Heater Control

[Adrian S]

Hey Guys,

I want to know what this heater control is off ? C'mon someone must know. I took the picture at the Nationals last year but no idea whose car it was of. It's a nice small and subtle control panel. Or perhaps you know of other better ones?

I went to the wrecker on the weekend but saw nothing like it. My guess is an MG or Healey ?

Thanks dudes...

Adrian.

[ledge]

I think it might be of a HQ holden

[mylesdw]

Your guess at MG may be close, looks like 1970's British Leyland. Something like the BL 1100/1300 or the Maxi or something like that. I will keep an eye out for one and check...

[Aussie Mike]

I have to agree with ledge, I think it might be HQ Holden as well. I used to have a HQ and it looks familiar. A friend of mine has an HQ Monaro, I'll have to have a look.

Cheers

[Tony Cram]

Adrian,

HQ holden almost for sure.

TC

[Bryan Wilson]

Adrian,
Definatly HQ Holden its the same as the one in my Monaro.
Cheers,
Bryan

[BMK]

Hell more of that GM stuff finding its way into Cobras.

The Dark side in infiltrating...

Bernie

[Adrian S]

Oh Geeze. I've been trying to resist the Dark Side but resistance seems futile and I'm all out of 'The Force' !

Thanks for the identification guys. There were no HQs at the wrecker I went to so might have to go somewhere else. Seems that HQs are a bit scarce - probably because of the HQ racing class.

Cheers,
Adrian.

[427 S/O]

Throw that crap away, all you gotta do is slow down and it get's warm.......speed up and it cools down.......that's heater control on a COBRA.......

[Aussie Mike]

You can't resist the Dark Side

[PCC]

Is that Ford black, as per a Model T????

[justbetter]

Yeah whats the go with a lumpy contol panel.

Switch on, Heater on.

Switch off, Heater off.

The only control option in my cobra is usually the person sitting next to me, and its on automatic,

To fast swich on, WACK
A little bit fast, switch on, WACK
Bit of a chirp from first gear, switch on, WACK
Brake to hard, switch on, WACK
Side pipes to noisy and cant hear the CD, switch on, WACK

he, he, he Problem solved, leave home before 8.00am no WACK

No Pasanger

[Aussie Mike]

How can anyone lay claim to black? It's not even a colour.

Typical Ford take something that's completely obvious and claim it was their idea.

Ford R&D department:

"Lift up this here Ford V8 engine block and let go of it. Notice how it falls down and lands on your toe. That's Gravity, we thought of that"

"Hmm do you think we can patent that?"

[PCC]

Ok I'll come clean,

I used to own a rally prepared Opel Ascona (GM - Holden) in the UK. They used to be THE rally car prior to 4WD Quattro's took the scene by storm.

And my first car in Aus was a Holden Wagon (V6). I managed to rack up enough points to lose my licence in the first 6 months of being here. Good job I did'nt have my aussie licence then

Thats why I now drive a Ford

Sorry, back to the thread.

That heater control looks very much like the one found in an Austin Morris 1100 (Pre BL).

[jasonnichols]

whats this a heater control I didnt think catalytic convertors and mufflers had controls on them???????

[Aussie Mike]

Pete, I knew you were a closet Dark Side member

As for the heater controls. I'm in the same camp as Garrett and a switch for the fan will be enough in cabin control.

Too much clutter on the dash takes away from the race car simplicity. No glove box for me either.

The Denso heater I've got has flaps on the front you open by hand to vent heat to the cabin. The rest of the time it'll just blow on the screen. To control the heat will jut be a ball valve in line tap in the engine bay (on for winter, off for summer).

You should be able to pick up on of those HQ control panels for next to nothing. I've probably got one somewhere in a box of junk in my shed.

Cheers

[PCC]

I agree with you Mike,

I have a solitary switch for demisters (no heater).

Saying that, the demisters don't work and being in QLD I'm not in a hurry to fix them

[Adrian S]

Thanks Mike,

I've been in two minds about the heater control. It does fill up the dash a bit more than I'd like. If I'd been doing this job of remaking my dash in summer then I probably wouldn't have thought about heaters at all. Maybe I'm just going soft ?

Question....if you just want ambient air blowing into the foot wells (pseudo cooling) then where do you draw the air from ? Do you duct in from the front ?

Think I need to pop over to Mikes to check out this Denso heater.

Adrian.

[NASSTY]

G'day Adrian!

While in Qld on my hols recently we hired an Astra Convertible. So I could get the faux cobra experience in Vic we took it out at night. The temp got down to 10-12 c so it was just like a typical winters day in Vic except you needed headlights. Now this thing had windows and a steeply raked screen so I let down the windows and sat up straight to feel that cold, ocean breeze. Turned off the heating but cranked up the seat heaters. Boy, do those things work; had to turn them down as my boys felt like they were in a sauna

So I say stuff the heater, get seat heaters instead. Who needs a demister in a cobra? Just coat the inside windscreen with antifog stuff for those rare times you do get caught in the wet.

Check out CC's own cobraheat advertiser.

Simple install - 4 wires and two switches on the dash (assuming you want your passenger to be comfortable )

Cheers

[Bryan Wilson]

Adrian,
If you install a heater duct the air from a cold location and not from the engine bay like my car.
I have to block off the air in summer or my feet cook.
But what could you expect from a car built in England where it's cold most of the time.
Cheers,
Bryan