1:1 car question

[The Modeling Hermit]

I'm writing a novel involving an old Mercury. I need to know in what year Mercury started installing air-conditioning? Could one tell from the outside of the car if it had air-conditioning? Did it hang under the dash, or was it incorporated into it? T.I.A.

[CAL]

1955 Mercury Montclair had the first factory air.

From outside the car you could probably only tell when it was running and the AC was cycling.

It was probably mostly under the hood and not so much under the dash.

HTH

[The Modeling Hermit]

That helps a lot. The car in my story is a 49/50. I know that Packard had it before WWII, and that there was an aftermarket kit that hung on the window.

[CAL]

That helps a lot. The car in my story is a 49/50. I know that Packard had it before WWII, and that there was an aftermarket kit that hung on the window.

I am not sure it's that important.

Steven King didn't know squat about cars and made several mistakes in Christine and a couple other books that had cars, and his books still sold well.

[The Modeling Hermit]

I am not sure it's that important.

Steven King didn't know squat about cars and made several mistakes in Christine and a couple other books that had cars, and his books still sold well.

So that means that if I do the research, and know what I'm talking about, that my books will be flops. At least now I have an excuse. LOL