Actually its from 1959, some engines have so much heat in the engine bay that it was used to help prevent vapor lock....cold air was ducted from the front of the engine bay via a hose. Tim

1941 Taylorcraft
1968 Charger
1994 Wrangler
1998 Wrangler
2008 Kia Rio
2017 Jetta

I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!