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[broker-len]

An old movie I am able to get on U tube----few seconds after opening an old car late 20s early 30s with no hood, fenders or radiator  is chugging along--   the motor seems to be cooled by a large metal can of water sitting on frame    all that I can see is exhaust coming out back of manifold and a distributor    the car seems to be running under it's own power   a hose is visible coming out the top  of can     wander if this is staged or production company used real life farm         was this a practice in early times

Edited November 13, 2022 by broker-len (see edit history)

[Rusty_OToole]

You said it.

[CHuDWah]

mobile 'shine still?  🤣

 

Appears to be the remains of a 26-27 Model T touring.

[wayne sheldon]

Cooling an engine that way, through a large container of water, wasn't very effective or efficient. But it worked. Stationary engines used boil-off water jackets from before automobiles commonly clear up to World War Two. The harder the engine gets worked, the more heat the cylinder generates. the faster the water boils away, and the more often water must be (carefully!) added. Easier to watch the water level while working around the stationary engine. 

However, the same principles apply to moving vehicles. 

During world War one, motor vehicles used around the war zones often had fragile radiators destroyed beyond repair. Clever men often replaced radiators with cooling tanks and crude plumbing. Such photos are not uncommon. Desperate farmers during hard times sometimes did the same thing.

 

"No worries mate! She'll get you there!"

 

 

 

 

[wayne sheldon]

Photo can be found in the proverbial hundred places on the internet. Proper credit is unknown.

[Leif in Calif]

Land speed racers (who only travel a few miles and a few minutes at a time) sometimes use a tank filled with ice. 

[Ozstatman]

Guy I know with a  1st Series Packard used a milk churn filled with water and rigged up at the front of his Packard as a means of cooling it to get it going.