[DML] Old Car Trivia......

["Doug Menkhaus" <dmenkhaus@xxxxxxxx>]

I did not know some of these.

 

(well, I think I knew maybe 3 of them...)

 

 

 

 

 Old Car Trivia......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old Car Trivia.............most of which I  did not know.  Very
informative!!

 

 


Volkswagen sold only two Beetle's here in America in 1949.

	

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 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

 

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