Linesman Iltis

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Tire size for the Iltis was 6.50X16 on a 5 bolt rim. The 5 bolts are in a metric configuration, which do not match any other rim known to mankind.

Funny thing about those heaters....we used to curse the operators who would continually break the little cables which would hold the heater doors in place, then, often as not, rip off the doors altogether.
I had just replaced a set, along with a bunch of other repairs, and headed around the ring road (trail that went around the airfield) for a roadtest. It was about -15 at the time, and it was then that I figured out why the little doors got torn off.

They were a great heater, but were restricted by their installation as to what they could put out. I installed one in the cab of my MLVW (M35Cdn) and that, along with the HLVW bucket seats, made for a very comfortable ride.