Adding a heater to the Alpine

Its still sunny so I'm reluctant to take the Sunbeam off the road and remove the engine at the moment so I thought I would trial fit the heater and fan.

It's quite hard to believe that a UK spec car didn't have a heater fitted as standard.

This rubber tube was fitted in lieu of the fan.

It took me some time to realise where the heater should go and how to access it.

Underneath the bonnet catch.
I've now fitted the heater element.








With all the wires and mods under the dash over the years it was a bit awkward to squeeze in the fan unit complete.

I had to disassemble the bracket and remove the motor from the snail housing and fit each item in turn.

I should have cleaned up the bracket first.
This was supposed to be a temporary trial fit but it might stay.. except I now need to source or make the last bit of hose to join the fan to the ducting.

And connect the electrics.

And the hoses to the screen demisters





And a nice time to test the engine again... yayyy it still runs...