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Yes please! And a bonus - there's a Maserati Sebring on the left, oh yes and a sporty Beetle to the right.

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10 hours ago, Mr Pastry said:

When my father was in West Africa in the 1950s, British cars were disliked because they didn't have heaters, while the competing French and German cars did.  Apparently nobody in Britain had realised that some tropical places can get very cold at night, and you do actually need a heater.  

Many workshop manuals from the 1950s/60s have instructions on fitting a heater, so it wasn't unusual to have a new car supplied without one.  My 1957 Austin A35 and 1962 Sprite had no heaters from the factory, and aftermarket ones fitted later.  

I think fleet buyers could be especially penny-pinching, and I heard a story of a sales rep with a company Ford 100E, propping the rear edge of the front-hinged bonnet open in the winter to try and get some demist air over the screen.   It wouldn't have had a radio either.  Miserable.

Come to think of it, i read recently that the 1950s type Wolseley Police cars weren't fitted with heaters. As it was felt the coppers would be reluctant to leave a warm car & go out to do Police type stuff..

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