Sunday, I unexpectedly got caught in a snow storm in my '30 CCPU and here is the performance report. I thought the forecast high was for cloudy, no precip and +25F. It was 14F when I headed 20 or so miles west to Independence, MO, a large town, but relatively easy to navigate. My intent was to help my wife get her disabled mom to church, and afterward have lunch with the family. Part way through the 11:00 hour, I realized it was snowing hard and building up and the 7.50X16 Firestones on the back are helpless in snow. I told Laurie that she and her mom would would have to figure out how to get in and out of the Buick, navigate steps in the snow with a walker, etc. ,because I'm leaving now to try to get the A home. (I volunteered my son-in-law to help the ladies). Here's the report: The streets were slick, traffic moving slow, and for the most part I was able to time my approach to traffic lights so I could keep my momentum up. Forward traction was poor and sometimes slithery, but braking and steering was OK. The manifold heater is adequate at 25F and above, but it was 14F with a 12 mph north wind gusting to 25 making the cabin survivable, but not comfortable, especially when wearing dress shoes. When I got out of town and on the two-lane country roads, the wind had done a pretty good job of blowing the roads clear and visibility was 1/4 to 3/8 mi. so I cruised at about 40. The last time that I reported here on fordbarn that snow filters through the radiator and through the manifold heater, exiting into the cabin as a mist of water, some all-knowing genious responded and said that doesn't happen. Well sorry, it does! Maybe he had cardboard on his radiator. I didn't take pics, but you can see my CCPU on my website, olympicspeedsters.com by clicking on "Gallery". BTW, the website is for you to enjoy, as I'm too old to want to generate a lot of work volume.
. Jeff
