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06-04-2013, 02:30 PM | #1 | ||
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just an email I got with some auto trivia thought it was interesting and worth posting
so how much did you know and how much surprised you ... Q: What was the first official White House car? A: A 1909 White Steamer, ordered by President Taft. Q: Who opened the first drive-in gas station? A: Gulf opened up the first station in Pittsburgh in 1913. Q: What city was The first to use parking meters? A: Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935. Q: Where was the first drive-in restaurant? A: Royce Hailey's Pig Stand opened in Dallas in 1921. Q: True or False? The 1953 Corvette came in white, red and black. A: The 1953 'Vetted' were available in one color, Polo White. Q: What was Ford's answer to the Chevy Corvette, and other legal street racers of the 1960's? A: Carroll Shelby's Mustang GT350. Q: What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo? A: The 1960 Plymouth Valiant Q: What was the first car fitted with a replaceable cartridge oil filter? A: The 1924 Chrysler. Q: What was the first car to be offered with a "perpetual guarantee"? A: The 1904 Acme, from Reading, PA. Perpetuity was disturbing in this case, as Acme closed down in 1911. Q: What American luxury automaker began by making cages for birds and squirrels? A: The George N. Pierce Co. Of Buffalo, who made the Pierce Arrow, also made iceboxes. Q: What car first referred to itself as a convertible? A: The 1904 Thomas Flyer, which had a removable hard top. Q: What car was the first to have it's radio antenna embedded in the windshield? A: The 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix. Q: What car used the first successful series-production hydraulic valve lifters? A: The 1930 Cadillac 452, the first production V16 Q: Where was the World's first three-color traffic lights installed? A: Detroit, Michigan in 1919. Two years later they experimented with synchronized lights. Q: What type of car had the distinction of being GM's 100 millionth car built in the U.S. ? A: March 16, 1966 saw an Olds Tornado roll out of Lansing, Michigan with that honor. Q: Where was the first drive-in movie theater opened, and when? A: Camden, NJ in 1933 Q: What autos were the first to use a standardized production key-start system? A: The 1949 Chryslers Q: What did the Olds designation 4-4-2 stand for? A: 4 barrel carburetor, 4 speed transmission, and dual exhaust. Q: What car was the first to place the horn button in the center of the steering wheel? A: The 1915 Scripps-Booth Model C. The car also was the first with electric door latches. Q: What U.S. Production car has the quickest 0-60 mph time? A: The 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409. Did it in 4.0 seconds. Q: What's the only car to appear simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek? A: The Mustang Q: What was the lowest priced mass produced American car? A: The 1925 Ford Model T Runabout. Cost $260, $5 less than 1924. Q: What is the fastest internal-combustion American production car? A: The 1998 Dodge Viper GETS-R, tested by Motor Trend magazine at 192.6 mph. Q: What automaker's first logo incorporated the Star of David? A: The Dodge Brothers. Q: Who wrote to Henry Ford, "I have drove fords exclusively when I could get away with one. It has got every other car skinned, and even if my business hasn't been strictly legal it don't hurt anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the V-8"? A: Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde) in 1934. Q: What car was the first production V12, as well as the first production car with aluminum pistons? A: The 1915 Packard Twin-Six. Used during WWI in Italy, these motors inspired Enzi Ferrari to adopt the V12 himself in 1948. Q: What was the first car to use power operated seats? A: They were first used on the 1947 Packard line. Q: Which of the Chrysler "letter cars" sold the fewest amount? A: Only 400, 1963, 300J's were sold (they skipped" "I" because it looked like a number 1) Q: What car company was originally known as Swallow Sidecars (aka SS)? A: Jaguar, which was an SS model first in 1935, and ultimately the whole company by 1945. Q: What car delivered the first production V12 engine? A: The cylinder wars were kicked off in 1915 after Packard's chief engineer, Col. Jesse Vincent, introduced its Twin-Sis. Q: When were seat belts first fitted to a motor vehicle? A: In 1902, in a Baker Electric streamliner racer which crashed at 100 mph. on Staten Island! Q: In January 1930, Cadillac debuted it's V16 in a car named for a theatrical version of a 1920's film seen by Harley Earl while designing the body, What's that name? A: The "Madam X", a custom coach designed by Earl and built by Fleetwood. The sedan featured a retractable landau top above the rear seat. Q: Which car company started out German, yet became French after WWI? A: Bugati, founded in Molsheim in 1909, became French when Alsace returned to French rule. Q: In what model year did Cadillac introduce the first electric sunroof? A: 1969 Q: What U.S. production car had the largest 4 cylinder engine? A: The 1907 Thomas sported a 571 cu. in. (9.2liter) engine. Q: What car was reportedly designed on the back of a Northwest Airlines airsickness bag and released on April Fool's Day, 1970? A: 1970 Gremlin, (AMC) Q: What is the Spirit of Ecstasy? A: The official name of the mascot of Rolls Royce, she is the lady on top of their radiators. Q: What was the inspiration for MG's famed octagon-shaped badge? A: The shape of founder Cecil Kimber's dining table. MG stands for Morris Garages. Q: In what year did the "double-R" Rolls Royce badge change from red to black? A: 1933 sorry if some found it long n boring hope some found it interesting so how much did you know
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06-04-2013, 02:42 PM | #2 | ||
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Nah, didn't find it boring, but must admit knew none of them.
Only one that surprised me in all honesty was the fastest car to 60mph.
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06-04-2013, 02:48 PM | #3 | |||
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'62 Impala SS 409 is only good for 6sec 0-60mph. Quite a few inaccuracies there too. The Viper GTS-R isnt the fastest US production car (it was in 1998 though) Ford's competitor to the Corvette was the Thunderbird, not the Mustang GT350.
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06-04-2013, 02:56 PM | #4 | |||
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Oh, is the Acme reference in the Road Runner cartoons in reference to the car brand, ie 'doomed to fail'?
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06-04-2013, 03:28 PM | #5 | ||
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wasn't the Camaros GMs answer to the Mustang?
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06-04-2013, 09:35 PM | #6 | ||
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The first car to have an alternator was a 1960 Plymouth?
Surely they were in use well before then? |
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06-04-2013, 10:02 PM | #7 | ||
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R model Valiant had the first alternator that I remember
in Australian cars anyway |
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