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Originally Posted by masraum
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Hahaha! That's one way to fine tune the heater.
That pic reminded me of something my uncle did to his new '66 427 'Vette convertible.
Before I go any further, he was raised on a farm in a family of 5 kids and had a PhD. in Psychology or Psychiatry... not sure which... just focus on the "raised on a farm" part... because I'm sure as one of the oldest boys, he probably helped his dad work on the Farmall and the rest of the equipment to keep it all running.
He dissected the top radiator hose in half (front & back halves) and inserted a bona fide outdoor faucet fitting (shutoff valve?) spliced/soldered inline between two short pieces of copper plumbing pipe the same OD as the ID of the radiator hose. I was in my mid-teens then and didn't ask him about it, but I'm sure it was there so he didn't have to worry about his thermostat going bad.
Yep, it had one of those round, painted grip knobs like the one on this faucet... I think it was blue, though.
The car was Marina Blue... maybe that's why. (not his)
