What heater did you guys use in your hot rods??

I'm shoppin around for a heater for my sedan and was wanderin what you guys have used.

 

I am using a MARADYNE ....

http://www.maradyne.com/maradyne_mobile/products/heaters/5000.html

 

Heater ??????

 

I put a Mr. 40's heater in my '29 roadster. It's about the size of a shoebox -- and pretty worthless in an open car. I get more heat thru the shift lever hole in the floorboards.

In my rpu I wired a receptacle into the seat stand (similar to a cigar lighter receptacle, but heavy-duty) -- and plug in a heated motorcycle vest. It eliminates the need for plumbing hoses, and puts the heat right where I need it. It's probably not what you want to do in a sedan -- but it's a cheap easy way to get you thru the winter.

 

i have an old 40s heater im gonna modify...

 

I was gonna use this one but i sold it instead. I dont know anything about it but it looked cool when i bought it.

 

'39 Chevrolet Deluxe Round core, fan motor in the middle, in the
40 GMC, works fine.

Modified a vacuum cleaner attachment for a defroster duct end under the dash with one of them aluminum hot air tubes off a newer car air cleaner for the duct + Duct Tape!

 

Early 80s Chryco K car is very small and compact, has defroster outlets, has a small 3 lever control head, and is usually free or next to nothing when you find one.

 

80s Ford Ranger truck. There small, but all the controls - fan and defroster are built into it. My Son installed one In My Merc and His. Work great. FEDER

 

15 feet of hose from one water outlet back to the other.Stick the hose under your coat.It's an open roadster.

 

if it will be going in the sedan in your avatar you can't buy no new fangled heater. get yourself an old one at the swap meet or ebay. stay away from the round core GM ones... if the core is bad it costs a fortune to get it redone... though you can stick a new parts house square core in it and no one will know the difference, with these old ones you put the water on/off valve in the heater hose and away you go.

 

Thanks guys, any more suggestions?

 

My thought exactly!!!

 

I'm running a Mojave heater, available through JEG'S mail order. It's light, compact and does a GREAT job of heating a whole car! It's a self-contained unit that includes the fan, core and wiring. A remote-mounted knob is also included with three speed positions for the fan. All you need to do is to hook up one wire to a good ground, another wire to a 12v source, and two coolant lines to the core.

I went with the optional plenum kit that includes fully adjustable air vents and an outlet that can be hooked to your defroster, which I used to join into the car's original "Y" shaped defroster duct.

It works perfectly and throws more than enough heat!

I'd use another one again in an instant!!

 

Heres my 2 ideas, I actually have done them.... First in my wifes '58 bel air, someone took out the originall heater and EVERYTHING that went with it, so after pricing everything, I couldn't afford to replace it so I went to the pull and save yard and got a complete heater out of a '71 DATSUN pickup. It is fully self contained, levers, floor-level and defroster ductwork, core, fan, and mounting bolts-----> $6.75...works PERFECT!!!! The next one is a little more spendy----> $25.00!! I went to the same place and got an under dash A/C unit. It even has the GM stickers on it still, took off the A/C hose, and ran water thru it in place of the freon!!! Now it "looks" like I have cl***ic under dash air but it is actually heat. To work the defrost I hooked up small vacuum cleaner hose from the side vents of the unit and attached the other end to the defrost outlets on the car. The ONLY down fall to this set up is the heat is at waist height and doesn't blow warm air on your feet!!! Ken

 

vintage air where the gas tank use to be. I did have a van aux heater that was small and easy to mount with a 2 speed motor.

 

Not saying that I'm going to drive it during the coldest days but it got to a whole 2 degrees thurs. mornin.

 

When we s****ped a rotted '60sish British Ford (?) ****** that had fallen apart, I nabbed the heater. 12V fan, small and compact like a '30's car heater. Odds are if you can find one it will be really cheap. I think you'll find something similar in most of those older European cars.

 

JC Whitney use to carry a small, compact unit....Probably still do

 

im using my oe heater that came in my truck

 

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2002893/c-10101/Nty-
1/p-2002893/Ntx-mode+matchallpartial/N-10101/tf-Browse/s-10101/Ntk-AllTextSearchGroup?Ntt=Heater

 

Being on the east coast if you want to run your car and be comfortable, you've got to have a heater.
I used the small box style heaters in my'33 P/U and my '31 C-dan, and they worked great. They throw a lot of heat with the fan on and you can open or close the flaps if you want more heat on one side of the car.
I ran the heater hoses down along the cowl on the inside and the side of the frame so I didn't have the heater hook-ups popping through the firewalls.
I got mine from Southern Rods, but other people have them.
http://www.southernrods.com/categories/heating-and-cooling/heaters/products/product-860.html
LSM

 

...60's up to about 72 Ford pickup work real well, self contained,all on inside of firewall, get the switch w/ it, it's a 3 speed; are usually very reasonable, new cores are available at radiator shops, also reasonable.

 

CAN"T beat an ARMSTONG

 

That's ARMSTRONG I previewed it & still got it wrong.

 

I'm using a good ol ****ies brand jacket, gloves and a beanie!! Ha ha

 

That is what I have in the spacetruck and in the Sea Hag.

Southern rods has them the cheapest I have found at around 100 bucks and it includes the fan control switch.

 

1936-1938 Dodge / Plymouth heaters are excellent. They look cool with a deco look, are very compact and mount easily to the firewall.

 

I use the hole in my shifter boot, heat is the one thing I have too much of coming up through the floor. Its a HOT ROD!

 

Used a ford PU core, 60's vintage w/a core mounted fan...blowing hot air downward directly onto the feet! Worked great.
Also was handy when tied up in traffic on hot weather days, till it roasted you out of the car!