Did you know

The 3 Goldberg brothers, Norman, Hiram, and
Maxwell invented and developed the first automobile
air-conditioner.


Didn't know that, did ya...

On July 17th, 1946, the temperature in Detroit was
97º. 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 130º, 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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130 degrees when it's 97 outside??? I know the cars were all black back then....but that seems a bit excessive!

 

oops....ya fooled me! I even read it to my wife just now haha