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
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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