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We, father and I, drove '31 Deluxe Tudor in winter daily when I was in high school, winters of 1955-56 and 1956-57. Went below zero often. Had factory manifold heater and waffle manifold. Not bad at all, including windshield after few minutes warmup. No one thought anything at all of winter-driving the car in those largely pre-salt days. The narrow tires made navigation quite simple, even on inclines, given decent tread. My cousin and I developed a real winter bearcat by eventually putting knobby 16 inch snow tires (from our 1940 Ford two door) on the back, with his dad's chains over the nobbies. We were then unstoppable on country roads, city streets, etc.

Used cardboard to cover lower half of radiator when below zero. 50-50 antifreeze mix year round. '54 Buick Super was more comfortable, though!