Welcome aboard! That starter button was used on civilian models as well,
by the way. It's the normal switch. You should be able to retrofit a heater
quite easily - I've got the Kodiak in my '67 swb. http://keith.miata.net/landy
Keith
At 11:03 14/05/2001 -0700, Dick Love wrote:
>Just added a 67 swb, ex MOD, lhd, petrol to our family of British vehicles.
>SWMBO drives a Disco and has a Morgan in our garage. I'm more a motorcycle
>man and have a '50 Vincent Black Shadow and a 750cc Triton (modern Ducati as
>well). We have a small 2nd home in the Telluride, Co area and eventually
>the swb will end up there on a permanent basis. First I have to get it back
>to it's basic self. Presently it has Volvo seats, radio and speakers in the
>dash and a lot of other guages, carpeting etc. that was added in an attempt
>to "civilize" it. As an ex MOD it has some strange stuff (how about an old
>time starter button separate from the military style ignition switch) for
>which i don't think are covered by any manuals. It has the aux tank which I
>can't get to as the Volvo seat is bolted down over it. I have a set of
>military seats which will replace th Volvos. I have both soft and hard tops.
>Safari door and tailgate as well. I haven't had time to go over it in detail
>as it is at a friends' welding shop here in Southern California. It has NO
>HEATER! That is not going to fly in January in the Rocky Mts. The engine and
>tranny/transfer box seemed to be pretty good before it ran out of gas on me.
>I guess I will soon start to discover if these things are as "basic and
>simple" as they are cracked up to be. Let the games begin!
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