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Old 09-01-2015, 10:44 PM   #1
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Heater Box?

is this huge box in my 57 the deluxe heater? is it worth anything?
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Old 09-02-2015, 04:34 AM   #2
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Re: Heater Box?

looks like a box for your battery ---heater for your 57 is in the cab --under the glove box
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Old 09-02-2015, 09:00 PM   #3
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Re: Heater Box?

the battery box is on the drivers side... I will pull it apart tomorrow and post what I find
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Old 09-02-2015, 09:19 PM   #4
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Re: Heater Box?

Someone had been doing a bit of home engineering on that one.

I'd say that was a homemade heater box that probably was built to use what they had on hand out in one of the donor rigs in the back lot. They then moved the battery to the drivers side so they had room for it.
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Old 09-03-2015, 10:05 PM   #5
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Re: Heater Box?

ok, thanks for the comments...57 got pushed aside today, had to work on other things
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