Here is something car buffs probably don't know.

The 3 Goldberg brothers, Norman, Hiram, and Maxwell invented and developed the first automobile air-conditioner.

On July 17th, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97º.

The 3 brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and sweet- talked his secretary into telling him that 3 gentlemen were there with the most exciting innovation in the auto industry since the
electric starter.

Henry was curious and invited them into his office. They refused and instead asked that he come out to the parking lot to their car.

They persuaded him to get into the car which was about 70 degrees inside.

The old man got very excited and invited them back to the office, where he offered them 3 million dollars for the patent.

The brothers refused, saying they would settle for 2 million but they wanted the recognition by having a label "The Goldberg Air-Conditioner" on the dashboard of each car that it was installed in.

Now old man Ford was more than just a little bit Anti-Semitic, and there was no way he was going to put the Goldbergs' name on 2 million Ford cars.

They haggled back and forth for about 2 hours and finally agreed on 4 million dollars and that just their first names would be shown.

And so, even today, all Ford air-conditioners show on the controls, the names "Norm, Hi, & Max".

 

 

Now really - does anyone know what the first car was that was offered with air conditioning? Trivia time!

 

1939 or 1940 Packard FTW!

 

1939 First air conditioning system added to automobiles
The Nash Motor Company adds the first air conditioning system to cars.
I cheated i did a Google search....

 

who knows whos right know....here is the link were i got my info from

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Timeline - Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century

 

You should go on a game show!!!

 

He should go on a google competition. cheating bastard! hha

 

I actually knew that one....it was also about the time American cars iintroduced automatic transmissions. The germans(fucking Krauts) developed them.....we went from there...

 

hand over those bonus pos rep points nicca'!