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How do you keep your Vette warm

Old 01-07-2013, 09:17 PM
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Default How do you keep your Vette warm

I want to know, How you heat your Garage.
Lets see what you have?

I have a Mr Heater BigMax 75k btu. And Love it.
Old 01-07-2013, 09:26 PM
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Garage - yes


Heated - no


Vettes just have to toughen up in the cold
Old 01-07-2013, 09:27 PM
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No garage here, I run it regularly to keep it warm.
Old 01-07-2013, 09:30 PM
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It's called an Intertherm. I think it was pilfered from an old house trailer.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...e/100_0218.jpg
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Garage, no heat, at least in the winter month. I’m in Arizona after all.
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Originally Posted by ZumZum
It's called an Intertherm. I think it was pilfered from an old house trailer.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...e/100_0218.jpg
FWIW, I don't keep my garage heated continuously. Just turn it on when I need some heat while I'm out there. The garage is finished and insulated so well it will rarely get below freezing in there.
Old 01-07-2013, 09:49 PM
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I just rub it.
If that doesn't do it I take out the easy bake oven.
Old 01-07-2013, 11:07 PM
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2 car attached garage, but it is not heated.
It doesn't really get below freezing in there.
The cold isn't going to hurt the Vette or the Harley though.
Old 01-07-2013, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ch@0s
I just rub it.
If that doesn't do it I take out the easy bake oven.
This will solve the cold issue!
Which easy bake oven do you use?
Old 01-07-2013, 11:22 PM
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I don't think you need a heater, unless you're going to work in the garage.
Old 01-07-2013, 11:38 PM
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Mine has a fitted blanket that it sleeps in while its in the garage and I give it a bro hug occasionaly
Old 01-08-2013, 12:20 AM
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A 2-ton heat pump...cold in the summer, warm in the winter. Vents at the top of the picture...



Got WAY too tired of working in the garage when it was 100+ and 90% humidity.
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Geez, where's the flat panel?
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I keep both my vettes warm in South Florida all year long.
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Heated storage in franklin NH. 65.00 a month. Can't beat it. Sure miss it though.
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I'd have to take a pic of the water heater I use to heat with. I put in Radient heat in the floor. Here is a older pic.


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Originally Posted by DinoBob
Geez, where's the flat panel?
Although I wired for one, I never installed it.

It IS wired for music...and gets used every time I'm in there. With >20,000 songs in my iTunes library, I can listen to music commercial-free for over 2 1/2 months before hearing the same song twice.

I'm in there to WORK...if I want to watch TV there is a 120" projection screen <20' away

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I was all set to take a pic of my Bryant 175,000 btu furnace in my garage until I saw RichS and 1991Z07's pics, now I ain't gonna do it. Great looking garages guys, do you actually work on your cars in there?
BTW, I don't heat the garage for the Vette, I do it for me. I did my share of working in a cold garage or worse yet outside when I was much younger.
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Originally Posted by Midnight 85
I was all set to take a pic of my Bryant 175,000 btu furnace in my garage until I saw RichS and 1991Z07's pics, now I ain't gonna do it. Great looking garages guys, do you actually work on your cars in there?
BTW, I don't heat the garage for the Vette, I do it for me. I did my share of working in a cold garage or worse yet outside when I was much younger.
All the time...

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My other cars just snuggle up around it. They're a little funny that way. I don't trust the two week old Subaru yet.

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