Originally posted by BradB:
I believe you filled them with ice and they scooped air to push through as you drive. Dad used to have one and talked about having to stop for ice to fill it.
I am pretty sure that is a not true.I have heard that tons of times and just cant figure out how they would stick a piece of ice through that small hole.I have had alot of these coolers,40-50 of them,used and nos.None of them had instructions that said anything about putting ice in them.I have asked my father(he is 68yo in a week) along with other old timers about this and he said they just put water.
I tried with ice one time.I could not get the ice through the hole so I filled with water and put it in the freezer.I put it on the car and went for a ride and it did not feel any cooler.The ice also melted in about 20 minutes from direct sunlight hitting the metal that it was in.
There was a electric cooler that went on the trans hump.The nos one that I have states to use ice if desired.I can see this working due to it not being in direct sunlight.
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