I lived in Albuquerque from 1963 to 1967 while attending UNM. Do your coolers have a bracket of any kind to support the cooler? Are they spot welded on the cooler or are they separate? By the way, I see you live in Belen.
Inasmuch as the tank would be quite heavy when filled with water, I think there must have been some kind of supporting bracket that went from the door to the bottom of the tank maybe resting on a rubber or something glued to the bare spot. There are several clips on the air outlet going into the car that fit on the window to support the cooler. This area is smooth and does not look like anything was spot welded on there. Near the center of the tank where it just starts to round up from the flat bottom, there is a bare metal area approximately 1" wide by 1 1/8" long. It is approximately 18 1/4" long and the main part of the tank is approximately 7 3/4" round (I say main part because the tank is a tear drop shape but the round part itself is this dimension). :) MistGreenFifty, My Allstate blue and orange label just reads "Car Cooler, Allstate, Sears Roebuck and Co.". It was fairly effective if it could overcome the heat produced by the engine. This one was only available with the electric fan.
Vintage swamp cooler driver#
There was also a model of these coolers that sat on the hump between the driver and passenger. These type coolers were very effective in the south and west where there was not much humidity. Now you could have air moving over the evaporative reel and cooling when the car was not providing ram air. The deluxe model still had the same type reel that required you to pull occasionally, however the big difference was this cooler was fitted with a fan. The evaporation of the water cooled the air moving through it and into the car, To increase cooling you pulled on a rope/sash cord that caused the reel to turn providing a new source of water for the air to move through. The cheap model had a reel covered with a fiber type surface. The swamp cooler was an evaporative type cooler.
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