Winter -58

[Heo]

Got a pic in the mail from an old friend of my father
My dads -37 Ford the winter of -58 with my uncle
at the drivers door.  Wife thought that it was me
I own that car now

[gdaddy01]

cool in a lot of ways

[Lenz]

Nice photo, looks like those boys knew how to keep warm too!  Just snuggle up to the flathead to warm yourself

[Heo]

Like sitting around a campfire

[BruceS]

Heo what kind of interior heater did the cars use in Sweden in those days?  Could they get away with hot water-type heat or did they need something more?  I remember a few years ago riding between towns in Siberia during the winter in a Volga; the heater could not keep up and it was freezing inside the car!   

[Heo]

Most cars in the 30s in Sweden had no heater, few of them was used
during wintertime. And there was a few trix if you used it, alcohol on
a rag to wipe the windshield for example or burning alcohol in a tincan
Later there was a lot of different  after market heaters you could buy.
One was the underseat heater like a house radiator under the seat
that eventualy leaked and fogged down the windows and rusted the floor  
 When my dad bought it in 58 there was no heater in it so he installed
a heater from a Volvo PV444 and electric wipers from the same 444
The water heaters in say a Volvo from the 50s is enough for temperature,
problem is defogging the windows 

[cjshaker]

'30s Fords, or just about any manufacturer, didn't have the greatest heaters to begin with. I couldn't imagine trying to get away with it in the northern parts of Sweden! Alcohol? Hmmm, are you sure it was used to light a fire? If you had enough of it, you wouldn't care how cold it was..lol

My Dad has a 100% original '37 coupe sitting in his building. I like the coupes, but was never much of a fan of the sedans. Guess it was the only way to fit more than one passenger in those cars though. Any family picture like that is cool to have. It was nice of the guy to send it to you.

[Heo]

  one for the stove ...and one for me
Yes nice to have those old photos, he sent me one
more with a colder alternative than car without heater

My Uncle to the left, the guy that sent the pics to the right.
I own the motorcycle to the right now

[cjshaker]

Heo, it's ironic that you posted that pic of your Uncle on the motorcycle. I just received this picture today from my cousin; it's of my Uncle when he was in the service. He was First Scout, 89th Combat Regiment, went ashore at Normandy on D-day +2 and was wounded in France in the hedgerow country. He's 96 now and still gets around on his own. He's been doing machine work out of his personal shop for most of his life, and still doing it on a daily basis.