ok5859 P Plater
Number of posts : 107 Age : 53 Registration date : 2009-02-10
| Subject: Story of the car air-cond Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:12 am | |
| 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 36 degrees C. The four brothers walked into 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 54 degrees C, turned on the air conditioner, and cooled the car off immediately. Henry 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 Henry 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. So, now you know... | |
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Beanie 180km/hr
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| Subject: Re: Story of the car air-cond Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:48 am | |
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valenexodus Commitee Member
Number of posts : 375 Age : 40 Registration date : 2009-02-18
| Subject: Re: Story of the car air-cond Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:26 pm | |
| Oooooooooooooooooooooooo interesting haha..... real story? | |
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LaBellz P Plater
Number of posts : 157 Age : 41 Registration date : 2009-02-16
| Subject: Re: Story of the car air-cond Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:28 pm | |
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ok5859 P Plater
Number of posts : 107 Age : 53 Registration date : 2009-02-10
| Subject: Re: Story of the car air-cond Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:57 pm | |
| - valenexodus wrote:
- Oooooooooooooooooooooooo interesting haha..... real story?
A piece of joke copy paste from an email. Enjoy. | |
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valenexodus Commitee Member
Number of posts : 375 Age : 40 Registration date : 2009-02-18
| Subject: Re: Story of the car air-cond Mon Feb 23, 2009 3:08 pm | |
| Chey haha, i thought for real | |
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silverspoon 130km/hr
Number of posts : 361 Registration date : 2009-02-14
| Subject: Re: Story of the car air-cond Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:40 pm | |
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