Rear wheel drive.

"AMuzi" > wrote in message >
> A Corvair with winter tires will just keep going. Around the
> wrecked super duper automatic this and electronic that.

"Just keep going"?
Most of them didnt

> wrote in message
...
> There is, or used to be available accesory gas heaters for aircooled
> VWs.
>

There was indeed such a heater. I had a gasoline heater in my SAAB
which could be programmed to come on in the morning before I went to
work. It also had electrically heated seats, and was a pleasure to drive
in very cold weather, on snow, ice, or rain.

On Jan 10, 10:33*pm, wrote:
> There is, or used to be available accesory gas heaters for aircooled
> VWs.

on early Porsche 911s there was a compartment in the luggage area for
that purpose. I remember reading an anecdote by Vic Elford about
being stopped and searched by customs somewhere in Europe because he
was driving a 911; the officer doing the search went straight for that
compartment. Apparently it was sometimes used by less than scrupulous
people as a handy place to hide things that they didn't want found.

nate

On Feb 4, 9:57*am, me at > wrote:
> Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:56:51 -0600 AMuzi > wrote:
> |>>>> wrote
> |>>>>> This morning I happened to click on the weather channel.I almost never
> |>>>>> click on that channel.That guy said, If your car is rear wheel drive,
> |>>>>> stay home!
> ||>>> *Tegger wrote:
>
> |>>>> No way. RWD is way more fun that FWD on snowy roads. Just remember to
> |>>>> take
> |>>>> a case of beer to help pass the time once you land in the ditch.
> ||>> Nate Nagel wrote:
>
> |>>> So much misinformation out there. *best snow car I ever had was my
> |>>> Porsche 944 with Dunlop Winter Sports. *Now that may not be the best car
> |>>> overall in snow but tires make more difference than what end's wheels
> |>>> are driven; and given decent weight dist and high polar moment I'd
> |>>> prefer RWD thanks.
> |
> |> *AMuzi > wrote:
> |>> A Corvair with winter tires will just keep going. Around the
> |>> wrecked super duper automatic this and electronic that.
> |
> || m6onz5a wrote:
>
> |> Yeah the Corvair is great in the snow but the heater sucks unless you
> |> have a gas heater.
> |
> | I do have the 'instant heat and lots of it' units installed.
> |
> | Nice in the cold, but more importantly your engine runs much
> | cooler on hot days or at speed without all the lower baffles.
> | * <www.yellowjersey.org/>
> | * Open every day since 1 April, 1971
>
> Please provide a pointer/link so I can get one.

I don't think anyone will sell you a new one anymore for liability
reasons.

used to be "Parts Place" would sell you a box full of used gas heater
parts for an old VW if you asked them nicely but there were all sorts
of legal disclaimers involved. Not sure if they still do that or not.

nate