Just stay away from a company called Atrans,...they make an APU designed by truckers,...for truckers :roll: ,.......and I spent 2 weeks just getting the thing to run right. It arrived with loose connections, loose bolts,...really poor instructions (at on point I just yanked off all the wires and started from square one). The unit looked like a 10th grade shop project.
I also can't vouch for reliability,..not till I actually use it for more than 4 hrs testing it.

 

Didn't Volkswagen beatles have gasoline heaters?

 

come to think of it, there must be some diesel powered heaters out there. I'm thinking military surplus.

 

Yup!!!! My first car was a 1967 and it had one. They were outlawed shortly after for being to dangerous. It had a pilot light that kept the car a little warm all the time. The second you hit the button you had a furnace of hot air!!

 

Steve. What exactly are you talking about? I know of many old VWs that never had that.

 

the volvo we drive has a bunk heater that uses the trucks fuel dont know exactly how it works but ill tell you it will run u out of the truck with the heat it makes

 

Probably because it was a $400 dollar unit. Not sure who sold it. Mine came with the car.

 

Probably an east coast VW. Yep, never had those on the left coast.

 

Aahhhh, the old gas heater for a bug,..here's a link to one on E-bay. These heater would cook you out of the car,...and in good condition they were very safe ,....but after some years of neglect,......not so much :cry:





http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-BU...em270186735746

 

The - 70's model Volkswagon 411 also had a gas heater in it. It was a big step above my 1966 vw air cooled camper that would only run so fast in freezing weather. The plastic cup actually froze on top of the thermos one morning on the way to Portland at 20 below after i poured the first one. Always plugged in block heater and a light bulb near battery the night before.