Just for fun and it works too! Last year I put together my home made A/C (swamp cooler), the only drawback is you have to recharge the coolant every gas stop, anotherwords, add ice. I made a scoop to stick out the right vent window for fresh air, you pull the scoop in for recirculate, the hose is, you guessed it, drier exhaust hose, the pipes go to the bottom of the cooler and have holes drilled in both, when you fill it the air circulates through the ice, at anything above 25 MPH you don't have to use the blower. I drove to Louisville, KT in August from south Alabama with the windows up for the first time ever, it won't cool the inside of the car, but I stayed comfortible, and every one that saw it had a good time talking about it. Now I need to figure out how to put coals in it for winter use, just kidding!
Saw that in another thread. Pretty cool. Folks used to come up with stuff like that all the time before we got spoiled with modern ammenities. Makes me think you could design something around the cowl vent?
Yep...saw it too, got a kick out of the pissed-off bee...but to solve that problem, put a screen on either end...outside and he won't get in, inside and the poor little thing will freeze to death...problem solved... R-
my buddies dad when we was 16 hooked us up..it was typical summer in cincy and humidity 90+ and temp 90+...sweatin our balls off wet sanding the dudes moms 225 we un-totalled from the junk yard...ya know how much front end and side there is on a 66 225 ??old man comes home, looks and bust a]our balls for not being done..closes garage door...runs us off..calls us back 20 minutes later..we walk in and the garage is col as can be..its still hotter then hell outside..look over in the corner by the floor drain..great big 4 core cross flow outta a gm..hose stuck in top and drain barely open..fan behind it....junk yard ac he called it...man we got lots done that summer...........
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