the Model A heater 

As a kid a Model A was our family car. No heater. Wear a coat. I remember Dad taking wood embers to warm the oil pan so it would start in the winter. I was small enough to stand up on the back seat and look out of the back window. Lots of memories from that old car. Once Mom was trying to back out of the yard to go to work. I was on the running board tearfully begging her not to go. She opened the door, pushed me to the grass and backed out. Right over my hand. Seizing an opportunity I grabbed my wrist and wailed. She stopped to check on me. It wasn’t even red! She didn’t say anything. She looked me in the eye and went huumph! My crying miraculously stopped. She went to work.

Thank you so much for this video Dan. I love how you use your car.

Incredible video. Loved it. Gets straight to the point, tells what needs to be told and then ends. Good content, subscribed.

I’ve got a heater similar in my 31 model A

Really cool, you drive your A in the Winter, Dan 👍 No pun intended

There were a lot of these made of various quality. This Otwell is all cast iron, but many used sheet metal covers to capture the heat off the exhaust manifold. Usually a pipe went through the firewall, and some may be equipped with valves to shut it off. Not sure if these were ever a dealer option, but should have been considering the cars were made in cold weather Detroit.

Nice

Get well soon!

I'd love to own an honest prewar car like this. It seems like so much more fun than a prissy garage queen. Can't in good conscience tape heater ducting to the dash of your frame-off resto Duesenberg..

Thank you for sharing, hope you get well soon

My dad said in the winter in Illinois where he lived as a child they used to put a pan of diesel fuel underneath the car to warm the engine up before they started it.

I sure hope you’re feeling better.

My '40 Ford truck used a gasoline fueled cab heater. Fuel was supplied by the fuel pump, only when the engine was running.

I love how it's called a "Otwell" like a French person's pronunciation of "Hot well".

What's the Bic for, do you smoke?

Being a purest with no turn signals is fine, but the driving abilities of today's drivers compels me to do otherwise.

It appears to be some sort of heat exchanger at the engine. Heat from the radiator wouldn't do much.

Does it put out much heat while sitting still, via the fan?

The Phaeton is the nicest of them all, not that I own one or anything........ ;)

Is there like a valve or something so you can shut it off?

Open window, for turn signal, because no electric signals, because you’re a purist……uh-huh. Yet, you’ve a hose beneath steering wheel for aftermarket hot air.

I would worry about carbon monoxide poisoning.