I started on little sub project today, restoring my heater box

[Tx Firefighter]

I got tired of sanding on my firewall today, so I thought I'd do a different little project for a break.

I decided to restore my heater since I had to remove it to sand and paint the firewall.

I think my 63 has the basic heater option. The whole heater assembly is contained under the dash rather than in the engine compartment.

I forgot to take any before pictures, but it was 46 years old and it looked it.

I disassembled it completely and powdercoated all of the sub parts. The main case is silver vein with clear and the smaller pieces like the fan and such are gloss black.

I really suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder as you can likely tell. I'm the kind of guy that will spend all day restoring parts that are impossible to see, like the blower fan below. Oh well, when all is said and done, it should last another 46 years amd look better than GM ever made it look when new.





This morning I decided to order the needed parts to do it up right. Stuff has sure gotten expensive. A new blower motor (mine was seized), a new heater core (my was leaking a bit), new resistor and gasket kit ran me 125 dollars.

I ordered from Classic Parts of America. I seem to have read mostly good things about them, and my only other option appeared to be LMC, which I prefer not to order from unless necessary.

So, now I am waiting for my parts to arrive to reassemble everything. I will post an update on this thread when they arrive.