Triumph Repair: AC?????, passenger seat, spitfire


Question

Passenger seat, foot a
I just got a 1978 Spitfire. The wires are a mess. I am working through tracking most wires. I am trying to figure what this is in the passenger seat leg space and can I rip it out to simplify? I have so many more problems but I will start with this. Thanks

Answer
It is certainly not a stock component.  It may be an home grown AC setup, but without seeing more about the pipes and the pump under the hood, I can't say.

You can certainly take it all out.  That hose probably originally went to the defrost vent on the passenger side of the dash.