[AT] cold weather vehicles

[Mattias Kessén]

Bruce, I guess that was about the one and only fancy detail on that car.

Mattias

2008/12/24 Steve W. <falcon at telenet.net>:
> Indiana Robinson wrote:
>  > You guys remember the exhaust manifold heater on the Model A Ford? It
>> had a funnel shaped intake that sat behind the fan and directed the
>> air over fins cast onto the top of the exhaust manifold and then
>> carried it into the car on the passenger side. It was simple but it
>> worked, sort of. It worked best in the summer...
>> :-)
>> The defroster was a rag laying on the seat beside you or in some cases
>> having the lower edge of the windshield opened about an inch.
>>
>
> And VW used the same style heat on their vehicles. Exhaust manifolds had
> large finned aluminum blocks cast on them. With a sheet metal shroud
> around it. They connected to sheet metal tubes formed in the body. When
> NEW and sealed they worked OK, When they started to rust the heat
> started to go away...
>
> Of course I turned around and made a similar unit to heat one of my
> first lawn tractor cabs. The factory round muffler and an accordion
> formed aluminum heat exchanger. Used some sheet metal around it and a
> small computer fan to move the air.
>
> --
> Steve W.
> Near Cooperstown, New York
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