<VV> Drive a Corvair in 15f weather

[Mark Durham]

You boys are all wimps! My Corvairs have always worked well down to about
zero, below that, then the focus has to be the defrost. I'm talking a
EM. We used to bundle up and drive up to the ski resorts here in the
northwest, sometimes had to scrape the frost off the inside of the windows
to start, but we always got enough heat to get us by. Mark Durham

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Duane, Jim E. <JDuane at advprograms.com>wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> Add 15 degrees to that and I'm game!  What strange looks I get!  The stock
> heater is "ok" provided you start out in a semi-heated garage.  I took my
> '66 to work twice last week, travelling from northern MA to southern NH.
>  If the weather calls for mid 40's as a high and it is sunny (and NO
> ICE!!!) I'll take her.
>
> Jim Duane
> '66 Corsa 180 CVT
> Colonial Corvairs
> CORSA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org [mailto:
> virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Matt Nall
> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 11:25 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Drive a Corvair in 15f weather
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark <mark at noakes.com>
>
>
> in -20F ambient when running
> 65mph on the interstate...doing my usual trip driving late at night.
> With the heater running full blast, it got cold enough in the car that
> the aftermarket radio LCD display quit working. Everything was routed to
> the defroster to keep the window clear of ice. We had to stop for the
> night. My wife is pretty tolerant but has never let me forget that one.
> This was in the mid 1980s when the 61 Lakewood
>
> ==================================================
>
>
> Mark...  my bad....  LM  CARS  have great heat systems..
>
>
>  Earlies  run thru the rockers!!  LM's  down the center of the body...
>  Huge difference!
>
>
>  VW  Beetles were the same way... longer you drove at speed.. the colder
> your feet got!
>
>
> note:   That was the first winter I had the car...and was moving north
> that day....
> The next year I had made a few Mods....and was able to get 140F  air  out
> the rear seat vent on a below Zero day....
>
>
>  I was able to see some of the tricks in '79 while in FairBanks Ak.    guy
> said he drove his all year...
>
>
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