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Posted By Discussion Topic: 1935 Heater -- page: 1 2     37RAGTOPMAN 01-11-2010 @ 12:53 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1962 Joined: Oct 2009 HI wmsteed I think in the heaters and why they had problems, lies in the small fuel line, this must have clogged up over the summers from lack of use, and also it was picking up fuel almost off the bottom of the carb, maybe if they used the heater, like every few weeks the problems might have been less, but the hot water is safer,not unless a hose burst, and V8 FLATHEADS FORD'S have a lot of HOT WATER,!!!!!!! My 2 cents worth,37 RAGTOPMAN wmsteed 01-11-2010 @ 8:58 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 613 Joined: Oct 2009 I stand corrected on the exhaust side of a South Wind. I Yahoo'd the subject and found that the South Wind car/truck heaters did in fact have a sealed combustion chamber. The exhaust gases were extracted from the chamber via a vacuum tube into the intake manifold. Ignition for the heater was via a glow plug. I can clearly recall the fuel supply simply being a small hole drilled into the top of the float bowel of the carb, the small fuel pipe to the SW was then just stuck into the hole. The whole system relied on engine vacuum for fuel delivery and extraction of the burnt fuel gases. This could explain why they did not work well in the older cars. A couple of years ago I was visiting with a friend of mine in Idaho... he is a nut for anything old, cars, etc. He showed me a new South Wind heater, still in the original box. He had found the heater in an old house down the road from his place, which was being torn down for road improvements. Bill 36 5 win delx cpe 37RAGTOPMAN 01-10-2010 @ 4:23 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1962 Joined: Oct 2009 hi What,,,I remember the EXHAUST had a exit though a pipe, that went back into the INTAKE MANIFOLD,and never exhausted to the pass compartment putting carbon monoxide in it,I think that would be deadly., this pipe was on the engine compartment side of the firewall,the heater was mounted to the firewall I might be wrong but I think you are incorrect on this, the heater took inside air and heated it,and cycled it though the car,or truck, these heaters were installed in hunderds of thousands of cars of many makes for many,many years, and were a instant heater, just my 2 cents worth,37RAGTOPMAN wmsteed 01-08-2010 @ 10:39 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 613 Joined: Oct 2009 The thing I always found to be scary about the Southwind heaters was that they used internal air from the passenger compartment for combustion and relied on the poor fit of the early bodies for exhaust. Gas fired personnel heaters in buses, etc., and propane fired space heaters in RV'S have sealed combustion chambers, which the Southwind's did not have. The few friends I had in Idaho when I was a kid, that had Southwind's in their cars, when you added the smoke from our cigarettes with the gas fumes from the heater, it's a wonder any of us made it to adulthood. In response to some inquiries about the '39 Ford hot water heaters, I am posting a picture of the heater in my '36 cpe. The heater is 8-1/4" wide x 10' high, extends 6-1/2" from the fire wall. Bill 36 5 win delx cpe 37RAGTOPMAN 01-07-2010 @ 1:23 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 1962 Joined: Oct 2009 I had a FORD hot air heater, was a new one, in the instructions, it said to remove in the hot weather, so I resold the heater, I would rather install a hot water heater, a lot for sale at the antique car flea markets, there is a few people selling nos parts for the STEWART WARNER gas heater, if used right and inspected, just like you have in you home, they worked great, just do not have any leaks, the line that ran from the carb was about 1/8 inch in diameter, not much gas going though it, a friend of mine has a old 1941 CHEVY and it would be real warm in the sedan,and he never had any problems, the heater did not have to run all the time, I have 2 NOS STEWART WARNER heaters,in the original boxs also,,,I worked for VW, believe it or not if everything was up to snuff, they did put out heat,not the like a hot water car,but did work, the later bugs in the 1970's worked the best, but when you bought one you knew what you were getting into, just my 2 cents, 37RAGTOPMAN ford38v8 01-05-2010 @ 9:01 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 2764 Joined: Oct 2009 Bill, who could fault a guy with a left hand column shift? Way cool! I'll bet you found the same problem with your chrome dash as I had with my white '39 DeLuxe dash... Where's my shades? Alan wmsteed 01-05-2010 @ 9:49 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 613 Joined: Oct 2009 Personally, I always felt the Southwind gas heaters were accidents waiting for a place to happen. The same thing is true of the hot air heaters which relied on a heat exchanger within the exhaust system. These systems worked well when they were new, however within a short period of time, a lack of proper servicing rendered them useless. The VW Bug used a manifold hot air heater during it's whole life.... As a general rule, they were very good at supplying cold air to the passenger compartmnet. I have found that the two door '39 Ford, in lieu of the three door '41-48, style of heater works very well in the '30 model cars. The '39 is smaller, therefore it fits the smaller car better. There are several small hot water heaters that are available.... The street rodders like the heaters from the older mini trucks, Toyota, etc., the only problem is they are 12v. In looking through my photo file I found I did have a pic of the '39 heater in my '36.... It can be seen in the lower right corner of the pic. To head off any adverse comments about my '36... As I have said previously, the car was modified/built 57 years ago....the upholstery you see is the original from 1936...The chrome dash, left hand column shift, etc., were added shortly after I purchased the car. The "bud vase" came out of a '50 Opel I had when I was in Germany in '57-58 Bill 36 5 win delx cpe trjford8 01-05-2010 @ 8:09 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 4220 Joined: Oct 2009 Bob, I forgot about the heater from C and G. A friend used one and placed a 42-48 heater cover box over it and it looks like original Ford. supereal 01-05-2010 @ 7:58 AM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 6819 Joined: Oct 2009 C&G (800/266-0470) sells a very nice smaller "universal" heater, both 6 and 12 volt, as B-18450. It is 7" wide, 7 1/4" deep, and6 3/4" tall, so it fits about all cars. If you look at their online catalog at www.cgfordparts.com you can see a photo. Most original type hot water heaters fall far short of the "climate control" in today's vehicles, in any case, which is one reason why most of us put our cars away for the season here in the frozen part of the country. trjford8 01-04-2010 @ 7:39 PM reply profile send p.m. Senior Posts: 4220 Joined: Oct 2009 Stroker, I think it could be done, but the limited market would make them VERY expensive. There's also the liabilty aspect if one happened to leak carbon moxide into the car. Since there's laws on the books regulating everything up to and including trans fat in your food, there's probably a law prohibiting these heaters.

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