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cold weather start
« on: January 23, 2011, 09:17:46 AM »
It is -29 here this morning....I was concerned that the antifreeze in my 54 may need to be added to...so I decided to move the car to my semi heated garage...it was zero and the car started right up on it's own 6v system. Now that I have it here....wish it was spring !!
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Re: cold weather start
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2011, 10:26:04 AM »
Wow, that is cold! You must be in the midwest somewhere. Here on the Atlantic coast it is currently -13C, which is about +10 F--and also bitterly cold....for here.  -17C is about 0 F by the way, and the absolutely coldest temperature I've experienced in PEI is -25C on Boxing Day, 1993. I have to get out and start up the 57 and 63 Studebakers today, and let them run up and down the driveway for an hour
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Re: cold weather start
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2011, 10:46:33 AM »
That is my plan too....let it run for a bit... that is cold for up there!!
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Re: cold weather start
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2011, 11:05:54 AM »
and yes ...the UPPER mid west  Lake Superior  the UP of Michigan
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Re: cold weather start
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2011, 11:19:59 AM »
Zero degrees here and everything in the garage started when I tried. The Jeepster, as usual, took a little coaxing but it runs!
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Re: cold weather start
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2011, 05:22:49 PM »
Mid 60s in Texas yesterday  ;D.  However, being from Northern Utah, I do know what cold is.  I remember looking at our thermometer one day and it read   -37 F.  Some winters we would have stretches where it never reached above freezing for a month, with high temperatures sometimes only 10 or 15 F.  I'm happy to be in Texas!
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Re: cold weather start
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2011, 10:00:54 PM »
Ah well, it's back to winter in East Texas: rain and 40 degrees. There was one winter about 8 years ago where there was never a heavy freeze. Since then it has been disrespectful of Al Gore's Theories.
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Re: cold weather start
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2011, 09:49:34 PM »
And today it's REALLY cold in central Texas: 17 this morning, and the Dragon started right off the bat with its 6 volt battery.  I did have to put some cardboard in front of the radiator, as I was driving on the freeway and could only get the temp barely above the COLD marking.
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