<VV> Weird Heater modification thoughts

[JVHRoberts at aol.com]

Oy.... too complicated and trouble prone. Heck, why not install AC, and put  
in a reversing valve and a second expansion valve and make a heat pump?  <G>
 
In a message dated 6/4/2005 7:52:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cash.case at sbcglobal.net writes:

Hey  guys,
I have been thinking... and yes, I know it's a bad habit,  but...
For Corvair cars that never came with an a/c unit (I have one) I've  
been thinking pondering and wondering if the following would  work:
(Purists plug your ears now)
Buy an after market a/c-heater unit.  Vintage air makes a great little 
one that I think would be the correct  size.
Remove the plastic tunnel. Take an oil cooler unit or two and build a  
muffler into a heat exchanger. Build or open an existing muffler and  
remove the baffles. Then mount the oil cooler unit inside the muffler  
housing. New directional baffles would probably need to be made. Run  
soldered or brazed lines through the end walls of the muffler housing  
and connect the lines to hose that would then run through the tunnel in  
place of the plastic tunnel. Into the passenger compartment and up to  
the vintage air unit. Place an inline electric motor that is switched  
so that it only circulates the water when you want warm air. Maybe a  
small reservoir unit might be needed, I don't know.

Please flame  now!   ;op