[AT] Vehicle cooling before AC

[bloomis at charter.net]

A California thing for sure. If you check out low rider cars, i.e. early 50 models, particularly Chevys, a lot of them have them on the restored products. Same so with 'eyebrows'. Well a bit huge but you get the point.

Bradford



 

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Yes.  I remember using one on a trip across Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado.  It brought the temperature down a bit, but not enough to make it worthwhile.

 

Larry

 

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> Yes, they were called swamp coolers. They worked by evaporation, and the car had to be moving right along. Thus, they were not much help in humid areas, or when moving slowly in traffic. I never actually saw one up here in New England, but recall seeing articles about them.

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> Does anyone remember seeing units outside the passenger window a device that looked like a canister vacuum cleaner before A/C became common. I remember them as a young boy? in the early 50's going to Amarillo. We didn't have one just wondering if they really worked. I suppose they could offer some cooling if they had ventures in it.

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