[Bmcu] Fw: Car Trivia....

Fri Jul 12 10:23:13 MDT 2013

Yes, it is car related and some British trivia.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: The Car Expert 
To: Barry Engstrum<mailto:beachbumbarry at msn.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:59 PM
Subject: Fw: Car Trivia....


                    You car buffs will love this one!

                    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: False. 
                    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 its 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 
             
       
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