AC Rebuild & 134A Conversion - Part 2

This evening, I had enough time to loosen the radiator mounts and slide it towards the engine enough to pull out the existing condenser.  I was quite surprised to find out how large is was compared to the one I just purchased.  It seems that is normal with the new approach taken with condenser construction now.  All comparable models I could purchase all look the same.

The upper condenser brackets fit the new piece perfectly.  However, they are lightly coated all over with rust as are the U-nuts and bolts that mount them.  There is a little rust on the accumulator bracket too.  I stopped at AutoZone on the way to dinner and picked up some Evap-O-Rust that I'm going to use to clean them all up.  I'll then put a light coat of paint on them to keep looking nice until I can find some reproductions that look right.

I've researched adding a trinary switch into the system so that I can use it to trigger a fan instead of using the compressor clutch trigger.  This would require having a shop modify the discharge tube that I just purchased.  That is possible and I'm tempted but before when I did this on the '67, the trinary switches were not good quality and kept failing.  After considering it a bit, I'm just going to use the compressor clutch trigger if I add an electric fan later.  It will have the fan on anytime the A/C is running but that is a decent safety measure.

I'm going to let all the hardware soak overnight and paint it tomorrow after work.