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Old 11-11-2012, 07:43 PM   #1
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Default Otwell Health Heater Door

I have obtained an Otwell #14 heater for my 29 Tudor, but the donor car did not have the Otwell door. Instead, there was just a rectangular hole in the floor.

My previous posting on this disappeared as I was getting ready to answer Joe's reply (a forward of Tom's suggestion, I believe). I looked at the space between the heater and the cowl, and there's not much room to fabricate a duct down to the floor area. The required right angle would significantly impede the straight through airflow & the throttle cross-shaft is right in the way.

I see three options. First, I could shape a piece of 1" thick hardwood to fit the odd corner, so that there would be a flat surface parallel to the cowl to mount an aftermarket heater door on. Painted black, it might not look "too" bad.

Second, I could fire up the welder and fab something close to the original Otwell part.

Or third, I could get real lucky & find an original part. This would be the authentic way to go, but I'm thinking chances are slim of finding one.

Any thoughts?

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Old 11-11-2012, 10:32 PM   #2
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Default Re: Otwell Health Heater Door

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BrianM ........................
If you go through the floorboards, you won't have to cut the firewall.
I think that there are reproductions of the heater door, out there.
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