Water bag

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by G&N Farms

I have one for my 1938 Oliver tractor. I too thought it hung on the radiator. Now I know. Thanks

As long as it was at least a few inches in front of the radiator I'd think the added air flow would help cool the water and the evaporation could help the radiator slightly.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

As long as it was at least a few inches in front of the radiator I'd think the added air flow would help cool the water and the evaporation could help the radiator slightly.

Except on some tractors that blow ASS-BACKWARDS
Bill W.

[40 Deluxe]

Wow! I just got put into the 'old' category! I thought everybody knew that these canvas bags were for cold drinking water, not trying to cool the radiator! Used to see them all the time as a kid in the '50's. It was amazing how cool the water stayed in the 100 deg.+ desert! Nowadays some ninnie-nanny would probably say they're full of germs, bacteria, etc. and outlaw them!

[P.S.]

I just spoke with Mike on the phone. His email isn't working. He says if you guys want him to photograph something particular, let him know. he plans to post a bunch of pictures from the event later.

He just entered Barbara (his 1930 town sedan) in the show.

[Indiana A. Lover]

Bought mine 10,00 yard sale. Snot nose kids selling grandpas stuff they did not know what it was. I bet that bag could tell some story. Don

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I think mine is about 2 gal. I wouldn't want it hanging off the neck of a T or A, that's a lot of weight bouncing on a solder joint.

[Brentwood Bob]

Dad would soak the bag in a tub of water before a trip.
Think there was a slight smell to the wet canvas, but the cool water was better than the luke warm stuff, and in the summer you needed it.
Some old timers thought hot water was better for you than the cold stuff, and would use gallon wine bottles for their water in the fields.
Dad carried the water bag on the front bumper of the family car (51 Ford).
I don't remember it when we were haying, I think we had a gallon wine jug in the cab of the truck.

[Bob Bidonde]

Father knows best. Listen to him. That water bag is blocking air flow through the radiator.

[JimK1930A]

The Desert water bag is not canvas, the fiber they are made of is Flax. Flax fiber expands when wet and holds most of the water.
I have a Desert water bag mounted and secured to the bumper of my Model A.
I pour about a half gallon of water in it before every drive and empty it when I arrive home.
It always is a curious attraction.
People walk up to my car with wonder what liquid is in there?
They walk up to it and feel the bags too!
My simple explanation is that this is the way people carried water in the teens trough the 1940's on their car, before the invention of plastic jugs. The water cools through evaporation for drinking water.
I have sipped the clean water that I have poured into the bag and have tasted it too!
The water is not as bad as the bag looks.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

WARNING, WARNING,---DO NOT hide your MOONSHINE in a WATER BAG! Also, I had forgotten that they were made from FLAX. Linen is also made from FLAX, well, that's whut MOMMA tole me, & Chief tole me thet LINSEED OIL is made frum FLAX seed, then WHY didn't they call it, FLAXSEED OIL??? I use wood dowels, soaked in LINSEED OIL, for HOOD HINGE PINS, no SQUEEKY, no RUSTING!
Bill W.
Bill W.

[Synchro909]

Originally Posted by BILL WILLIAMSON

WARNING, WARNING,---DO NOT hide your MOONSHINE in a WATER BAG! Also, I had forgotten that they were made from FLAX. Linen is also made from FLAX, well, that's whut MOMMA tole me, & Chief tole me thet LINSEED OIL is made frum FLAX seed, then WHY didn't they call it, FLAXSEED OIL??? I use wood dowels, soaked in LINSEED OIL, for HOOD HINGE PINS, no SQUEEKY, no RUSTING!
Bill W.
Bill W.

That's a bit like a farmer growing Rape to feed the stock, then along comes some healthy nutter looking for something new to flog to the gullible. He decides to make an oil out of the seeds but has a marketing problem now... imagine trying to sell Rape Oil to women.. To get around that, they called it Canola oil.
true fact https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canola

[JimK1930A]

I always look forward to the answers that ""THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"
has to say. You are a nice addition to this site.
Thank you!

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by JimK1930A

I always look forward to the answers that ""THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"
has to say. You are a nice addition to this site.
Thank you!

BUT, Jim,
I'm SO SORRY that "someone" opened ALL my previous THREADS
GOD, I've tiped some REALLY STUPID things---(PLEASE FORGIVE me! )
Bill W.

[Hoogah]

I love this place (FB)! It provides validation for those traits of mine that my wife just doesn't understand, like why I'd want to keep various bits of "junk" from my dad's workshop. So here is the bracket that used to carry our water bag on long family trips in one of several cars we had during the 50s and 60s (late 40s Ford Anglia, early 50s Austin A30, mid 50s Austin A55 Cambridge - all good Brit stuff coz we were part of the Empire!). I remember the coolness of the water than came out of it. If I remember correctly, the bag had a ceramic threaded spout with a metal screw cap. This bracket was custom made for the bolt that supported the front CHROME bumper, and the bag hung out over the front.

Why did I keep it? Dunno. Just don't like to throw this stuff away. It's like trashing memories of loved ones. Maybe I'll find a way to modify it for my Phaeton? Maybe I'll just "keep" it and look at it occasionally. Then it will become my kids' problem down the track.

[Hoogah]

Just found a piccie on the web - same as the last of our old Austins. This one has one of those "possum spotlights" on the front - but no waterbag!!

[Tom Wesenberg]

No need to modify the bag hook. Just use a screw and a piece of flat bar on the rear of the bumper bars to clamp it in place.

[QGolden]

We used a similar bag in the Army back in the day. It held about 35 Gallons and hung from a Tripod, if you put it in the shade, it would "Sweat" and the breeze would cool the "Sweat" on the bag and cool the water inside it. They actually worked quite well, they were called "Lister Bags"

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by 1930artdeco

She did pretty well I the Sierras. I did 45-50 and saw several cars go by me but not 80. The funny thing is that of all of the trailered cars I saw they were all Chevys. I will take lots of pictures and post them when I get home. Today is swap meet day and hoping to run into quick change there.

Mike

that's why I don't go any more Try five Chevy's camero chevells and mustangs there is only about 20 cars up there I like

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

I "think" some trailer their cars, just to look "IMPRESSIVE"
Bill W.