My car came from the factory with a suction cup mounted defroster AND a
Smith's cabin heater with variable speed blower in 1968.
Jerry Murphy
'67 +4 6676
At 10:47 PM 8/23/99 +0800, Gary wrote:
>Kat, I've just realised that no-one seems to have commented on the
>defroster.
>I remember being able to buy these things in the local car parts shop. The
>ones I remember were about 1 foot long and plugged into the cigarette
>lighter/power outlets. I recall a friend of mine got one for his 1948
>Austin in a vain attempt to keep the windscreen clear - they were totally
>useless as a defroster but a great piece of Heath Robinson engineering. I
>remember that it hardly heated up at all - but that may have been a function
>of his car's electrics. They were sold because I think that few English
>cars had heaters until the mid 1960s - certainly the ones sold here -
>although the more upmarket cars had them earlier. They were mostly for the
>great mass of small Austins, Morris', Fords etc that had an interior of vast
>acres of painted steel with a Morgan type ignition/light switch and a speedo
>with fuel gauge let into it - nothing else.
>
>It would be worth having a close look at yours as I strongly suspect it was
>one of these after-market items although it may have been wired in at some
>stage.
>
>Cheers
>
>Gary Arcus
>1954 +4
>Perth, Western Australia
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-morgans@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:owner-morgans@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of KatHaus7@aol.com
>> Sent: Friday, 20 August 1999 7:56
>[snips]
>> talking to my
>> Aunt - original owner- she informed me it is a 1967!! How 'bout that!! In
>> regards to that 3rd mystery switch on the top line of my dash, my
>> Aunt told
>> me the car came with a "defroster". She said it was VERY
>> Morgan.... small bar
>> with little suction cups to hold it onto the windscreen, which
>> plugged into
>> the inspection sockets, and was turned on/off with the mystery
>> switch. COULD
>> IT REALLY BE???
>[snip]
>> Kat
>> 67 +4 four seater
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