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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 21 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 21 | Hey guys probably a stupid question but what is the round tube on some of the fifties model cars and trucks usually on the passanger side? I imagine is some kind of AC for back in the day but don't know for sure. I would love to have one of these on my 1950 3600. Thanks
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| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 | If you are referring to the device that attaches to the passenger window, it is an evaporative cooler. If you want one, try an ad in the swap meet. Parts requests are not allowed in General Truck Talk. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 21 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 21 | Thanks cletis, so how does it work?
| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 | It works on the same principle as an evaporative cooler for a house. Air is forced through a wetted pad which humidifies and cools the air. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 | I would like to get a "house" window A/C unit and attach it to my bolt's passenger window...... ... I bet it will get a second or third look!  Cliff59 | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 21 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 21 | Thanks cletis I appreciate the info. I have never seen an evaporative cooler so this is new old for me. Do you have to wet this pad everytime before you take a cruise?
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 688 | hey cobraosc.... those things never really worked that good!  Cliff59 | | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 21 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 21 | Thats sad to hear cause they look great | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | yeah two large folger coffee cans brazed together long way, has a slot cut so i can hang it from the side window, back is closed w/ a drip hole w/ the front mostly open. cubes inside, air flows thru and into the cab.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Swamp coolers! You couldn't go fast enough to cool things down. If you could, the mold would kill you.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 435 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 435 | Even with all their faults, they do look cool. And if you find one for sale, you'd better have a strong grip on your wallet cause it's going to hurt to buy it. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 446 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 446 | I have old school A/C. I roll down my window and drive really fast! LOL!!
Iron Clad | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | Iron Clad, Is that what we used to call a 4/60 air conditioner?
4 windows rolled down at 60 mph. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 22 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 22 | HA! builder in a stovebolt its more like a 2/40 A/C
1950 Chevy 31001982 Jetta Diesel 1994 Chevrolet K1500 1996 Pontiac Grand Prix 2001 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 No honey, I don't NEED more toys I just need something fast enough to do something stupid in.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 446 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 446 | Or 2/60 for us 1960's truck guys, LOL!!!
Iron Clad | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 513 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 513 | open the both windows, and the hood cowl vent and side cowl vent and it's really not too bad. when i first repainted my truck it wasn't bad but then i had to install the windshield. lol
1949 Chevy 3600 Flatbed all orginal 1964 gmc 4000 1973 gmc 6000 2005 chevy duramax 4x4 1994 chevy 1500 Trucks are GM and Tractors are Orange "I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom." - General George S. Patton | | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 446 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 446 | And clean the bugs off your teeth!!! I'm sure you were smiling while driving your bolt, LOL.
Iron Clad | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 68 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 68 | Not sure if it worked but I saw a man put a block of ice in a pan in front of the air vent.  | | |
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