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Jun 3, 2023 · By 1958, even these holdouts had switched over to cowl-mounted A/C units. meanwhile, the 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham became the first car with standard air conditioning. The Modern Era of automotive air conditioning had truly arrived. ← Curbside Classic: 1995 Chevrolet Lumina LS – I Fought The Taurus, And The Taurus Won.
- Tom Halter
Jan 28, 2022 · well in 1953, Cadillac, Buick, and Oldsmobile all had their version of the 1953 Frigidaire trunk air conditioning, then in December 1953, the 1954 Pontiac became the first production automobile to offer up front, in dash factory air conditioning, followed six months later was the 1954 Nash version, in 1955, Oldsmobile switched to up front in dash a/c, Buick in 1956, then finally Cadillac in 1957.
- I think Packard had it in 1940 and Cadillac in 1941, although you could hardly call it "production" since only a handful of cars were equipped. 195...
- In 1912 Pierce Arrow built a car with AC.
- I call the cowl vent on the 38 my A/C does that count? dave s
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- I read somewhere that because a compressor clutch had not yet been developed, the engine driven compressor (via a belt) ran continuously...! It sur...
- AMC was the first North American car manufacturer to make A/C standard equipment on the 1968 Ambassador. They made a huge deal of it in their adver...
- It just might by default. I believe it was 1952 (after your car was built), did the FTC define was constitutes 'air conditioning' besides just the...
- A spot in the roof, with room for 400 pounds of ice, that then blew a fan over the ice and the cold air dropped into the back passenger compartment...
- I think West Peterson's 40 Packard is air conditioned.
- The drive belt was remove for winter. Chrysler also offered the same A/C unit for 1941, but none were known to have been installed.
Nov 30, 2019 · A quick refresher for those new to this series: Factory air conditioning was first introduced in 1939 by Packard, quickly followed by Cadillac in 1941 and Chrysler in 1942 (full story here). Factory A/C then disappeared after World War II, not to reappear until 1953 when it was independently reintroduced by GM, Chrysler, and Lincoln.
- Tom Halter
Jun 2, 2023 · Based largely on the success of the aftermarket, Lincoln, Cadillac, and Chrysler reintroduced factory air conditioning in their cars in 1953. By the mid-1950s, factory A/C was available from every major manufacturer. The re-entry of Detroit into the automotive air conditioning business did little to slow the sales of aftermarket A/C.
Jan 9, 2022 · Adding A/C to your Caddy cost over $600 then, or around $6,000 now. A dead giveaway to tell if a 1950s or 1960s Cadillac sedan had air conditioning was the fresh air intake vents located just aft ...
There were a couple of things I meant to mention during the tutorial--the factory air-conditioned cars had a six-bladed radiator fan instead of the four-blad...
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Aug 11, 2023 · In 1953, General Motor’s Harrison Radiator Division devised a revolutionary car air conditioning system that fit into the engine compartment. Roughly a decade later, Cadillac invented comfort controls that allowed the driver to set the temperature (the system worked by channeling some of the cold air to the heater core and mixing hot and cold ...
