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Canvas bag....no cap...$60 shipped 
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Anybody interested for $50 shipped?
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What is the story on these?
I picked up one at the Pomona swap meet from a seller sitting with his father who was 70 something. The father questions me "are you to use it". I told him it was just going to me garage art. He said in his younger days you would never drive in the desert without one hanging from the hood ornament over the radiator.
Would such a thing really make a difference?
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Indeed they could make the difference. Remember you're talking about old cars that might not hold but a few gallons of fluid at most and had simple fans. And back in those days you might overheat an engine in the high temperatures in the desert so water evaporating against the radiator would lower the interior temperature to the engine just enough to not have problems. Also, you could refill the bladder in any stream or other water source as needed.
Today's modern engines have more water jackets, and electric fans to help cooling, plus we have overflow tanks to allow for expansion and contraction of the fluids, back in the early days you might lose your fluid if you let the vehicle overheat.
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IMO, the best example of using/needing a canvas water bag is in the John Ford 1940 movie: The Grapes of Wrath...
When the Family crosses the Mojave from Kingman AZ to Barstow... The radiator is continuously steaming.... Back in the 1920s- '40s; Route 66 was little more than a 2 lane paved "cow trail"... Wandering through the desert...
I used to hang such a canvas bag on my 1965 Mustang when traveling between Barstow and Needles... That was in the early 70s...
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When my folks used them it was hung on the front of the car to keep the water nice and cool to DRINK.
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Some of them were clearly marked "drinking water" don't think they were manufactured any differently, probably just so you just didn't mistakenly drink filthy water LOL
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Indeed they could make the difference. Remember you're talking about old cars that might not hold but a few gallons of fluid at most and had simple fans. And back in those days you might overheat an engine in the high temperatures in the desert so water evaporating against the radiator would lower the interior temperature to the engine just enough to not have problems. Also, you could refill the bladder in any stream or other water source as needed.
Today's modern engines have more water jackets, and electric fans to help cooling, plus we have overflow tanks to allow for expansion and contraction of the fluids, back in the early days you might lose your fluid if you let the vehicle overheat. Paul is correct about the cooling of the engine. This one even says "cools by evaporation" on the bag.
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Anybody want to make an offer?
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This one is hanging on the front of a 1928 REO in the Oldsmobile museum. Not the best pic but still cool
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