My "Late Life Crisis"!

['69Novajoe]

Well, I know this might be a little boring, compared with engine stuff, but I’ve been without a heater for many years now. You wouldn’t know it to look at the hoses because I blocked them off but left them connected. I mean why would I need a heater in California, anyway??!! But, like my son said, you’ll really appreciate it when you’re headed to the Donut Shop at 5:05 in the morning. And, in case you don’t know what Donut Shop I’m referring to, just do a quick google search for Donut Derelicts and you’ll find out. It’s one of my most favorite places to go to see a bunch of old guys, with old cars!! They start showing up around 5:30 and most everyone is gone by 9:30. We’ve been known to get there around 5:30ish and leave around 7:30 to head down the coast (PCH) to join the other Saturday morning “cruise in”, Cars and Coffee in San Clemente.

So, I asked around to see if anyone would want to tackle replacing the heater core. I mean, who in their right mind would want to do that??!! So, after a “bath” in Naval Jelly (or something like that?), I painted up the box, added some new interior baffles, found an aluminum heater core that needed a lot of “fabrication” to make it work and it was looking pretty good. It was really a hassle to get it to fit through the firewall though, but with the help of my son (who volunteered to watch from the engine compartment), I was able to finally get it pushed through!! No more cold mornings for me!!!