Bobby's dad lives 4 blocks from me and made a signal light viewer for his 67
that
is magnetic and he puts it at the top of his windscreen. He and I made one for
my
Sprite last weekend. It was pretty easy if anyone is interested, let me know by
tomorrow as I only weed the list on the weekends. I could scan the part that I
made
and give some basic instructions if needed. It helps to keep you looking "cool"
in
your little car with the top up and you're at a stop light. I usually had to
practically press my face aganst the windscreen to see the light, not any
more<G>.
Brad
Mike Poorboy wrote:
> BERKEN@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 03/14/2000 8:26:29 PM Mountain Standard Time,
> > bstrachan@home.com writes:
> >
> > << I'm sure you young whipper snappers on the list have never seen one, but
> > us old pharts remember the car window style swamp coolers that were
> > popular in the '50s. These things were cylindrical, about 8" in diameter
> > and maybe 16" long, and they had a long rectangular projection coming
> > out the side. You put this projection, which was the air vent, in your
> > window and rolled up the glass to hold it in place. You then put some
> > water in the pan in the bottom of the cylinder and pulled a little chain
> > which dangled out of the vent. Pulling the chain rotated a cylindrical
> > excelsior (shredded wood) pad inside the cooler through the water,
> > moistening it. When you got underway, air from the slipstream entered
> > the cylinder through a hole in front, evaporated water from the pad,
> > giving up heat in the process, and cool, moist air came into the car.
> > They worked well in Wendover, Utah, where the summer temps were usually
> > right around 100 degrees and I don't think the relative humidity EVER
> > got above 20%.
> >
> > In case you guys think I'm making this up, there is one of these coolers
> > hanging from the ceiling of Majors Diner, a '50s style old-cars theme
> > roadhouse on Interstate 8 about 40 miles up in the mountains east of
> > here. I have lots of fun taking younger friends in there and asking
> > them if they can identify the mystery object.
> >
> > Barrie
> > '66 2000
> > San Diego
> > ---- >>
> >
> > Barrie,
> >
> > OK, here's another one. What were the little prisms for, that sat on the
> > dash of cars in the early 50's. I certainly do remember the "swamp
>coolers".
> > We had one on our '50 Plymouth wagon, I think.
>
> To see the color of the traffic lights when the car had the windshield visor.
>
> Mike
> NOWROC
>
> >
> >
> > Joseph Berkenbile
> > 70 1600
> > Warren Me
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