My first new car was a 1960 Ford Falcon Ranchero, a sort of a cross between an automobile and a pickup truck.
It was really cool in more ways than one.
It was probably one of the last production vehicles built by an American manufacturer that did not come standard with a heater!
My first modification was to add a Western Auto heater between the floor and the dash. The Falcon had a 12 volt electrical system, and the heater came with a 6 volt fan, so I added a rheostat to control the fan speed. Once the engine warmed up, the little heater would make the interior warm as toast.
The heater only blew on the floor, so my defroster was an old hand towel I kept tucked into the seat.
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