The heater blower motor just went out in my 52 Special over the weekend. I checked all the fuses, wiring and fuse panel. All checked out OK. My guess is a burnt up motor. I didn't really get into that much, but I looked under and around the seat to figure out how to get the motor out. I thought you had to yank out the front seat, but it looks as if there's a shroud around the heater core that's spotwelded to the floorboard. This being the case, how do you get the motor and core out? Is it mounted from underneath the car?

i thought they were bolted under the pan. guess it has been kind of cold here in SoCal lately. never have used mine yet.

just looked at mine. the thing aint even hooked up :(
here is a website where the guy describes taking one out of a 1940's buick. http://www.harwoodperformance.bizland.com/1941buick/022203%20Part%203.htm

I thought the whole thing came out thruough the top once you had the hoses disconnected. I will try to have a look at one tomorrow.

Hey, thanks Johnny. Based on that site, it looks like I'm going to have to pull the front seat out. Man, what a drag that's going to be. Oh well....nothing's ever easy with 50+ year old cars. Anyone familiar with yanking the seats out?

I can answer both questions.

If its the same as my 50, the heater drops out the bottom, but you have to unbolt it from under the seat!! There's 4 bolts holding the seat down. They just unscrew from the floor inside the car(bolts are welded underneath. I had to remove the side vinyl pieces first, but that's just a couple of facia screws. Then you pull the fan guard off. Next an allen set screw holds the blade to the motor after you slide the blade off you'll see 2 nuts on the floor. These hold the motor on. check your wiring first too make sure thats not the problem. The motors are about $65.00 at NAPA.

Mark