This thread Will never die!

Just the por ol' thang's way of saying it missed you, and it has been neglected.

 

When I was 16, The heater went out in my '76 audi fox... This was '87 we put a few propane heaters in the sled with us on long night trips from a friends cabin 200 miles north of me.

These day's we'd be stopped as a mobile meth lab

 

I guess you guys aren't old enough to have owned one of the old Volkswagons. No heat. We all drove with ice scrapers to use on the inside of the window. Great little car but its a lot more fun remembering Volkswagons winters than living them

 

Who don't remember veedubs in the early days? A buddy of mine had a microbus with no heat (this in CT.) It would go anywhere you could see, and some you couldn't. Took two drivers, one to steer and gear, the other to scrape and spot. Extras to push out of the drifts. (Good thing we were in the Navy, seldom had less than 4 in it.)

 

Ah, the good old days, eh ghrit

 

Phui. Back then, nothing would slow us down. These days, we think twice, then get out a few sticks of wood and light off the fireplace instead. Not so sure which is the more fun, come to think of it.

 

Everything in its own time

 

They were fun little cars. I had several, one even bought new with every option available - a wood grain steering wheel and shift knob. Total price in 1969 was $1,195. My favorite was one I bought used that had been rolled and the roof was caved in. Paid $300, used a bathroom plunger to pop out the roof, spray painted it with a few cans of rustoleum, drove it as a second car for 6 yrs and sold it for $900. The only thing I ever did to it was a new battery and a few more cans of Rustoleum for touch-up. When you're young and poor, everything seem like fun.

 

Just realized that about old VW. Rear engine+Air Cooled=No heat.

My parents had a Bus and drove it all over Colorado after he got out of the Army. I was prolly the result of one of those cold nights..

 

No doubt

 

Wrong, BTU breath. VWs and Corvairs both had heat (when it worked.) In the early versions, there was an optional gasoline fired heater in the nose. Later versions had ducted engine cooling air into the passenger spaces. Neither methods were too effective, but I was able to dress for it with my Vair in northern Michigan. Can you say chilly mornings all day long? Brrr.

 

I always figured that the VW heating system was German retribution for WWII