Snow's Coming

Kinja'd!!! "ddavidn" (ddavidn)
11/12/2013 at 16:16 • Filed to: None

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So anyone who wants to get me this...

http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/cto/418770…

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DISCUSSION (12)


Kinja'd!!! lepie > ddavidn
11/12/2013 at 16:18

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I don't know what that is, but i'm sure your toes will fall of if you drive this in the winter.


Kinja'd!!! ddavidn > lepie
11/12/2013 at 16:22

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It doesn't get that cold here. I don't live in Siberia. You may be onto something with the comfort level, though...


Kinja'd!!! lepie > ddavidn
11/12/2013 at 16:24

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No, i was referring to the cold.

Fortunately, i think i have found a heater that would work in that.

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Kinja'd!!! ddavidn > lepie
11/12/2013 at 16:25

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It's perfect!


Kinja'd!!! lepie > ddavidn
11/12/2013 at 16:26

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Install in rear for afterburner awesomeness!


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > lepie
11/12/2013 at 16:57

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I'm not seeing any sign that they shipped with a heater at all, with listings for a '65 power wagon heater existing that *might* fit that, and an accessory heater they started offering in the 50's. If the 60's version would fit, it'd be dandy.

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As you can see with this '49 Power Wagon, there aren't really any good places for it to be, save perhaps under the seats. Here's one as was close to period:

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Surprisingly, this might be a worse setup overall than the "little Smiths" found in Land-Rovers and MGs and others:

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At least in the US for our late 60s-73 models we had the option of the "Kodiak" capable of much higher capacity, and some larger Smiths truck models.

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Kinja'd!!! lepie > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/12/2013 at 16:59

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First, i'd like to say that the wheel in that first pic is beautiful.

Second, can you imagine driving a car in the cold of winter with NO heater?

I can, it's called the VX220. It's no fun. Oh, and peeing on the locks ... no fun either.


Kinja'd!!! gmctavish needs more space > ddavidn
11/12/2013 at 17:00

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That does look cool, but personally I'd go for a Volvo Sugga

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Kinja'd!!! ddavidn > gmctavish needs more space
11/12/2013 at 17:03

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I don't see that on the local CL...


Kinja'd!!! gmctavish needs more space > ddavidn
11/12/2013 at 17:04

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I saw one once....not on CL, just saw one sitting in front of a house, away outta town


Kinja'd!!! RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > lepie
11/12/2013 at 17:16

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I've had to clear a several hundred meter driveway of snow with an open piece of construction equipment. More direct exposure, but not much of a wind problem.

Even a little heater can be helpful, as when I was small in the late 80s our family car was a Series IIa Rover with the "little Smiths" and we kids had to ride in the back. Brisk, but not miserable. Much better in my dad's pickup cab with a larger one. When my father was young, my grandfather developed the hack of installing a second Smiths for the rear passengers in the bed opposite the fuel fill.

Outside that, I've been in a CJ-7 Jeep in the snow with much too small a heater, and in a few vehicles with burned out blowers as well.


Kinja'd!!! lepie > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/12/2013 at 17:21

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This is the actual heater pipe under the front clam of a vx220. Really, it is.

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This is also why it doesn't work.