We continued to build heater delete vent units for Fairmonts and Mustangs well into the 80's. They were known as the "Mexican duct". So my guess is you could find a Mexican application a little easier than the Hawaii one. Much of the large tooling for obsolete models was shipped to foreign countries and they continued building the older models long after we stopped here. Many of these were K/D units with major components shipped from the states. It consisted of the inlet duct only from the heater and no heater core, blend door, or the plastic for them and all the ductwork. Strictly had a pull cable to open and shut off the event like the non A/C cars years ago. On the other side of the coin, we built a Canadian heater for those same vehicle applications which was available as an option for Canadian "export" vehicles....back when they were called export vehicles. It had 2 heater cores in series and a much more powerful blower motor, no provision for A/C. They were very heavy.
So, are export cars (parts) a road that we want to go down? The rules say cars built in United States and Canadian assembly plants with a minimum warranty of 12 months and 12,000 miles, and export cars were built in US/Canadian, but the export stuff gets confusing and crazy in a HURRY...my understanding has always been that only combos offered in the continental US are legal, but I've been wrong once already today...?!
Using the Dodge GTS for example, the Mexican version were built by AutoMex in Mexico so that would not be legal for PSMCDR under the "US/Canada production" header. Those AutoMex GTS's were 318 4bbl 4 speed cars. In 1970 Dodge didn't use the Dart GTS label anymore in the USA. They were called 340 Swingers. However, they built a Dart GT with the 340 4bbl in Canada for sale in Canada instead. In 1969, there was also a heater delete option for Hawaii bound Dodges. H25 was the code so that should be found on the fender tag. One of my buddies used to own a 1969 383 4speed GTS with the heater delete "option" that came from Hawaii. It was ordered by a career Navy sailor who brought the Dodge back with him when he retired and moved stateside.
The Ford Plant that built those Mexican Fairmonts was in Cuatlitan or something like that. I believe it's still open but building US cars/trucks(?) now. I agree, no Mexican built cars works for me. Being an Oldsmobile purist, I'd prefer that all Oldsmobiles had to be built in the Lansing plant and have the M plant code in the VIN. Fortunately all the neat ones were only built in Lansing (W30,W31,W32/W34/W45/W46). I won't bother to highjack this thread with pics of all them. :bla: :bla: :bla:
Si` Senor. Cuatlitan is running full tilt building the favorite car in the Ford lineup, the Fusion (as well as the Merc and Lincoln versions). Was it that Canadians could not read what was supposed to go on the cars, or they had a better idea of what would work? Oldsmobile 442's with Chevy 12-bolts, Pontiacs with Chevy Big Blocks?:eek2: As for the necessary Olds hijack picture:
Some of those items are hard to tech for. I would much rather see the rules enforced as written, especially with something as easy to see as a person not running the correct air breather assembly during all run's:Smarty: I don't think there was a car built that offered "air breather delete"o No:
