Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | |
2 members (Thomaslb, Eddie54),
166
guests, and
0
robots. | | Key: Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod | | | Forums66 Topics128,080 Posts1,056,060 Members48,433 | | Most Online14,466
Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
| | THANKS!
For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down
with Ads!  Again, thanks!
| | 
#94274 01/12/2006 4:38 AM | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 56 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 56 | Anyone have any neat ideas for the heater fan control on early AD trucks? Just re-did my whole interior, and now getting to heater, etc. Way back when I started this, I took out that rheostat-type rotary switch-on-a-clamp that you see in catalogs, which most people clamp on the lower edge of the dash. Don't know what was original. Interested in any new or differnet ideas out there. | | |
#94275 01/12/2006 5:43 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | It would have to use that kind of setup. I had that in my truck. But my whole system was a rusted mess and I tossed it. Perhaps you could mount it on a shaft and put it somewhere in the dash? | | |
#94276 01/12/2006 6:13 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 | Kevin, why don't you go with the stock one. I see them on ebay from time to time, unless you have a 12V system? Cecil....... | | |
#94277 01/12/2006 6:16 AM | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 738 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 738 | yeah, the stock one should be available and would look better than a box ahgning off of the dashboard.
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." - George S. Patton My Machine | | |
#94278 01/13/2006 6:36 AM | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 56 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 56 | I've got a 12-volt system, but I'll look around and see if I can find something original. But I'm not sure what "orginal" is.
Likewise...Go Seahawks!! | | |
#94279 01/13/2006 4:20 PM | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | I had a '55 1st panel & the red rheostat that mounted under the dash was the original on it according to the fellow I bought it from.
Save a life, adopt a senior shelter pet.
The three main causes of blindness: Cataracts, Politics, Religion.
Name your dog Naked so you can walk Naked in the park.
| | |
#94280 01/13/2006 9:21 PM | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 364 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 364 | You might want to consider the early 2 speed "toggle type" swiches which control fan speed on the defroster and heater motors.(one swicth each)...has either a black or ivory plastic toggle with either "heat' or defrost" embossed on it. They bolt to the underside of he dash. Golden State sells them and/or they come up on ebay regularly. | | |
#94281 01/13/2006 9:41 PM | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 314 | The original 6V one should be sufficient to handle the load of the 12V because the amp draw should be 1/2 | | |
#94282 01/13/2006 10:23 PM | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | I just put on some more clothing,,,no heater in my 52....................
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | |
#94283 01/14/2006 5:15 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 | Inky05 is right. The stock switch will work with either 6 or 12 volt. Its the fan motor that has to be 12volt. Cecil........ | | |
#94284 01/14/2006 11:46 PM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | Some of the switches also say "AIR" | | |
#94285 01/15/2006 12:44 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 399 | Just my opinion, but if you go to an electrical supply house, They probably have a great selection of different reostats, toggles and other choices to make it work, and still fit in your dash where the cigarette lighter used to be, or another hole that you aren't using..
Now, I have to go myself to replace my clamp on switch..
Good luck, Shoop | | |
#94286 01/22/2006 3:35 AM | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 56 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 56 | Thanks everyone. I think I'll look for the 'toggles' mentioned by 'Steveg'. I haven't used Golden State Pickup Parts for about 10 years, when I was getting parts for a '62 GMC I had a while back. Are they still around? And 'Joker': yeah a sweater every now and then works. But after 14 yrs in Vegas and Arizona (thin blood!) I need a heater in my restored '53 here in Washington! Thanks again everyone! | | |
|
|
