OT CAR AIR CONDITIONERS -
- From: "tak" <takirch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:48:22 -0400
The real story of how they came to be.
The 3 Goldberg brothers, Norman, Hiram, and Max, invented and developed the
first automobile air-conditioner.
On July 17, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was 97 degrees. 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 130 degrees - 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 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 anti-Semitic, and there was no
way he was going to put the Goldbergs' name on 2 million Fords.
They haggled back and forth for about 2 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 Norm, Hi and Max on the
controls.
Now you know.
Just a joke Scott. You won't need to ask for a (sic) cite.
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