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Those light duty running boards were the first to rot out, and the darn
heater control cables froze up every night. The gas heater took care of
the
interior but drove many mornings into the sun with a frost caked
windshield.

I put 4" fiberglass batt insulation on the floors of my '64 bug,
replacing it every winter for a few years. It really helped retain
enough heat to keep from shivering. Still had to scrape ice off
the inside of the windshield as I drove.
The gas heater worked well in my '67 Squareback, but it really sucked
gas, and I was always waiting for it to explode and incinerate me.
The '64 rotted out. The '67 steel held up well.

--Vic


Say what! Fiberglass insulation? I would have been iritated to hell..from
sneezing and scratching.


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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:04:38 -0400, "Don White"
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:55:56 -0400, "Don White"
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Those light duty running boards were the first to rot out, and the darn
heater control cables froze up every night. The gas heater took care of
the
interior but drove many mornings into the sun with a frost caked
windshield.

I put 4" fiberglass batt insulation on the floors of my '64 bug,
replacing it every winter for a few years. It really helped retain
enough heat to keep from shivering. Still had to scrape ice off
the inside of the windshield as I drove.
The gas heater worked well in my '67 Squareback, but it really sucked
gas, and I was always waiting for it to explode and incinerate me.
The '64 rotted out. The '67 steel held up well.

--Vic


Say what! Fiberglass insulation? I would have been iritated to hell..from
sneezing and scratching.

Foil side up. Never bothered me at all.

--Vic
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:15:43 -0800 (PST), Tim
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Early overdrive transmissions often had a
switch to engage or disengage the overdrive gear. "

When I was in grades chool, my folks had a Hudson Wasp, and it had
what seemed to be a dimmer swith under the accellorator pedal, which
kicked it out of ED.


I learned on a Hudson Hornet.

When I lived on the family farm, my cousin and I used to see how many
rollovers we could get out of it. :)


They were hard to roll over normally. Was the first car to have the
passengers sit between the frame rails. Held the most NASCAR wins until
MoPar factroy entered racing. My dad had a 49, 51 and 53 Hornet with the
Twin H power. They were fast. My brother wrecked the 53 when he was using
it after his Navy basic training.


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