My first new car was a 1960 VW Beetle; no heater (manifold blower doesn't count) and no gas gauge (just the reserve lever accessing the last inch or two of gas in the tank). The car never failed to start and I was really upset when it was -15?, I was the only car on the block to start and had to drive 20 miles to an appointment, the manifold heater useless. Also, Marlene always managed to be driving when the fuel cut off requiring the fuel reserve lever, but never seemed to remember to fuel up right away. But she always managed to run out of fuel in front of a gas station and was able to coast to the pump. I wasn't so lucky and came up with the brilliant idea of refueling every 250 miles on the odometer. Worked well for a few months and then missed the refueling stop and had to go to the reserve. After a long period of non-use the nozzle on the tube had clogged and we needed the fuel tank cleaned. :'(