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 Posted: 04-20-2005 09:23 pm
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Mark Rosenbaum



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 According to the Parts Cross Reference in the Club Garage archives, the heater used in the JH is very similar if not identical to the one used in the Hillman Hunter.  However, since the actual manufacturer of the heater was Delanair, it occurred to me that similar heaters might be found in other British cars as well.  Based on the limited information provided by a fairly thorough web search, this seems to be the case.

I found a heater system line drawing for a Ford (UK) Corsair at 

http://members.aol.com/fcoc/  .

The Corsair predates the JH by a decade or so.  While it's clear from the drawing that its heater is not identical to that used in the JH, a lot of the parts look amazingly similar and may in fact interchange.  For that matter, since Ford is involved, there may be warehouses full of heater parts somewhere....

If nothing else, one catches a glimpse of how the Delanair heater design evolved over the years.