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Packard53

Re: Packard used in car commercial

#31

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Clipper47: I still have the owners manual for the 67 Bug that I owned. Got the manual out tonight and after reading the manual completely there is no reference made to any type of gasoline heater.

After reading the manual reminded me how crude the BUG engine was. No oil filter just a strainer to filter the oil and a oil bath air cleaner.

John F. Shireman

Posted on: 2009/10/11 19:51

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Packard53

Re: Packard used in car commercial

#32

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BIGKEV: During the winter I shovel very little snow. My 8 horse Troy built snow blower does most of my snow shoveling.
Clearing snow out around my house and for three other neighbors is play time for me.

John F. Shireman

Posted on: 2009/10/11 20:10

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Dave Kenney

Re: Packard used in car commercial

#33

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Quote:

Packard53 wrote:
Clipper47: I still have the owners manual for the 67 Bug that I owned. Got the manual out tonight and after reading the manual completely there is no reference made to any type of gasoline heater.

After reading the manual reminded me how crude the BUG engine was. No oil filter just a strainer to filter the oil and a oil bath air cleaner.

John F. Shireman

John, Maybe not an option that early. My '66 didn't have one but my wifes '70 did. I do think they were factory optional as my wifes car came brand new with the gas heater but maybe not available in the US?. Yes they had primitive oil filtration but it must have been effective since many of them went many miles without a rebuild.

Posted on: 2009/10/12 8:33

BigKev

Re: Packard used in car commercial

#34

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We have a guy here at work that drives a 73 VW Type 181 "THING" (Yes thats actually that they are called in the US market). It has a gas fueled heater on the opposite side of the dash firewall. Perhaps it was an option that didn't show up until the 70s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_181

Posted on: 2009/10/12 11:57

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Chuckltd

Re: Packard used in car commercial

#35

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Quote:

BigKev wrote:
We have a guy here at work that drives a 73 VW Type 181 "THING" (Yes thats actually that they are called in the US market). It has a gas fueled heater on the opposite side of the dash firewall. Perhaps it was an option that didn't show up until the 70s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_181

Haven't heard of one of those in a long time. My late stepfather used to specialize in VW repairs. He said once that they were "cotter pin" cars. Meaning that they were shipped unasembled to save money and put together with lots of them. Wonder if he was right?

Posted on: 2009/10/13 0:34