Abstract: A heater for heating the interior of a utility vehicle, such as a golf cart or the like, the utility vehicle having a dashboard, the heater including a portable heating source, the portable heating source including a pressurized tank of a flammable gas, at least a portion of an exterior surface of the pressurized tank being substantially cylindrical, a burner mechanism for receiving the flammable gas from the pressurized tank and for combusting the flammable gas, a heat deflector for directing heat released by the combusted gas, and a pressure regulating mechanism for supplying a regulated flow of the pressurized gas to the burner mechanism, and a heater bracket for securing the portable heating source to the dashboard of the utility vehicle, the heater bracket including a back plate, a pair of lateral side plates, one each of the lateral side plates extending outward from a lateral side of the back plate, a bottom plate, the bottom plate extending outward from a bottom side of the back plate, a mounting flan