Tag: swamp cooler

  • One Last Update To The Poor Man’s Swamp Cooler

    After taking a closer look at the finished product and thinking it over for a few days, I decided to paint the brace for the swamp cooler the same color as the cooler itself. If I didn’t like it, I could easily revert right back to the blue. But after it was painted, there was…

  • Updating The Poor Man’s Swamp Cooler Part II

    Finally had a warm enough day to prep and paint our vintage “looking” swamp cooler. I decided to keep it satin rather than gloss, but I can always go back and change that. I’m very pleased with the end result, it looks a lot more like a vintage swamp cooler now! As always, if you…

  • Updating The Poor Man’s Swamp Cooler Part I

    It’s time to take our “vintage looking” swamp cooler and really make it look vintage. The prices for real vintage swamp coolers are through the roof. Last year we found a guy who sells reproduction swamp coolers that are actually pretty functional at fraction of the cost of real vintage swamp coolers. We’ve used it…

  • Swamp Cooler Complete

    Finished the last step of the swamp cooler this afternoon. Some people include a brace/stand with their cooler, some people don’t. Even though this repo is actually lighter than the original cooler of the 60’s, I thought a support was warranted. I made this one myself with some aluminum tube, all thread and a piece…

  • Poor Man’s Swamp Cooler

    Anybody who collects older cars, especially VW’s, want’s to have a Swamp Cooler in their collection. If you don’t know what a Swamp Cooler is, click here! If can find a vintage swamp cooler in decent condition, plan to pay 4 to 7 hundred dollars for it. If you find one in really good condition, you’ll…