no heater and air yet the compressor is staring them right in the face. When I point this out...they are always amazed at the clean look!"