Calling all Geezers
I'm a geezer too just a yungin though. Watching a bit on the history channel about early roads and vehicles, in the US. I remember redding a long time back about the adventures of Eisenhower and an a...
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bsinmich wrote:
A correction on AC in cars from a previous poster. Packard had it in 1939. My first AC was in '60 in a Ford and all 48 cars since have had AC. One thing I remember from college is "A luxury, once attained, becomes a necessity" Thank You Dr. Gross.
I learned something from your post! Though it appears Packard's attempt to offer car air conditioning only lasted until 1941. Pretty funny to read about their car AC, which took up half the trunk and cost more than $4000 in today's equivalent dollars.
I took my last un-air conditioned car, a little Datsun, to CA in the summer on the southern route in 1973. Never sweated so much before or since. That luxury became a necessity.
Fun thread!
