<VV> heater/defroster specs

[Ron]

Are you saying it was twenty below zero in Tennessee?  That's a Wisconsin 
temperature, but not Tennessee.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mark at noakes.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:36 AM
Subject: <VV> heater/defroster specs


> Ever since one specific trip in the early mid 80s when the 61 Lakewood
> was our main driver, these have been our basic requirements...
>
> This story has been on VV before...
>
> night time trip on I40W in TN, at least -20F ambient, 20+ mph
> headwinds, 65mph speed I guess...at least all I'll admit to.  It got so
> cold in the car that the LCD digital clock display in the AM/FM
> cassette radio stopped working.  My wife has never forgotten that one.
>
> I used that car regularly in the snow otherwise through the 80s and it
> was generally fine (same with the 66 which was my only driver from 74
> thru 80)...but not that time...and on both vairs I've had problems with
> collecting rime ice around the perimeter of the windshield that
> migrated in towards the viewing area at highway speeds in freezing TN
> drizzle...not an issue as the 66 is not used in bad weather any more.
>
> While my wife tolerates the car stuff well, she has no interest
> herself but does like to be warm...
>
> Mark Noakes
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