On Nov 22, 9:19*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:11:09 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:



Back in the straight-6 flathead days, my dad used to have an "Air-flo"
Desoto, and dad had welded and made a bracket which attached to the
engine head. So when traveling the three hr. distance home, *there
were cans of Campbell soup held firmly in them. half way home it was
lunch time.In the winter there were also metal jars in place full of
coffee or tea

always hot, always ready.

Might be a better idea rigging a suitable water container to the
exhaust manifold instead of tapping into the cooling system.
Still thinking about just hot water to brew coffee here.

--Vic

I always thought about something like that, only i was going to make a
heat exchanger in the heater hose. Something like a type of
insulated canister with a copper coil wrapped around it that the
heated coolant would flow through and warm up whatever was inside to
approx 190 degree engine temp. I thought of using a glass insert from
an old style thermos bottle. (can you still get those?)

In most cars, the heater works year around. The vents close it cabin
air off from it so you can use the air conditioning. and the variation
of heat or cool you want in the car depends on how wide you open the
heater core vent. So, even in the summer you can have hot water to
make coffee or tea or whatever.

just a thought.