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Re: heat - how to get more air

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Subject: Re: heat - how to get more air
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 11:26:24 -0700
What about the fresh air vent flap? Don't GTs have 'em?

on 8/7/01 10:52 AM, R. Ian MacKinnon at ianmackinnon@accesswave.ca wrote:

> Folks.
> 
> During a long trip (third gathering of British cars on PEI - farthest
> participant was a "b" from Virginia - great Weekend !) ..the car worked as it
> should..everything was great..the only drawback was the amount of heat in the
> car.  When we arrived home on Sunday, we felt fricasseed !  Our non air
> conditioning cars (in the OLD days) were hot but I don't remember the amount
> of heat coming in from the engine bay and transmission tunnel. Do our memories
> grow fonder as we get older ???  I have no desire to put air on the MG (like
> some have done in the states and Australia) but I couldn't miss the nifty side
> vents in the Jags that opened and ported air directly to your feet where there
> tends not to be a whole lot of movement in the 'gt.  Has anyone done this
> conversion ?  Does anyone have any ideas except for dryer vent hose duct taped
> to the car  :) My car is a 71 bgt ..no vents in the dash and the heater
> fan.....oh well.  I tried taking the rubber seals off of the firewall last
> week (which gave me a 4X4 hole)  but it turned out be one of my "not so great"
> ideas...more breeze but the smell  :)  I an told that a sunroof (Wabasto)
> doesn't do much for the airflow around your feet...
> 
> There is a lot of conversation around installing special insulation around the
> transmission tunnel which sounds great but I glued my carpets down during the
> last refit and have no desire to rip the seats/carpet out again for awhile.
> 
> Has anyone ran a duct from the nose (behind the grill) to the firewall to vent
> the feet ?
> 
> Ideas ...
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ian.
> 71 'bgt

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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.

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