Hot water heaters

[Pinstripe]

How many have a hot water heater installed and can you posts pictures? I want to go this route, but want to learn from others first. How and where to mount Where to run the hoses and problems you may have encountered Thank you Tom

 

[Russ B]

A lot of other threads on this subject. Just do a search with key words: Water and Heater.
... lots of info in some of them.
I am doing a hot water heater in my cabriolet and have been searching ebay regularly looking for good looking vintage heaters. Most water heaters were aftermarket in the thirties and forties and many have attractive cases. Search ebay Motors for: Hadees, Harrison, Hot Wave, Arvin, Tropic Aire, and probably more brands I can not remember now. Many are about 7" to 9" tall, about same width. Also, Snyder's has a "kit" for attaching heater hoses to the A's cooling system. Newer aftermarket 12V heater from Vintage Air is too tall for attractive firewall mount below the gas tank on a '29, may fit better on a '30-31, I don't know; but a restored old vintage heater can fit and look much more attractive.

 

[Pinstripe]

That's what I am planning to install. Have bought a couple of art deco heaters just because I like them, and I figure they would work better and be safer than a manifold heater, which I have in 2 cars now. Anyone with pictures of this install?

 

[bettlesr]

Here's a heater I put under the front seat in my Sport Coupe. My son welded up the box and we cut down a later pickup heater core to fit. The air comes out at about 175°F. The outlets are air vents from a British sports car. There is a third outlet on the box which dumps some warm air under the seat as a seat heater.

 

[Rowdy]

I have one simular to what you plan to use, just not installed yet. I pressurized it and found a couple of leaks. Thinking I may have to have a new core made along with rewinding the motors armerature. Definately something to restore later rather than now. I think I have pic's of it on one of my albums. Posting from my phone right now, so can not post a pic. Rod

 

[Rowdy]

Looks like its on page 7 of my Misc Parts picture album. Rod

 

[Ken B]

Where did you get the heater that fits under the seat?

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

If I added a heater to my car I'd go with a water heater and was thinking I'd mount it under the floor or toe board and look for a flat antique grate to go over the hole.

 

[CarlG]

Where did you get the heater that fits under the seat?

... My son welded up the box and we cut down a later pickup heater core to fit...

I thought that explained it fairly well.

 

[steve s]

Here's mine. Found in a junk yard old truck many years ago. Painted to match interior. Previous owner had already butchered the firewall for a manifold heater, so I was able to route hoses thru that hole with no new cutting. Don't know if I'd have the courage to cut the firewall myself.

steve

 

[Special Coupe Frank]

There's not a lot of real-estate available on the fire-wall to mount a heater, so I think I would lean towards the "under-seat" or under floor-board with a register, as Tom mentioned...

My Dad's 1930 Chevrolet Special Sedan has a period Ha-Dees heater in it: looks like a miniature version of the Chevrolet's radiator, with a chrome shell, and a little fan behind it.

 

[ctlikon0712]

Here is my 6V unit I bought, still brainstorming on ideas of how to mount it without cutting holes in any metal. I will restore it before the installation.

 

[Pinstripe]

That will be very nice indeed

 

[Rowdy]

Here are some pic's for those of you that are navigationally challanged by this site. I have another one out at the farm that is abit different and will require alot of restoration work. Hope to get pic's of it later today if I remember my camera. Rod