Getting cold
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Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 4,606
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From: Nevada City Ca.
2015 C1 of Year
Getting cold
Now that winter is just around the corner here in the Ca. Sierra's where we live and we just got a dusting of snow this week , it's nice to have my accessories in our 55 Corvette. We do once in a while drive over the hill to Reno ( one hour) in our 55 to see friends or attend car shows.
My garage is not heated enough when temp's get below freezing at times so I keep the Carter engine heater and battery heater plugged in to aid starting the engine. We also carry the accessory winter wipers that work great and tire tracks just in case I get stuck.
Do you guys back East use the original engine heater to keep the engine water warm ( for quick starts) or even drive the Corvette in winter?
Yes! Believe it or not in the past some people did drive a Corvette in winter , I did in the 50's & 60's if the roads were clear!
Note- the battery heater accessory was a C2 item.Ok! sorry I drive my TF Corvettes
My garage is not heated enough when temp's get below freezing at times so I keep the Carter engine heater and battery heater plugged in to aid starting the engine. We also carry the accessory winter wipers that work great and tire tracks just in case I get stuck.
Do you guys back East use the original engine heater to keep the engine water warm ( for quick starts) or even drive the Corvette in winter?
Yes! Believe it or not in the past some people did drive a Corvette in winter , I did in the 50's & 60's if the roads were clear!
Note- the battery heater accessory was a C2 item.Ok! sorry I drive my TF Corvettes
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,679
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From: Pendleton IN
Pretty cool, original stuff Roy. In Indiana, you don't drive em in the winter unless the roads are dry and it's not really cold. Never much cared for the hard jolts when the temp was below freezing. When I was a kid, I drove my 69 through one of the biggest snow years in IN history! Ever try getting out of the snow drift by leaving it in 1st gear with the tires spinning, run around the back and push the car until it starts to run away and then jump back in and drive?
Back in the day, huh?
Back in the day, huh?
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 6,158
Likes: 395
From: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada NS
Once it gets cold and we have the first snow and salting of the roads, my Vette gets put to sleep for the winter....
I do an oil change before bedding her and lay plenty of mouse traps. I also put a heavy coating of wax on the chrome....
I do an oil change before bedding her and lay plenty of mouse traps. I also put a heavy coating of wax on the chrome....
Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 849
Likes: 8
From: MANCHESTER IOWA
Pretty cool, original stuff Roy. In Indiana, you don't drive em in the winter unless the roads are dry and it's not really cold. Never much cared for the hard jolts when the temp was below freezing. When I was a kid, I drove my 69 through one of the biggest snow years in IN history! Ever try getting out of the snow drift by leaving it in 1st gear with the tires spinning, run around the back and push the car until it starts to run away and then jump back in and drive?
Back in the day, huh?
Back in the day, huh?
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 1,421
Likes: 6
From: Cortes Island, BC
Now that winter is just around the corner here in the Ca. Sierra's where we live and we just got a dusting of snow this week , it's nice to have my accessories in our 55 Corvette. We do once in a while drive over the hill to Reno ( one hour) in our 55 to see friends or attend car shows.
My garage is not heated enough when temp's get below freezing at times so I keep the Carter engine heater and battery heater plugged in to aid starting the engine. We also carry the accessory winter wipers that work great and tire tracks just in case I get stuck.
Do you guys back East use the original engine heater to keep the engine water warm ( for quick starts) or even drive the Corvette in winter?
Yes! Believe it or not in the past some people did drive a Corvette in winter , I did in the 50's & 60's if the roads were clear!
Note- the battery heater accessory was a C2 item.Ok! sorry I drive my TF Corvettes
My garage is not heated enough when temp's get below freezing at times so I keep the Carter engine heater and battery heater plugged in to aid starting the engine. We also carry the accessory winter wipers that work great and tire tracks just in case I get stuck.
Do you guys back East use the original engine heater to keep the engine water warm ( for quick starts) or even drive the Corvette in winter?
Yes! Believe it or not in the past some people did drive a Corvette in winter , I did in the 50's & 60's if the roads were clear!
Note- the battery heater accessory was a C2 item.Ok! sorry I drive my TF Corvettes
I too have an unheated garage where the beast resides, it doesn't drop too far below freezing around here - not low enough to warrant a block heater, but enough to get frost on the windows from time to time. I'll snap some pictures of any winter driving I do, if it gets cold enough before the insurance runs out.
Unless I get the cheaper Collector plates on it, then it may be on the road all year long....
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 1999
Posts: 30,995
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From: Ontario
Roy,
It is getting cool here as you can see from the pic. Tonight will be ~36*F. My 1967 goes into commercial storage in two weeks. I do not drive it in snow and salt.
I do not need a block heater for the Corvette. I certainly have one in my daily driver (late model Impala) but really don't use it until the region of -10*F. Even then the car starts well without it. I do use 0W-30 oil.
It is getting cool here as you can see from the pic. Tonight will be ~36*F. My 1967 goes into commercial storage in two weeks. I do not drive it in snow and salt.
I do not need a block heater for the Corvette. I certainly have one in my daily driver (late model Impala) but really don't use it until the region of -10*F. Even then the car starts well without it. I do use 0W-30 oil.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 3,073
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From: New Jersey. The deer ate my Garden State.
This is an old photograph of my daily driver back in the eighties.. I would drive it in any kind of weather. I would do dough nuts every time it would snow.
Last edited by Trophy Blue; Oct 12, 2007 at 04:20 PM.
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