You may wish to consider an in-line heater that heats the coolant, not the block.
Back in my flaming youth, I purchased a '79 AMC Spirit with, I believe, a VW block. I took it in to install a block heater, but it was insanely expensive: IIRC, the engine had to be pulled to install the block heater, so I installed the in-line heater myself.
It worked great!! Warmed 'er up for cold-weather starts and, as an added bonus, it'd defrost the windshield if the controls were left on defrost.
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