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[P. A. Schilke]

Goldberg Brothers - The Inventors of the automobile Air Conditioner. Here's a little known fact for automotive buffs, or just to dazzle your friends.

The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Maxwell, 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 inside, 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-Jewish, 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.

 

[P. A. Schilke]

 

[P. A. Schilke]

 

[BDoc]

Goldberg Brothers - The Inventors of the automobile Air Conditioner. Here's a little known fact for automotive buffs, or just to dazzle your friends.

The four Goldberg brothers, Lowell, Norman, Hiram, and Maxwell, 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 inside, 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-Jewish, 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.

I started reading that and thought, "Why is Phil putting one of his cool backstories in the jokes section?" Then i read the last line...

Well played, sir, well played.

 

[Trigganometry]

Parts are delayed again…

 

[Trigganometry]

Just when you though nobody could outdo the toilet paper harvesting their’s this…

 

[AzScorpion]

Did you get this right? Knowing you guys I doubt it.

 

[Motorpsychology]

Just when you though nobody could outdo the toilet paper harvesting their’s this…

Got a match? Probably the same people that fill a 48qt Yeti cooler with ice from the motel lobby.

 

[jsphlynch]

Just when you though nobody could outdo the toilet paper harvesting their’s this…

I've got a service engineer from one of our suppliers coming tomorrow to install some new equipment. He e-mailed me this morning to make sure our stations have gas, says he has enough to make it here but not enough to make it back.

I responded and told him I'll just distract the boss long enough to siphon the boss's truck.

Service engineer immediately replied with confirmation that he'll be here late morning.

 

[GregM]

I've got a service engineer from one of our suppliers coming tomorrow to install some new equipment. He e-mailed me this morning to make sure our stations have gas, says he has enough to make it here but not enough to make it back.

I responded and told him I'll just distract the boss long enough to siphon the boss's truck.

Service engineer immediately replied with confirmation that he'll be here late morning.

Just seen the same scene at sams they had 6 5gallon jugs. Just looked at him like really. Stuffed them in his subaru ???

 

[FX4Offroad]

I Hope we don't see mushroom clouds coming from car accidents. ?

 

[Trigganometry]

I Hope we don't see mushroom clouds coming from car accidents. ?

Just as they turned the corner and think they pulled it off…

 

[Dr. Zaius]

The couple with the gas cans are geniuses compared to the lady filling shopping bags with gasoline.

And not sure what this is, but here it is...

 

[T Bone]

my brother snapped this pic yesterday evening back home in alabama.............an idiot accident waiting to happen