ptcary Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 > 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 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 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. > > So, now you know. Quote PTCary 2003 SMD PT Cruiser 2011 Honda CBR 250R 2010 Mazda 3i Sport MY BUILD LOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
live361 Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 haha good story i would have never known lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildbeast15 Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 lol i saw this on a mustang forum lol Quote The set up your talking about would sound great in my Tahoe. Trade you my dog for it. He has one eye but that only makes for bad depth perception so hey so what if he is running into shit, look at it this way he is easy to sneak up ninja style on. (right side only)</div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentb Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 cool story but idk if its true. on this one there is only 3 brothers http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Mi...3/msg01234.html Quote New System 2 10" Fi SSD, Sundown 1500d Build I build and design enclosures(cheap price), PM ME Kicker L7 Navigator(plexiglass, fiberglass, aeroport) Build BTL 18" Escalade(plexiglass, battery tray) Build http://www.kentbaudio.com Old System Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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