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Subject: [OM] OT: Fw: Car Trivia Test
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 17:48:45 -0500 (EST)
     Since we occasionally get into discussions about cars, I thought this 
trivia email I received from my cousin might be of interest:

>  
>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 'Vette's 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, however, 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, which made the Pierce 
>   Arrow.  They 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 light 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: On March 16, 1966, an Olds Toronado rolled 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’s 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 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 in numbers? 
>
>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-Six. 
>  
>
>Q: When were seat belts first fitted in 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 he was 
>   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. 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 AMC Gremlin 
>
>
>Q: What’s the Spirit of Ecstasy? 
>  
>A: The official name of the mascot of Rolls Royce. 
>   She’s 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 
>
>Trivia: Ford, the company that made the first pick-up trucks, 
>  shipped them to dealers in crates that the new owners had to assemble, using 
>  the crates as the beds of the trucks. The new owners had to go to the 
> dealers 
>  to get them, thus they had to "pick-up" the trucks. And now you know the 
> "rest 
>  of the story." 
>  


Chris

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