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| | | | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 92 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 92 | At the Majestics Show in Regina there was a guy there that had little chrome vacuum powered vacuums that run of the vac sys in the truck. Anyone seen these before. They date back to the 20s. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Ive never seen a vacuum, but I did see a vacuum operated cigarette ashtray in Cars & Parts a few moths ago. It sucked the ashes int a container under the dash. I think it also had a cigarette holer that would deliver a lit(!!!) cigarette when it was opened. May have been an option on Buicks.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 92 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 92 | These plugged into the vacuum line and had a little filter in them that kept the dirt from going into the vehicles system. The guy found something like 20 of them in an old shop wrapped in newspapers from the 20s | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,440 Moderator - The Electrical Bay | | Moderator - The Electrical Bay Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,440 | Those things really suck...
Sure would like to get one tho..
Another quality post.
Real Trucks Rattle
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 | Tempest,
A month or so back there was a NOS unit listed on E-Bay. First and only one I've ever seen. I had to look twice cause I couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing.
If I remember correctly, it went for somewhere in the neighborhood of around $800+
Looked real neat. I'd be curious to know, if it really worked.
Off topic a bit, but about the same time, there was a NOS Fulton fan. It mounted on the steering column and had a cable and knob similar to a choke cable.
When you wanted to use the fan, you pulled the cable and it moved a wheel onto the fan belt. That wheel then, using the fanbelt for power, turned a flexible shaft that operated the fan.
Only one of those I've ever seen too. Bid on it for a while, but it went way out of my price range. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 355 | There was also a fan that was powered by vacumn. I dont know any details,but I saw some stuff on one in an old magizine a while back. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | There's a guy in the locan antique car club that has one of those vacuum powered fans on his '30 Chevy 1 1/2 ton flatbed. I didn't chatch his name, but it looked like a neat setup.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | I've got onea the vacuum powered fans - made by Trico , who made a variety of different vacuum powered things got it when I had a 37 Ford cuz I noticed when I was lookin at it at a swap meet that it has a patent date of 1937, couldn't pass it up .... but I didn't let it go with the car, cuz it works well on stovebolts too  Bill | | | | | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 92 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 92 | Sure some neat things that can be attached to these oldies. | | |
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