Projects Heaters.........who has em...are they just for sissys??

I just bought this one and plan to put it in 32gals roadster. Figure it will knock the chill off a little on a cold day! Who else is running one?

 

Heaters are for girls. I guess that explains why my wife does not ride with me when it's cold

 

yea well i like comfort.........besides this is going in a very nice 32 Roadster owned by a girl

 

This is MINNESOTA you always need a heater, sometimes AC, and somtimes both on the same day??????

 

I put heaters in my builds..Don't care if i'm a sissy, at least i'm a warm sissy when the cool guy's are uncomfortable and freezing thier nuts off, just ' cause the're cool .

 

Have one, but have never used it. After working my ass off for 33 years and now retired, why would I want to be uncomfortable?
I didn't retire at 52 because I'm stupid.

 

i have a heater in my tudor . hidden under the fuel tank . water feed , 2 speed fan & home made defroster . not as nice as "crusty nuts" , but it works ... to old ... cold & foggy windows upset me ! .. steve

 

My cut off is 20 degrees, any colder and the 55 does not move BUT I do plan on a Mojave heater before next fall cause I'm too old and too damn tired of freezin my ass off

 

anyone know how to convert the motor to 12 volts without a volt-a-drop??

 

Thats what an oldie heater should look like. Bet you won,t be hiding that to far ander the dash.

 

no we wont "hide" it.......plan on full restoration, both cosmetically and mechanically

 

i have no heat,ac,sound deadener or for that matter actual interior besides a slab of black carpet....something to do with being 19 and loving to hear my big block

 

What does it matter what other people think - and usually they don't? If you want to fit it, do so. Yes I'll run one in my roadster and I run one in my coupe - so I am a wuss? Maybe? But should I give a damn? - I am not beholden to the 'Court of Public Opinion'.

 

You could get a 12 volt motor from the parts store and put it in. This is what we do with them and it's cheap enough to do.

 

Around here only the chainers have them. AC is a different story, but even then my cars have 2-55 air.

 

I've got the same one for my roadster. I'm too cheap to get the chrome redone. I love the art deco styling.

 

hows it working out??? throw enough heat to take the chill off??

 

This month's issue of Hot Rod Deluxe has a story I did on adapting an underseat heater from a '50s GM ('54 Buick, specifically, but lots of '50s and early Buicks and Pontiacs had 'em) into my '62 Suburban.

Tucks under the seat, does a nice job of keeping you warm. Not driving a closed-cab hot rod because it's a cold fall day is just retarded. I can see parking them when the snow and salt are flying, but when we've got the ability to enjoy the car deep into the fall, it makes no sense to me.

-Brad

 

. Hey Heater Guy.... Your profile says your from California... W.T.F.???
I could understand if you said you were putting it in because of how cool it looked... Mabey I'm biased because I live in chicago and spend my time trying to start trucks and thaw out air brake systems when it's -20 below...
Either way this post got me thinking of my dad's 49' ford which was sold at Litzinger ford here in chicago. It came equipped with one option....The heater!!!!!
Another fun fact: Preston Tucker (48' tucker) used to be a chicago cop, but got himself fired for cutting holes in the firewalls of the squad cars to get some of that heat that was just wasting away off of the motors....C'mon....It's not like anyone else was using it...

 

Same thing in reverse when we read in the paper about people dying up there in your "heatwaves" in the summer. EVERYONE down here says,,,,,, use a damn fan

 

I plan on using one in my Model A, but I do live in Canada eh

 

if you use one post a pic........the one i bought i think is very cool looking, but interested in others as well

 

I have heat and air in my pickup,,,creative solution was to install it under the seat riser,,,with all the air holes and no interior the heat works pretty good,,,I hate being cold! HRP

 

Cruzr - That heater's gorgeous! What's it out of? And Hotrodprimer - good idea!
Ralph

 

cool idea hidden under the seat^^^now you just need to work on the seat cover

 

its an aftermarket heater that was made for 30's and 40's cars

 

I've been thinking about putting one in, it was 18 degrees the other day and it was cold even with the top up and the windows rolled up .

 

I like the seat cover. It would go nice with my Boyd shirt. Really, I do like it.

 

Every time I turn the heater on in the Impala it blows crap all over me, so I just leave it off. No heaters for me.

 

I got my 12v motor from grainger , you can search their online catalog for the motor you need , heres a link to the one I used for mine , its been discontinued but they offer an alternate.........http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/ww...=Go!&QueryString=2m197&submit.x=18&submit.y=9