Hot Rods Driving with no heat

Go to a good parts house,find a core to fit your box, then the hardware store to pick up some copper pipe fitting and your set,solder them on to make the outlets match your original one,it shouldn't cost more than 50 for everything.
And post pictures when yout done

 

I have a electric plug in heater. use cigarette outlet . Keeps the always cold wife happy in my coupe.
I always install a cigarette outlet in my cars for charging phones,radar detector or GPS.



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I have thought about adding heat living in MN but with no top on the roadster, I kind of view it like riding a motorcycle. no heat then either and I just deal with it. ****pit cover and residual heat from the flathead keep it tolerable at about 45 degrees so I haven't done it yet. It's a built for speed stripped down roadster and goes against the grain for me.

 

I have dealt with a car that had no heat (old VW bus)

Put an electric heater inside, plugged it in over night and had a warm bus in the morning. Kept a clean rag for wiping the windshield. Worked OK for short trips.

Otherwise, wear a warm coat, hat, and gloves.

 

Ya beat me too it! I don't believe I would know what to do if heat flowed out of the dash of one of my cars...

 

Harpo, till I can do something with the heat I am going down to Harbor Freight and they have a plug in defroster.I had one in my 64 buick wagon and it did the job.Thanks Bruce.

 

Ya, back when I was in the business, heater core came in a sheet, and you cut off a chunk a bit larger than you needed, then melted back to the undamaged plate sizes you need. That was like second day kinda stuff when you started working the tanks, with first day stuff being the proper way to dis***emble a cross flow GM radiator for rodding. Not sure if that's still how things work, but thirty years later I could probably still build a heater core in my sleep.

 

Loudbang, how did you know what I drank? lol.Bruce.

 

Wow I didn't expect all the responces, Thanks to you all.I will check out all your replys and see what I can come up with. And the place I took it to was a small 1 man shop.

 

A heater - in a TBUCKET??? HA I drove it every month. The shoebox didn't have a heater either - those flatheads put out enough heat to keep you from freezing! Love it!!

 

"We" are watching you.

 

I've had two winters with no heat, and no side windows.
Drive it (avatar) everyday, but its starting to get old.
Jacket, coat, gloves, and last winter, I even started wearing a balaclava.
Windscreen never fogs up, but once I put side windows in, I'll need a defroster. Was thinking of going with one of those little heaters the hot rod shops sell, but the heated seat idea sounds better.
Guess there's lots of options now days.

 

Bubba, I may just take a run down to Walmart.ThanksBruce.

 

Choffman, Thanks for the information.Bruce.