[FC] FC heat improvements

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

Sounds like you've made sure the heat works, David -- have you blocked 
the front cold air grille / vent, ie, the grille on the front of the 
'Brier -- later model FC's have a special flap arangement as oem to do 
the job -- I am told this is a very important improvement for you "cold 
weather" types.  A heavy plastic bag screwed down under the grill will work.

The '64 leaf was used with some very light duty coil springs -- probably 
a questionable use on an FC.  Having a '64 diffy is a poor excuse for 
installing the transverse spring on an FC. mo.

Until your find what you want, have you checked the market (used tire 
shops, wrecking yards ...) for a new style mini-spare that will bolt on 
(remember the FC's are a standard (older) GM lug pattern, and the narrow 
spares would fit under the rear wheel wells -- probably not many of 
these in 14 inch.

Don't know what you have for a battery, but note that a Group 51, in 
spite of the small size, still has over twice the cold cranking amps of 
an oem style battery.  Other battery options don't generally fit in the 
oem location, but yeah, I'm all for the biggest electrical capacity 
battery you can install / afford -- have you checked out the Hawker 
Energy 12v automotive dry cell types?  Super high capacity, reduced 
size, expensive, heavy, and they work great!
   http://www.odysseyfactory.com/batteries.html

Happy Holidays!

Bill Strickland