heater

[preaction]

Has anyone seen one of these ?
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http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...action/020.jpg
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[Clint Dixon]

Has anyone seen one of these ?
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...action/022.jpg
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...action/021.jpg
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...action/022.jpg
http://i418.photobucket.com/albums/p...action/020.jpg
ttp://i418.photobucket.com/albums/pp265/preaction/020.jpg

I have had at least three of those that I took off of 1946 through 1952 Power Wagons. Nowhere on them can I find any reference to MoPar, but they may have been a predecessor to the MoPar Model 36 heater that is shown in the 1946 through 1951 parts lists.

The one I currently have looks exactly like yours and has the date of 5-1-1941 stenciled in small numerals on one of the mounting legs. I removed it from my '51 B3PW and it is in nearly new condition, causing me to believe it was dealer installed in this truck. I am almost certain that it was not removed from some other vehicle and installed on my truck later. The entire installation is just too professional looking. If this was the case, the heater would have been around ten years old at the time it was installed in my truck.

I used to think these were some aftermarket owner installed heaters, but I have seen so many of them in Power Wagons that that would have been quite a coincidence. Mine appears as if it had been sitting safely on a shelf in a clean environment before being fitted to my truck. If the manufacture had no connection to MoPar, they must have in some capacity been a preferred supplier to Chrysler or at least to Dodge truck dealerships.

I was going to replace mine with a MoPar model 65 heater which would be period correct for a '51 Power Wagon, but I am leaning more towards putting the Deluxe Airflow back in.

[Matthew Ziegler]

model 65

I have a model 65 heater sitting around, the defroster vents and doors on that airflow appear to be almost identical to the mopar model, might be the company who made them for chrysler?