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Scott65Beetle
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Joined: March 08, 2009
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Location: Indpls
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 Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:54 pm Post subject: Nice drive today |
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| Weather sunny and in 30s in Indy today. Took the the '65 bug out and about to really test the big bore heater boxes-no fins. i was impressed. They seemed to put out a good amount of heat. Wonder what they would do in the teens? |
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Pruneman99
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Location: Oceanside
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| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 5:06 pm Post subject: Re: Nice drive today |
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Took my '65 out today too. Sunny and 85 degrees. Sometimes it's nice to live in SoCal  |
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Cusser
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Location: Hot Arizona
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| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Nice drive today |
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Good for both of you. I still have the top down on my '71 Convertible, will be like 89 °F here in Phoenix on Thanksgiving.
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Joined: May 17, 2003
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Location: Harmony, PA
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| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 7:22 pm Post subject: Re: Nice drive today |
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| Scott65Beetle wrote: |
| Weather sunny and in 30s in Indy today. Took the the '65 bug out and about to really test the big bore heater boxes-no fins. i was impressed. They seemed to put out a good amount of heat. Wonder what they would do in the teens? |
I drove my Super quite a few years back to a New Years Eve party when it was 18 on the way home with Bugpacks 1 1/2 heater boxes/36 hp shroud. They kept the windows clear, but maybe only got the interior temps into the high 40's in a 20 minute low rpm drive. How high of an interior temp a stock set of heater boxes with a stock shroud/thermostat would have gotten to at 18 degrees, I don't know. I was working on a 70 Bus I put a dh shroud on, and wanted to check the function of the stock heaterboxes/levers. It was only in the low 60's early in the Summer, but I actually started sweating in less than 5 miles.
Cusser, we'll be thinkin bout you when it's 80 degrees in early July in Indy, and Pittsburgh, and 115 in Phoenix.  |
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Sharp64
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Location: Central Florida
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| Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 6:50 am Post subject: Re: Nice drive today |
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No drives for me today as it’s projected to rain all friggin day. At least I can drown my sorrows in Turkey and gravy!!
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