Not the kind of wet t-shirt story i was looking for!

You could improve this by converting it to propane.

A miracle gas, Propane does great for heating AND cooling. Not like Butane, the bastard gas.

Wow Jalopnik, it is not like these have been out for years...

Sorry had to take the dig, but slow news day?

i don't want to be the guy who says "OLD!" but i'm pretty sure this has been around in racing for quite a few years... i'd love to see a portable version, though (only $700 at The Sharper Image, i imagine).

Would be nice to have in our Lemons car, but spending 3/4 the price of the car on a shirt is a bit excessive.

The official underwear of LeMons.

@LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: The question is, would this push you over the $500 limit?

This is just what I need to keep me cool while I ride my motorcycle in full gear during the summer.

@danio3834: Considering it's not a part of the car, meaning it's not part of the car's value, it's irrelevant.

@LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: Ok, i was just wondering how it would be interpreted.

@danio3834: Yeah, safety attire and equipment does not count towards the $500 limit at all.

@devilock138: Ditto the idea of using this with bikes ... put the cooler box in a saddlebag and ride throught the hottest summer! Wow. Even better than electric vests in winter!

@danio3834: I don't know about you, but just the thought of having propane running through coils in my shirt while driving at high speeds in wheel-to-wheel racing (or any racing, really) gives me the willies. I also have a sincere belief (perhaps even hope) that any safety tech worth his salt would fail you for that.

@danio3834: Store the bottle right next to the exhaust. That way if you spring a leak, you get a boost to get away from the ensuing fire ball.

Is "waiting for the fire to burn through the hoses" considered the quick release mechanism?

As a former brewer, I'm quite familiar with the 'jockey box,' just such a contraption as this, only running the beer through a coil running through a thermos chest full of ice water on its way to the tap.

I've never even considered the above application. But then, cold beer = essential; cold shirts = optional.

Sometimes when I'm surfing Jalop's dragonier posts, I feel the need for some Club System 24 Underpants.

I would have given almost anything for that when I was in an armored Humvee in Iraq. The A/C was worthless. We saw 130F heat inside. $300 is a bargain.

And if it springs a leak people think you either sweat a whole lot or just pissed yourself.

Running at Miller Motorsports Park when it gets up to 115 degrees in the summer, you can't run without one of these setups.

Well you can. I guess. You would have to be a masochist to do it, but there is nothing legally preventing you from doing it. I just prefer my internal organs to remain in their normal "uncooked" state.

Yeah I wouldn't want to be in a dune buggy race or anything in the summer without one of those. A helmet cooler is really needed if they could design one using the water instead of foam padding to keep it comfortable. I bet something like that would work and still meet regulations.

I'm pretty sure the Canadian military has been fielding something like this for a while in their older non air conditioned tanks in Afghanistan to keep soldiers in something resembling operational condition during the summer.

You could keep your beer in there, too.

@dculberson: Of course, you gotta have the balls to wear a propane tank in a racecar, firstoff.

@LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: Gotcha, I just figured that this this is so goddamn bulky and complicated, they'd just count it as part of the car.

hahaha

These things are awesome; my brother and his codriver have been running one in their rally car for a couple years now.

Hmmm...cheaper than fixing the A/C in my Jetta

Hook me up with a matching set of briefs and you've got a customer. Summer's coming here in the Southwest...