Origin of the Ford Air Conditioner

[Kdawg33A]

Auto Air Conditioners





Here is something you car buffs probably didn'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 three brothers
walked into old man Henry Ford's office and

sweet- talked his secretary into telling him that three 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 130º they immediatley
turned on the air-conditioner and cooled the car off immediately.



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".

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Originally Posted by kdawg33a

auto air conditioners





here is something you car buffs probably didn'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 three brothers
walked into old man henry ford's office and

sweet- talked his secretary into telling him that three 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 130º they immediatley
turned on the air-conditioner and cooled the car off immediately.



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".

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