"fried or froze" sounds like B-52 heating system.
Wilton
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From: "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: vw antartica
Could have a Webasto heater, those were available equipment.
My mother's first car was a similar era beetle. She said the problem
wasn't in having enough heat it was in being able to control it
adequately. Apparently you either fried or froze, there were no in between
settings.
Living in northern Maine and the land of harsh winters my mother had a
Type 3 VW which had totally inadequate heat which knowing my Dad was
probably enhanced by totally rotten heat exchangers. Anyway they had a
small catalytic propane heater which would heat the inside of the car in
about 2 minutes. However you had to be really careful because it was so
hot it would melt the dash... The car is gone, blew a rod out through the
side of the case on I-95 one day but still made it home. The heater lives
on in my Uncle's airplane...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:14:22 -0500
From: Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net>
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: vw antartica
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Craig wrote:
A video to amuse you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_FftkcIIdg
This isn't what I've heard about Beetles driven in Michigan in the winter:
"Despite the cold outside, the heater keeps the inside comfortable.
The demister keeps the windscreen clear."
Mitch.
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