Thermador Vintage Swamp Cooler on 2040-parts.com
Greensboro, North Carolina, US
Excellent example of the Thermador evaporative cooler or "swamp" cooler offered in the late 1940s through early 1960s.
Works as designed, strings are still attached and rotate the sisal drum perfectly. Spring tension still smooth. Fill flap (see photo) intact.
Original green patina - decided to never restore. Replica label can be removed with alcohol; most labels I've seen are more toward the intake grill.
Strut rod had surface rust and was lightly sanded and bathed in matte nickel paint. Still uses the square nut on rod. Foot was Plasti-dipped in black, as were all clamps so it can be used safely on the best auto finishes.
I'll include two (2) copies of the color scan of the original instructions. Very nice to frame for shows.
Rod will be removed and wrapped for safe shipping.
Thanks for looking and good luck.
Accessories for Sale
Vintage art deco lucite chrome auto car dash lighter (US $9.99)
1957 belair convertible gm trim tag nos (US $300.00)
Car and truck parts(US $0.99)
Vintage approved gas can metal display on a rat rod protectoseal (US $29.99)
Nos foxcraft stainless fender skirts for '61 and '62 ford and mercury(US $189.00)
Hudson 1950-1951 rechromed l&r rear pork chop-has some pits-cheap(US $49.00)
Umea Institute of Design degree show 2010
Tue, 22 Jun 2010Earlier this month, Car Design News attended Umea University's annual degree show. Covering student work from the MA Interaction Design, Advanced Product Design and Transport Design programs and the BA Industrial Design program, it was the first exhibition overseen by Umea's new Rector, Anna Valtonen, formerly head of Design Research & Foresight at Nokia. In a departure from the show's traditional format, this year saw keynotes and workshops spread over two days.
Ford to cut Australian manufacturing in 2016
Thu, 23 May 2013Ford Motor Co., saddled with high costs, falling sales and financial losses, will close Australian car and engine assembly plants in October 2016 after almost nine decades of manufacturing in the country. Ford, the smallest of the country's three manufacturers after Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors, will shut its assembly plant in Broadmeadows in northern Melbourne and an engine plant in Geelong to the west of the city, Ford Australia CEO Bob Graziano said.
Electric cars can become electricity banks
Fri, 23 Sep 2011Ever try to store electricity? It won't stay in a bottle, and you can't keep it in your sock drawer. So when you have a lot of it--say, when it's windy and your wind turbines are really spinning, or when it's sunny and your gallium arsenide photovoltaics are lighting up, or at night when the utility's generators can run unhindered--you have to store it somewhere.