Heated Seats?

So heating the interior of an air cooled engined sport car with convertible top and leaky side curtain may be impossible without a gas heater -- has anyone tried heated seats? Take a look at: www.sportsimportsltd.com/unsehekit.html or
www.sportsimportsltd.com/afcarseathea.html

Intermeccanicas are available with heated seats and gas heaters, so both are possible. Both can also be added to any car.

Adding heated seats requires removing the seats, removing the skins from the seats, and adding the heaters. Most towns will have at least one upholstery shop that can do this. Should cost about $500.00. You also need the alternator capacity to run the heaters without killing your battery. The test is, everything in the car should operate, and the car should still run, without the battery connected. (Start the car, then disconnect the battery).

Adding a gas heater requires clearing room under your dash for the heater and making a mounting bracket. Beyond that, the installation is very simple. The kit I get includes all wiring harnesses, all gas lines, "T"s and fittings, inlet and exhaust, etc.

The heated seats heat your back and butt, which I have found don't get cold anyways. The gas heater produces so much heat that you can defrost the windows of the car behind you if you have the top down while driving, or you could just turn the temp down.

Ron from rainy Vancouver.

How about installing a t.v. in one of those things?

or a fax machine and a hot tub for the tub

Damn, I forgot to check the TV box on the options list...

I forgot to check the "other desired options" box. I would have a well stocked bar with Manhatten makings, including the bitters, and a shapely hostess to serve 'em up. If I had that, I wouldn't need no steenking T.V.

THXs for all the help. Decided to install a 2000 watt 120v power inverter under the driver's seat to power the 19" flat panel Hitachi plazma, DVD player, X-Box, Microwave in the back seat and reactive armor system. Kills several birds with one stone.