Rented one of these, or my parents did, on a cross country trip around 1952,
hung it in the window of a 49 Plymouth.

Don't remember it cooling the car but the water dripping out cooled my
brother and my feet sticking out the back window.

Mike

> From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
> Reply-To: wilden1@JUNO.COM
> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 16:34:19 -0500
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: anyone actually _use_ an evaporative cooler
>
> Believe it or not!
> I actually had one of the hang on evaporative coolers that I used on a 49
> Pontiac coupe.
> The passenger window rolled up to hold it in place and the forced air
> pushed the water up over the excelsior pads.
> The faster I went, the wetter I got.
> Great invention and Western Auto sold them by the 2's because they
> weren't good then and I can't see that adding a 12v blower would make any
> massive improvement in an overall piece of junk.
> It was one of those things that made you a weirdo in the 50s and 60s and
> I think that might still stand as the rule.
> I just added two 6" computer fans back above my head to cool my brain
> while sitting in traffic .......... yes I'm weird.
>
> Stan Wilder
> 1983 Westfalia Air Cooled
>
> On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:52:27 -0500 Dave Baker <DBAKER5@KC.RR.COM> writes:
>>> anyone tried an Evaporative cooler?
>>
>>
>> Evaporative coolers will only work in an area of very low humidity.
>> I found
>> wet towels to be very effective last June while touring New Mexico
>> in my 85
>> Westy without a working air conditioner and with the heater valve
>> stuck
>> open.  :o)  They would dry in no time at all and, in the process,
>> become so
>> cold it would almost be painful to put them on my arms or neck!  If
>> you're
>> driving in the hot, muggy Midwest, I doubt that evaporative coolers
>> would be
>> of much (any) value.
>>
>>> Now all I need is a solar panel
>>
>> A 50 or 75 watt solar panel will install very nicely on the
>> fiberglass roof
>> of a Westy.  Check out my web site for details.
>>
>> http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1/westy/westy.htm
>>
>>
>> Dave in KC
>>
>
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> On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 12:40:58 -0700 Nolan Hester <waywest@EARTHLINK.NET>
> writes:
>> I've combed through the archives and founds lots of discussion about
>> the _idea_ of using an evaporative cooler for those of us in the
>> arid
>> West. But I haven't seen comments from anyone who's actually
>> installed one.
>>
>> So... anyone have actual experience with either the Swampy
>> (http://www.swampy.net/t154page.html) or the ClassicAire Car Cooler
>> (http://www.classicaire.com/page3.html)?
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>> Nolan
>>
>> 87 Westy (Hanz)
>>
>
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