heater fan unit ?

[jeffgair]

hi folks,

Wondering about the heater fan in a '67 1500 4 door bellett deluxe. Does it have a fan at all or is it the through draft that pushes any interior heat in with no heat when car is stationary ?

thanks, jeff Scotland

[PR95]

Hi Jeff,
They have a fan heater that has a large oval rubber gasket that connects to underside of the fresh air box, and are switched from a second lever in the control box under the dash, that is activated with a push pull action.
Hope this helps.
Regards Geoff

[Barney]

My 68 Deluxe has the same arrangement, wondering if it is original or not

[pa_man]

68 Deluxe should have a factory fan heater unit!

[Barney]

I suspected as much, amongst my parts was a second heater control panel, this one had the push pull fan control, I have put it in the car but have yet to find and install a fan

[Pombellett]

Jeff, I've got most of Rolie's innards in my shed. I wonder if GT Orph can remember what sort of heater he had, because you're welcome to it if it's any good.
Mark

[gt orphanage]

I think Rolie's set up was a core only without the fan style

[pa_man]

Here are a couple of pics of the heater unit that sould be in a "68"

[BULLITT]

all boxed and ready to go to bonnie .. scotland ...joking regards davo

[Farmer]

Yep, that's how the fan boosted unit should look. For Aus delivered cars though, these are pretty uncommon. Story is that imported cars were required to have a percentage of Australian content. 'Standard' cars had no heater, but many were fitted with a non-boosted unit as a dealer fit (along with radios, carpets & DeLuxe badges) to bring this content up. They called this "DeLuxe equipment". This changed in 1968 as the boffins changed the rules to allow full imports. Then you could buy a 'Standard' or a proper DeLuxe with the stainless window frames, etc.
For '67 & earlier, to get a boosted heater you had to find a fully imported DeLuxe. Some were brought in , and 'Doris' is one of them. She is my '66 teardrop auto DeLuxe.
Cheers, Matt.