I've been looking around the internet and I'm quickly realizing all the people that I had saved as contacts for South Wind heater parts are gone. There was a guy in Canada that had a good website but its nowhere to be found. The phone numbers I do find on old threads or websites are "no longer in service". Does anyone know someone that has parts or works on the old South Wind auto heaters? I've got a few, but am looking for a couple parts (a good jet tube for one). I know I can just keep searching ebay or wherever but am hoping someone still specializes in these things.
I’ve got a bunch of NOS parts in cold storage. Send me a list of what you need and I’ll see what I can find.
...Looks like the ones from Vintage Air are hot water heaters styled with a nod to the S/W South Wind heaters. They look good.
I can't say a thing on the Southwind heaters except they look great and a few guys have converted them to work with a heater core in them. As usual, curiosity got the best of me and I had to look up the Vintage air heater Lothiandon40 posted and it is their Streamline heater not a real low buck item at around 300 for just a heater but it would sure look great in a lot of rods. Vintage Air » Blog Archive VINTAGE AIR RELEASES NEW STREAMLINE HEATER FOR 1930-1940 CARS AND TRUCKS - Vintage Air
Here's mine, converted to H2O. Blower fits up under the dash and can't be seen. The original Southwind knob controls the 3 speed blower; small black knob on the right is the heater valve.
Fortunateson... I didn't take pics while building but the black housing is just plywood. The heater core is Ford pickup, copper as I needed to modify the inlet/outlets slightly. Blower is a Spal; only a couple dollars more than a chinese copy. It's pretty simple. I did need to split the top of the housing and widen it about 3/8" to cover the core. Southwind heaters came in at least two sizes and you want the larger. Finding a suitable core was the biggest challenge.
Thanks for the input everyone. I guess the old "instant email replies" feature isn't working for me these days. I just logged in thinking I'd have to rattle the cage for a response and I find a list of replies. I really appreciate the info. That new water version looks cool, but I'm hoping to go old skool with mine. I've got a NOS unit in the box with all the paperwork but I'm missing the "jet tube". I'm hoping someone chimes in to this thread that still works on the South Winds. I think the guy I had found in Canada had some good stuff at a reasonable price, but his website is gone so I assume he's not in the business any longer.
Hey fellas, I have a south wind instant heater model 8316 and I have no idea what this thing is about or what it would’ve been mounted in or what era it’s from can any of you provide a little information? thanks! Gary
What you have there is a heater for inside the cab of some sort of heavy equipment. When I worked on air cooled German vehicles, we installed a few of them in '68 up Transporters in the passenger area. It won't be of any use in a HAMB era vehicle ...
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