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After "fiddlin' and playin' " with designs for ten years, Dallas' Frigikar Corp. finally had what it wanted last week: a refrigerating unit which will cool an automobile. Fitting compactly under the hood and in the trunk compartment, the Frigikar apparatus will reduce a car's interior temperature from 100° to 70° in a matter of minutes. Price: a cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIAGE TRADE: Champagne in the Trunk | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

...wealthy Texas, Frigikar was not alone in the car-cooling market. Fort Worth's ARA Manufacturing Co. has already sold 79 of its "Refrigairs" at the same price. But Frigikar soon hopes to make a big improvement: it will add a compartment in which to keep food and cool beer or champagne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CARRIAGE TRADE: Champagne in the Trunk | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

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