Re: Factory AC in 1940-42
Posted by Arunava Mukerji On 2010/7/7 2:46:57
Dear Friends,
I am uploading one photograph of our Packard car taken by me in 1957 when I was just a young boy . The car is right hand drive (made to suit Indian regulations )and is standing majestically in the portico of our house in calcutta .I am also uploading one picture showing components of the factory fitted air conditioner .It will be observed that the cooling coils were in the luggage boot and the cold air entry was from the back thru a duct near the rear glass.
The car was way ahead of other contemporary cars in many ways .It had steering gear instead of floor mounted stick shift gears as was customary in other contemporary cars . It had cigarette lighter , 2 speed wipers , coil spring suspension at the front and very wide wheel base . The ride was very smooth and even at 70 miles per hour the car was rock steady . My father would sometimes drive the car in top gear at less than 5 miles per hour to show me how the car was moving without knocking or vibration .
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I am uploading one photograph of our Packard car taken by me in 1957 when I was just a young boy . The car is right hand drive (made to suit Indian regulations )and is standing majestically in the portico of our house in calcutta .I am also uploading one picture showing components of the factory fitted air conditioner .It will be observed that the cooling coils were in the luggage boot and the cold air entry was from the back thru a duct near the rear glass.
The car was way ahead of other contemporary cars in many ways .It had steering gear instead of floor mounted stick shift gears as was customary in other contemporary cars . It had cigarette lighter , 2 speed wipers , coil spring suspension at the front and very wide wheel base . The ride was very smooth and even at 70 miles per hour the car was rock steady . My father would sometimes drive the car in top gear at less than 5 miles per hour to show me how the car was moving without knocking or vibration .
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