Seconded. Well worth the time to do a fresh heater core and new foam. Mine works well and even helped cut back on engine noise in the car! Not that I would subject mine to salt etc we get around here! Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular -----Original Message----- From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:33:44 To: AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family<amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Love that Weather Eye! Bill, If you put new foam in your heater box (and lube the fan motor so it spins faster), the defroster will work great. I don't know if they finished the kit up yet or not but Detroit Muscle Technologies (http://shop.detroitmuscletechnologies.com/) was working on a foam kit for your car. BTW, I don't think they have any AMC stuff listed on their web site but they do sell stuff through eBay. If you want to see what's involved in doing this, check out http://www.mattsoldcars.com/RestoreAmerican/heater_box01.shtml. Matt On 12/20/2009 4:16 PM, Bill Serckie spouted this sage advice: > Bruce, > > I drive my 1965 American year round up here in Chicago, except when there is excessive snow or salt on the ground, besided my defrosters leave a bit to be desired... > > > Bill Serckie > Coldwell Banker Real Estate & Mortgage Services > 2 River Place Suite "K" > Lansing, IL 60438 > > Office # (708) 889-2739 > Fax # (708) 360-5787 > Cell # (773) 251-5234 > > > > > --- On Sun, 12/20/09, Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [AMC-list] Love that Weather Eye! > To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 2:53 PM > > > I've been doing most day to day running around in my wife's > Highlander. Sometimes it just does NOT want to get warm inside. So we > fiddle around with the switches and eventually get the heat to work. > Probably just a switch (same as on my Corolla). I decided to run > around in the American today. Thirty-eight degrees and breezy. Rambler > started up fine. I let it idle for a while to warm up, and off we > went. Nice and warm and toasty. Every time I start thinking bad > thoughts about that car, it comes right back and shows me why it > deserves time and care. Dang. Think I'll make the Rambler my winter > car. At least there's no snow or salt here. > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20091220/7b17950e/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > > > -- mhaas@xxxxxxx Cincinnati, OH http://www.mattsoldcars.com 1967 Rambler American wagon 1968 Rambler American sedan ================================================================= According to a February 2003 survey of Internet holdouts released by UCLA's Center for Communication Policy, people cite not having a computer as the No. 1 reason they won't go online. _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com