I have spent much of my life in Bear country, up at Lake Tahoe, CA. I can assure anyone that it's never a good idea to get out of your car for a closer look, especially when mama Bear has her cubs around. I was asleep upstairs one night and was awakened with the sound of someone in the house. I got up and went downstairs, only to be looking into the eyes of a 400 pound mama Bear. My wife had left one of the windows open off the front porch, and mama Bear pushed through the screen and was eating cookies that were left on the kitchen table. The Bear looked at me for awhile, while munching on the cookies, we were only about 15 feet apart. She then went back to "her" cookies, took her time, finished them off, and slowly walked back to the open window, climbed out onto the porch and left. Never said good-by or thank you, either. Lesson learned about leaving windows open and food on the table. Bears have an incredible sense of smell, maybe the best sense of smell for the wild animal species. Here is a photo of our newest neighbor, Hank the Tank. Hank weighs more than 500 pounds, and although he has not hurt anyone yet, not much gets in his way when he is scouting around for food. He has broken into many homes and cabins in Lake Tahoe, scares the living shit out of the dogs in the neighborhood. The cops have tried to tase him, and he just stands there looking at them...
I agree, but just stating why it would theoretically need to be centered in front of the radiator as asked. I am “too young” to have used one myself, but I believe they were used for both drinking & helping keep the vehicle cool. I found this one in a garage last year
The Jalopy Journal
