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Different on different model years. Starting with the '51 model year the heater slide control was relocated from undet the heater blower unit itself to a slider on the dash "Hudson Weather control" At least for the PAcemaker model I know this to be the cars.

otto54 wrote:

Merry Christmas to all, Need your knowledge, on step downs when were the heater controls put on the dash as opposed to the under dash units and was it different on each model. happy new year, jeff

All 1948-9 models had the Ranco heater control located on the bottom of the heater/blower box. The 1950 models had the Ranco heater control on the sub dash just to the right of the steering wheel just below the ignition switch. The 1950 Pacemakers had the control as the 48-9 units did,under the heater/blower box. In 1951 All controls were placed on the sub dash to the left of the steering wheel. There were however a number of 1951 Pacemakers that still had the heater control on the blower box but later production moved them to the dash. After 1951 all models from then on had controls on the dash.Most Hudsons had heaters and controls installed at the factory however since this was still an optional piece of equipment, there were some cars that came with no heaters or controls and a few of those cars still exist. Special delete plates were used on the sub dashes where normally the slide lever control would have been located. Hope this helps Jeff.

SuperDave; You'll probably have that unit awhile. When it gets cold enough that the standard stepdown heater isn't good enough, the attendant snow, ice and salt will keep most Hudsons off the road. The standard heater actually works pretty good... provided that you have the cowl vent open. Learned that lesson the hard way one spring. Felt pretty stupid when complaining to my grampa about the ineffective defroster in a Hudson. "Did you have the cowl vent open?" he asked. Well.... uh.... :eek:

Clutch guy wrote:

In High School-mid 70's- wintertime,everyone would make the dash to my 49'C8 sd. I could start it up and have heat in less than 1 minute!! Because of its design,it would make heat like no other and fit about 7 people. I would drive around the school parking and drop everybody off at their much newer-MODERN cars. LOL:D:cool:

That's awsome! I generally thought of '70's cars making pretty decent heat themselves off of those V8's. ..... I'd drive my Hudson in the winter if they weren't using salt. ..... and if I do I'd make use of some newer car washes have setups that spray off the undercarriage.

I'll try to post pics..

Interesting stuff! So it gets bolted to the underside of the floorboard after cutting some holes. Looks like it would end up blowing heated air at the underside of the seat cushion... heated seats! Sweet!

I have spent many winters in New Hampshire, Maine, Mass..Some in VW ! I have never used a Hudson in really cold weather since I have lived in Florida since 1965. All my Hudsons had very adaquate heat down here! I would guess that Any suppliment would be welcome up north.After looking at the instructions and template, it appears that the heater pulls air from under the seat, heats it and blows it out throught the seat riser in front of the seat. So it would heat the passenger side floor. The front seat passenger would be happy. Perhaps It could be adapted to work under the rear seat and supliment that area?

Yep ! I'm one of those guys that looks at the instructions AFTERWARDS to see what i did wrong!