My 56 had a judson equipped 40 without heater hose outlets. It's also missing the heater boxes on the exhaust. Is there a way of getting the heater to work without the fanshroud outlets?

Or do I need heater boxes AND a new fanshroud?

Failing all that, is anyone using a electric fan heater in their bug? I don't want to chop up the car, but if there is a simple way to put one in, I'd consider that.

Harden up Pete , the wind up windows and steel roof have got to be a hole lot warmer than the Buggy ever was .

The buggy had a very good heater actually. It gets down near 0deg where i live. Any tips on stock heaters then?

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VWC-111-255-102-B 

don't know how good they actually are but these would be the ticket for stock heaters

Ta mate. Wish they were a little cheaper...

Hi Pete
I believe the simplest way is to use standard heater boxes..
the original early German ones had large heatsinks in them that give off plenty of heat'''
it gets below zero here at times in winter but the heater always works..
I couldn't live without the heater in My beetle..

the early beetles disn't have the hoses from the shroud, they stopped the heat from escaping below the push rod tubes and forced it into the car...

the later system just used fresh air to push the heat thru the heater boxes into the cabin..

You could possibly use ambulance fans [round fans fitted to late Kombis] to suck air from below the push rod tubes to inside the cabin..

cheers

Lee

What I did years ago when I had heater boxes on the car but a 36hp fanshroud with no outlets was run some flexible pipe from the heater box inlet to under the cylinders near the pushrod tubes. Worked quite well.

I don't think electric heaters will do it, however you never know.

Mmm, thanks. Will look into that.

There are petrol heaters, but are exy/collectable.

El cheapo car seat warmers from china, 12V and $7.90

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/12V-Universal-Heated-Car-Seat-Cushion-Cover-Seat-H...

will suit half backs too.

dunno how good these work (electric 12v heater)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/12V-DC-Universal-Car-Auto-Electric-Portable-Space-...

Maybe aim it at your feet under the dash. Again cheap though.

get twenty

"40W/H under HI Condition"

Oooooh..... that will make you sweat!

Hi Chris
didn't actually look at these, but have never ever seen an electric heater capable of actually heating the interior like a normal VW heater.. in cold weather..

You would need a very large engine with an even larger alternator to supply enough current to all the electric heaters... lol

although many years ago, while restoring My beetle in the winter in a carport [temp about 4=6C]
I put My wifes hair dryer into the heater duct under the body and it did a great job... but about 2400 watts at 240 volts..
so a 240v hair dryer and an inverter for 3000 watts would help... maybe two of them when driving.. lol

LEE

Yeah thats right Lee, I mean the fan pushing the air over the cylinders and then into the tube. There's a lot of airflow coming out from the sleds and it's preheated going into the heater box so it probably doesn't need as much flow.

I've run my oil cooler on the inside before, guess you don't have a full flow oil system then pete?

Always wondered if i could run a hotrod style heater in my oil system