What was the original purpose of Chrysler Airtemp?
The original plant was converted to build heating equipment, such as Aerfire (circa 1950) units; gas forced air furnaces were sold into the 1960s, and were known for their high quality. Just after the war, Airtemp created a new laboratory for research and development, possibly the most completely equipped laboratory of its kind in the industry.
When was the first air conditioner made by Chrysler?
In 1938, Airtemp was re-absorbed back into Chrysler Corporation as a division. By 1941, Airtemp had over 500 dealers, each backed by an installation engineer, and by 1948, it employed 1,325 people in Dayton. Ironically, though, Packard was the first car to have air conditioning, in 1940; Cadillac followed in 1941, and Chrysler waited until 1942.
When did the new Airtemp cooling system come out?
The greatest advance was a new high-speed radial compressor, which made the new Airtemp Corporation — incorporated in October 1934 — many friends as they started building cooling systems in a former Chrysler stamping plant in Detroit.
The original plant was converted to build heating equipment, such as Aerfire (circa 1950) units; gas forced air furnaces were sold into the 1960s, and were known for their high quality. Just after the war, Airtemp created a new laboratory for research and development, possibly the most completely equipped laboratory of its kind in the industry.
In 1938, Airtemp was re-absorbed back into Chrysler Corporation as a division. By 1941, Airtemp had over 500 dealers, each backed by an installation engineer, and by 1948, it employed 1,325 people in Dayton. Ironically, though, Packard was the first car to have air conditioning, in 1940; Cadillac followed in 1941, and Chrysler waited until 1942.
The greatest advance was a new high-speed radial compressor, which made the new Airtemp Corporation — incorporated in October 1934 — many friends as they started building cooling systems in a former Chrysler stamping plant in Detroit.
