Using heat from engine....

[Michael C Henry]

I had the shifter boot off and it would be great, for my right hand. I installed a Vintage Air heater- defroster unit in my 84 EM, before they came with cable controls for coolant flow valve and air shutter. They tried to be all fancy with vacuum controls I used another cable actuated coolant flow valve, pull on-open and pull off-closed variations are available. I chose pull on -open so cable would be inward when the heater was not in use. Vintage Air now has a cable control lever available for conversion. I will order it when ordering something else, as the cheapest was about $34 plus another $10 shipping if purchased alone. The Vintage Air unit is small my installation just uses air from under dash as I didn't incorporate any outside air supply. For the defrost they come with two ducts that fit under the dash I bought two of the Stainless Steel formed dash vents and made a pair of aluminum "U" bracket to uses two screws through each t vent , dash, and the duct they supply. The kit comes wit a lot of extra pieces that you may not use.. It's a Cobra. a soft top starts getting things better. I wish I had a heater and side curtains in the 56 Bristol I drove as a daily driver when I first moved to Tacoma WA, in 75