And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Air cooled VWs had a heat exchanger wrapped around the exhaust, one on each side, sat kinda under the valve cover. Then a set of ducts to the front of the passenger compartment. Many of the flexible bits involved foil and paper corragated tubes, which rodents loved to chew on.
In the case of the mini-bus, that was a long trek.
They got heat from the air blown over the engine to cool the engine, in that kind of weather inside heat was iffy. An ice scraper for the inside of the windshield was a plus. They made separate (optional) gasoline powered heaters, they lived in the engine compartment and reportedly did a good job.
I had a '56 and when the exhaust started to deteriorate underneath the heat exchangers, the cabin became REALLY dangerous if you used the heater (didn't have buckets of $$ then to get it fixed). Mostly rode around with no heat.
A friend had one with the gasoline heater and it worked pretty well, until it didn't when the jets became fouled (and became even more dangerous for the occupants).
This should NEVER EVER happen to such an iconic vehicle . Someone should be thrashed.
ReplyDeleteThe coolant/antifreeze still checks out OK tho.
ReplyDeleteIt's got coolant... just does double duty as lubricant too...
DeleteHow did or does an air-cooled engine heat the passenger compartment?
ReplyDeletePoorly. Had one. In Ohio.
DeleteAir cooled VWs had a heat exchanger wrapped around the exhaust, one on each side, sat kinda under the valve cover. Then a set of ducts to the front of the passenger compartment. Many of the flexible bits involved foil and paper corragated tubes, which rodents loved to chew on.
DeleteIn the case of the mini-bus, that was a long trek.
the super beetles improved the heating, defrosting, window wiper situations by a margin.
DeleteI still remember reading a car magazine in the 60;s. The heater was like a mouse breathing on your feet.
DeleteThey got heat from the air blown over the engine to cool the engine, in that kind of weather inside heat was iffy. An ice scraper for the inside of the windshield was a plus.
ReplyDeleteThey made separate (optional) gasoline powered heaters, they lived in the engine compartment and reportedly did a good job.
I had a '56 and when the exhaust started to deteriorate underneath the heat exchangers, the cabin became REALLY dangerous if you used the heater (didn't have buckets of $$ then to get it fixed). Mostly rode around with no heat.
ReplyDeleteA friend had one with the gasoline heater and it worked pretty well, until it didn't when the jets became fouled (and became even more dangerous for the occupants).
My dad had a 63 Beetle, you had to drive 20 miles before you would even start to get heat, and the ice scraper for inside was a must.
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