Wow.....That's a lot of snow!
I don't know how the deluxe heater would do against that but I'll tell you
what, with that heater in my AD with my small block you had to have the
heater on LOW with the control set to 3/4 defrost of the are discharge to
the floor would burn my boot!
Joe Garcia
1950 Chevrolet 3100
Yuba City, Ca
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----- Original Message -----
From: <ADvent@thuntek.net>
To: joe <chevy1@jps.net>
Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Passenger-side vent
>
> will the defroster melt this snow? this pic was shot was shot a few weeks
ago
> http://www.thuntek.net/~advent/snow.jpg
> joe wrote:
>
> > >Does this mean you also filled in the hole in the firewall?
> >
> > Lee
> >
> > I filled in every last one of them "counted close to 50" and smoothed
> > everything out. That was the main objective of my build-up, a clean
and
> > spotless truck with some major horsepower that didn't need any
modifications
> > to the firewall or wheel wells. Their are NO WIRES OR ANYTHING PASSING
> > THROUGH THE FIREWALL OR SHOWING ON THE WHEEL WELLS......just nice and
clean.
> > When you look at the engine all you see is a major lung with polished
> > everything from the valve covers up! All my wires pass thru the frame!
> >
> > I've driven the AD's since about the age of 12 when I would drive my
father
> > fishing. I've learned to love those Deluxe "Passenger kick panel
mounted"
> > heaters" for the tremendous heat output and defrosting ability. If your
> > planning to drive the truck in the winter, I'd recommend leaving the
vent
> > because that heater is gold in the winter time. It's kept me warm on
many
> > of hunting trips when the snow and chill was unbearable.
> >
> > I can help buying those heaters everytime I see one and at last count
have 3
> > spares (for my future projects).
> >
> > The only other option that may work would be to weld up the vent holes
and
> > create a new air inlet under the fender?
> >
> > Joe
> > http://chevy1.freeservers.com/
> > http://jeepster.freeservers.com/
> > http://50chevy.freeservers.com/
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Lee Glenn <lglenn@webslnger.com>
> > To: joe <chevy1@jps.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 8:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Passenger-side vent
> >
> > > joe wrote:
> > >
> > > > I cut the vent out and filled it in on my 1950 3100 to clean up the
body
> > > > lines. If you have the deluxe heater that bolts to the kick panel
then
> > you
> > > > will be making it practically useless because you restricting the
air
> > flow.
> > > > I went with Vintage Air heat and air unit so I no longer needed the
side
> > > > vent.
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
>
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