nick8086 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) I did not know that Mopar made furnaces. Edited October 25, 2018 by nick8086 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 At age 14 I took my Grandparents octopus coal furnace out and installed a new "Chrysler Air Temp" furnace (we hired a licensed gas man to install the gas pipes and the SS flue up the three storey chimney. An absolute dream of a furnace. I wired it so that fan ran low speed all the time except when the furnace kicked in and it ran at high speed. This did away with that blast of cold air that you usually get when a furnace kicks in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Yep, Chrysler's 'Airtemp Division'. I've seen lots of Airtemp window-shaker A/C units, as well as some furnaces as seen above. For years, Chrysler claimed their Airtemp Division supplied components for their car air conditioners, and proudly displayed an "Air Conditioned by Airtemp" decal in one of the windows on cars so equipped. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 The Delco division of GM also made home heating cooling equipment. For a time I lived in a rental property that had a Delco oil fired furnace in it. The house was built in the 1950s and the furnace looked like it dated to that timeframe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) Without argument, GM's biggest household 'contribution' was their Frigidaire appliances, which some were very stylish in a mid-century modern way. Apparently, Bill Mitchell also designed their 'Sheerline' 1957 models which was very modern for the time, and got away from the rounded look that was common to appliances previous to that. Craig Edited October 25, 2018 by 8E45E (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wetherbee Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Here’s a trinket from the very beginning of Frigidaire, from what I was told, when you bought one of their first electric refrigerators they would engrave one of these sterling medallions with you monogram and attach it to the front. It came from a great uncle of mine who had an appliance store in the 1920’s g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Gregory Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) In 1976 I was working on a high-rise building and instead of window a/c's . They installed a two pipe cooling and heating system with a Chrysler Centrifugal Chiller on a floating floor in the mechanical room on the roof . That unit must of lasted 30 years as they replaced it about 10 years ago . They probably could not get parts ? Just like the old elevators they can not get the parts . https://www.allpar.com/corporate/airtemp.php Edited October 25, 2018 by Mark Gregory (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Good old Chrysler Air Temp. Mostly seen with air conditioning around here, home and commercial. Seems most American car companies had an appliance division. Chrysler-AirTemp, GM-Frigidare and Delco Heat, AMC- Nash-Kelvinator, Ford-Philco, Crosley-Crosley (same name on appliances as the car). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 4 minutes ago, Frank DuVal said: Good old Chrysler Air Temp. Mostly seen with air conditioning around here, home and commercial. Seems most American car companies had an appliance division. Chrysler-AirTemp, GM-Frigidare and Delco Heat, AMC- Nash-Kelvinator, Ford-Philco, Crosley-Crosley (same name on appliances as the car). So did Studebaker, who bought out Franklin Manufacturing, and Hupp Corporation who bought out Perfection Stove and Gibson appliances. Craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryB Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 2 hours ago, 8E45E said: So did Studebaker, who bought out Franklin Manufacturing, and Hupp Corporation who bought out Perfection Stove and Gibson appliances. Craig Did not know that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 We bought our house new in 1967 and it has its original Chrysler Air Temp gas furnace, still going strong. Its ac unit lasted 34 years. I had a new Carrier gas furnace and ac put in a rental house, and after just 16 years the ac died, and my hvac guy says the heat exchanger in the furnace may go any time. And I've had $1,000 in repairs on it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John348 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I had a window A/C unit that had a Philco Ford logo on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hupp (Hupmobile) was making air conditioners in Canada in the 60s or 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 23 hours ago, 8E45E said: So did Studebaker, who bought out Franklin Manufacturing, and Hupp Corporation who bought out Perfection Stove and Gibson appliances. Craig My parents were Hupmobile enthusiasts for most of my life, and I remember my Mom telling me that the Hupp Motor co never really disappeared. She said they merely never returned to unprofitable auto manufacturing after enjoying good profits during production of war materials. She indicated that Hupp began manufacturing Gibson Appliances and Hercules engines, among other things. I later understood that Frigidaire bought out Gibson, and then White bought out Frigidaire. So, one way of looking at things is that Hupp never really disappeared...they just got absorbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 2 hours ago, lump said: My parents were Hupmobile enthusiasts for most of my life, and I remember my Mom telling me that the Hupp Motor co never really disappeared. She said they merely never returned to unprofitable auto manufacturing after enjoying good profits during production of war materials. She indicated that Hupp began manufacturing Gibson Appliances and Hercules engines, among other things. I later understood that Frigidaire bought out Gibson, and then White bought out Frigidaire. So, one way of looking at things is that Hupp never really disappeared...they just got absorbed. That is correct. Like Graham-Paige, and Studebaker in the 1960's, Hupp became a holding company only, and their most familiar product name went away. Craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted October 27, 2018 Author Share Posted October 27, 2018 Wow Airtemp Corporation started in 1934.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 There used to be a Chrysler-Airtemp factory here in the Dayton, Ohio area. I was under the impression that MOPAR air condition systems for motor vehicles was one of their main products, but I don't know that for sure. Somewhere around here I have an old Chrysler-Airtemp tape measure, I think. I'll have to look for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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