63 deluxe heater w/Ranco heater control valve

[63 Rat]

Hi. Don't know if you are on frequent enough to get this. I'm going through the same. Have a 63. I think my valve works OK but the core is shot. What did you do to change yours? I found a 63 Deluxe core at LMC but it doesn't have the configuration for my valve. Was thinking about just getting an inline valve to turn it on before I climb in the truck. I'm in CA so not too cold too often. Would be nicer to do from in the cab but seems very expensive to keep it original. Want to eventually do that but in the meantime trying to figure out an alternative so I'd be curious to know what you did to change yours. Thanks.