[AT] cold weather vehicles

[CEE VILL]

The heater in my '47 Ford club coupe was a recirculating air type below the dash over the center floor hump.  The interesting feature on that one was the defrost capability.  If the switch was turned ccw from off, the heater motor ran in reverse to push air from the floor to the defrost slots and clear the windshield.  Turning the switch to the positions cw from off ran the motor forward to pull air in the defrost slots and out the front of the heater for feet heat.  The heater had three small doors on the front to control air flow between driver and passenger.  The little system worked good as long as the coolant temperature was high enough.

Charlie V. in WNY

  




> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:48:02 -0600
> From: rlcook at longlines.com
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: Re: [AT] cold weather vehicles
> 
> They were pretty popular around here. Western Iowa.  I personally never 
> had one in a car.  Mine had hot water, with the exception of the 
> previously mentioned Ford with the exhaust heater.  I understand how the 
> gasoline gets to the heater, but how does the heater get lit?  My 
> Granddad had one in his 46 Ford, but I never paid any attention to how 
> it got lit.  It was warm in the front seat anyway.  And it got warm much 
> quicker than than my Grandmother's 48 Ford with the hot water heater.
> 
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
> 
> Robert L. Holtzer wrote:
> > The heater had a small diameter copper tube feeding gas from the 
> > carburetor.  Just drilled a hole in the top of the float bowl for the 
> > gas line.   A copper vacuum line tapped into the intake manifold (a 
> > plate under the carb) and provided suction for pulling in gas and 
> > also provided the exit for exhaust from the heater.  I installed one 
> > in my 1941 Ford V8 coupe.  As I recall, there may have been an option 
> > for defrosting but I didn't have it.  The control was a single large 
> > knob that pulled to turn on -- probably 2 heat settings -- don't 
> > recall for sure.  The car originally operated in Imperial Valley 
> > (Southern California) where winters weren't too cold.  When I started 
> > school in Utah, however, the heater really felt good!
> > 
> > Bob Holtzer
> > 
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