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Nothing "Franken" about your heater. It's just the standard F1 heater found in most trucks for 1952. I have one just like yours. In fact, just this week, I caught up with Denny on his annual Parts Safari and purchased a refurbished replacement from him. Here's a pic of my new purchase:
It would need one heck of a wirewound dropping resistor, but it could be done. That would be OK, it would add to the heater output, right? Heh. Maybe the spark chasers have a fancy-pants way with modern electrical bits and gee-gaws. Wirewounds are how they get different speeds in the first place. I'm sure all the pre-war Grey Poupon guys have a handle on this.
There are lots of converters available. Spending $10 or so on Amazon should get you what you need. I'm running a cheap converter to change 6v to 12v to power my rear view camera. You just need a converter to go the other way. Good luck.
Jim
Edit: I made a correction above. My original post said 12v to 6v.
That pic is if no help. That is the deluxe heater the OP has the standard heater
Originally Posted by Tedster9
It would need one heck of a wirewound dropping resistor, but it could be done. That would be OK, it would add to the heater output, right? Heh. Maybe the spark chasers have a fancy-pants way with modern electrical bits and gee-gaws. Wirewounds are how they get different speeds in the first place. I'm sure all the pre-war Grey Poupon guys have a handle on this.
Let's remember to be kind to each other here. There are plenty of other places to be uncivil - this isn't one of those places.
I have the same heater. I put a new 12v motor in it, if you do an Advanced Search on this forum you'll find many old threads about it. There are several ways to do it.
The way I did it was to measure the motor and go thru a catalog of available 12v heater motors to find one that had about the same dimensions, same shaft size, and rotation (or could rotate either way). Case diameter was more important than length. I found a Siemens motor at AutoZone, SiemensVDO #PM354, for $26.99 (probably more now, this was in '11). Easy conversion, a little trimming on the shaft and some of the mounting studs. It moves a LOT of air.
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pic there is, so I posted it.
