What the heck is this?

August 15, 2018, 07:45 PM

Opus Dei

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Originally posted by BigJoe:
quote:
Originally posted by Chris42:
If it could be considered a bag - ie having a front and back and sealed on the edges, it might be a water bag, emergency water for radiators?

That is my guess. But would they have carried water bags for radiators?

coolant overflow bags were a thing.

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August 15, 2018, 07:53 PM

recoatlift

my dad used to hang one of those canvas water bags on the front grill of his 53 Pontiac Chieftan when we drove from Oklahoma to Arizona. Hello Route 66, great memories of that route & times.

Evaporation kept the radiator cooler in the heat. I think his had a Conoco logo.

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August 15, 2018, 07:58 PM

JALLEN

When I drove to San Diego the first time I saw barrels along the old highway going up the mountain from the desert with signs to take it easy, go slow, turn off unnecessary stuff. Apparently cars built before then were barely able to handle the heat drive up hill off the desert. These barrels had water, which you were warned not to drink, and some cars carried their own.

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August 15, 2018, 09:49 PM

Icabod

These bags were common in the Southwest. Fill it, wet the bag and stick it on the front of the car. As the water evaporated, cooling air ran over the radiator.
Remember this as we’d just had AC put in the car and I kept overheating. Finally drove Only at night. Even then the bag only helped a little.
When I got back the shop manager asked me where I bought the car? Chicago. He explained that Eastern radiators were smaller. The AC unit had blocked the radiator and caused the overheating. As nobody had told me, the shop replaced the radiator.

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August 16, 2018, 06:30 AM

sigfreund

As explained in the video below, those bags were originally intended to cool drinking water, not water for radiators. I remember being told that when I was a kid many decades ago even though by then they weren’t commonly used. It’s hard for people today to imagine what life was like before the presence of gas stations and convenience stores with refrigerators full of every type of soft drink (and water now) every few miles.

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August 16, 2018, 07:41 AM

Woodman

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Originally posted by cas:
I dunno, at first I saw a screen sized american flag made of baseball bats.

Try this, Joe:

https://avatarhost.files.wordp.../2016/11/batflag.jpg

August 16, 2018, 07:44 AM

k5blazer

I remember drinking cool water out of these on our trips to California. Once out of Blythe I was sharing a cool drink with my dad when we heard on the radio that Marilyn MOnroe had been found dead. yup, I am old.

August 16, 2018, 08:03 AM

45 Cal

It is a water bag,I have one around here somewhere.
The thing is meant to hang on the front of early cars for extra water.
I used it in touring trips , hanging on the front bumper of a 1930 tudor ford .
You carried extra parts,coil,points air pump and tire patches.The fords came with tool kit .

August 16, 2018, 12:55 PM

bettysnephew

You used to see those tied to the grille/fender of Model T/A cars. Most often in places like Arizona and New Mexico. They were used to keep drinking water and to cool overheated radiators in the desert.