[Mgs] Fw: The history of air con.

[Eric Erickson]

Paul Hunt wrote:
>       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.
> 

But... but... but...

SNOPES says they believe the first American car in which 
factory-installed airconditioning was offered as an option was the 1940 
Packard!


:-)


Eric