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Post by Stella62 on Jan 4, 2009 14:14:44 GMT -5
Stella, and my fiance and I took a road trip from Saratoga CA to Seattle and on to the Shaw Island in the San Juan Islands in Washington. Was a great trip and we had a harrowing drive thru the biggest snow in 12 years in Portland and Seattle. No chains, just stock looking thin whites and open rear with 3.50s. I think manual steering helped me control it on the highway too when there was lots of powder.   |
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Post by w2zero on Jan 4, 2009 15:25:15 GMT -5
Funny you should mention that........ never had all that much trouble getting around in these cars back in the day. Maybe it was the road feel that is pretty much gone in newer cars by comparison.
I've been driving the Fairlane lately since the Dodge **ckup is having a transitional period what with a wiring difficulty and all.
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Post by ca on Jan 4, 2009 17:20:36 GMT -5
wow, thats a lotta snow! it was pretty harrowing( ;D) round here too for a couple hours.......... then it melted  we got about 6-8 inches in about 2 hours and i was thinkin "O crap, not this again" took a quick trip to the market when i thought it might stay and the 62 handled with no probs at all. not much left the next mornin |
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Post by johnc118 on Jan 4, 2009 20:26:52 GMT -5
How well did the heater work?
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Post by eliotsdad on Jan 8, 2009 11:22:30 GMT -5
It was cool to see these pictures of your Meteor actually getting out in the elements and playing "road warrior"! How well did the heater work? And the defroster? I'm trying to winterize my '62 ... and I think I need a stronger fan or something, to keep the windshield from fogging up. |
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Post by Meteorgirl on Jan 8, 2009 14:30:35 GMT -5
Did you check the defroster hoses? They are almost always cracked open and leaking like crazy. Sometimes they are missing altogether if they got rotten and the owner saw them hanging down and ripped them off.
Also check that the cable on the blend door is opening it all the way. On mine, it was barely going half way.
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Post by eliotsdad on Jan 9, 2009 22:21:26 GMT -5
Thanks, Meteorgirl ... on my 2 cars, both of them have brand new hose, and are not leaking.
I'm sure I'm getting the same flow as when these cars were new; it's just that it doesn't keep up with a modern system, where the flow is higher and better distributed across the windshield.
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Post by ca on Jan 9, 2009 22:43:10 GMT -5
plus bein tied to the AC pulls a lotta the moisture out and helps a lot
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Post by eliotsdad on Jan 27, 2009 8:32:39 GMT -5
Good point, ca!
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