True - I never saw one installed however. Dad's airplane, a Cessna 195, had a Southwind gasoline heater under the rear seat. It could keep the cabin at short sleeves temps when it was -30°F outside! When properly maintained and operated they are safe - not sure how often that happens in a car though ...
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 6:43 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The only way those old VWs ever had real heat was if they had the gas > heater option. This was essentially a small gasoline-fueled furnace used to > heat the interior. Always seemed like either a carbon monoxide or fire risk > (or both) to me. > > Allan > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2021, at 7:32 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > Our '74 Microbus type II had a 2.0 liter FI engine. The one time I had > > trouble with it, I cleaned every electrical connector I could find in the > > engine compartment and never had another bit of engine trouble. I finally > > sold it after too many winter days commuting to work with next to no > heat > > and about the same amount of defrost, also because my wife never could > > master the standard with the hills at stop lights. > > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 3:39 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > As I recall, which is a dangerous thing for times so long ago, FI > didn’t > > > appear in VWs until the early 70s, and it started in the Super Beetle > and > > > Type IV (fastback/squareback/411). > > > > > > -D > > > > > > > On Sep 15, 2021, at 3:16 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > A friend of mine in high school had a clapped-out Scirocco that he > had > > > removed the FI from and installed a carburetor. I gather was a pretty > > > common home-mechanic approach to dealing with FI problems before > engines > > > got so computerized that it was no longer possible. > > > > > > > > Neighbors growing up had a green, late '60s Type III. I assume it was > > > carbureted but don't know for sure. Pretty cool car, it had rust > > > perforation by the mid 1970s and they traded it for a Chevy Vega -- a > > > downgrade IMO. > > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2021, at 3:03 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > > > >> I had a 71 Fastback that was the requisite VW orange. Great car > after I > > > yanked the Bosch FI and installed dual carbs. In fairness, the PO had > > > boogered up the FI somehow and it was beyond my budget at the time to > > > resolve, so I went the way of dual carbs. > > > >> > > > >> -D > > > >> > > > >>> On Sep 15, 2021, at 2:50 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> Rode in one of these in Mpls. back when they first were sold. Very > > > >>> sprightly yet also cheap and inconsequential car. > > > >>> > > > >>> On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 2:44 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < > > > >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>>> In 1973, I was 13. My friend’s father bought a 1968 Squareback > even > > > though > > > >>>> he had never driven a manual transmission before (he didn’t even > get > > > a DL > > > >>>> until he was 35). That summer I taught him, his wife and several > other > > > >>>> people in the neighborhood how to drive a manual in that > Squareback. > > > I love > > > >>>> them. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> AZBob > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> On Sep 15, 2021, at 11:34 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > > > >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/581135949912790/ > > > >>>>> Interestingly both Angie's and my mother had VW Type III > fastbacks > > > when > > > >>>> we were born. In realizing that Angie has decided it'd be cool to > > > have a > > > >>>> Type III. I've always thought the wagons were cool.I've never seen > > > one that > > > >>>> wasn't wicked rusty though. I bet good ones go for big money. > > > >>>>> -Curt > > > >>>>> _______________________________________ > > > >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > >>>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> _______________________________________ > > > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > > > >>>> > > > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >>>> > > > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>> _______________________________________ > > > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > > > >>> > > > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >>> > > > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________ > > > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > > > >> > > > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > >> > > > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > >> > > > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > > Von Braun > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
