[Spridgets] Fwd: automotive A/C trivia

dlancer7676 at comcast.net dlancer7676 at comcast.net
Fri Sep 2 10:01:49 MDT 2011


Since it's been so hot, a little history lesson to cool you off.B B B  8^)

--David C.
"Look to this day, for it is life, the very life of life. In its brief course
lie all the realities and verities of existence. The bliss of growth, the
splendor of action, the glory of power. And yesterday is but a dream, and
tomorrow is only a vision. But today - well lived - makes every yesterday a
dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore,
to this day. ~ Sanskrit proverb ~

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Here's a little factoid for automotive buffs or just to dazzle your friends.

The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invented and
developed the first automobile air-conditioner. On July 17, 1946, the
temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees.

The four brothers walked into old man Henry Ford's office and sweet-talked his
secretary into telling him that four 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 130 degrees, turned on
the air conditioner, and cooled the car immediately. The old man got very
excited and invited them back to the office, where he offered them $3 million
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 in which it was installed.

Now old man Ford was more than just a little anti-Semitic, and there was no
way he was going to put the Goldberg's name on two million Fords. They haggled
back and forth for about two hours and finally agreed on $4 million and that
just their first names would be shown.

And so to this day, all Ford air conditioners show - Lo, Norm, Hi, and Max -
on the controls.


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