We started a trivia thread over at another forum and it has been a lot of fun.
Here are the ground rules. It starts with one question. The first reply with the right answer gets the floor for a new question. It continues like that unless, A) the person who has the floor doesn't ask a new question, or B) no one gets the correct answer. In that case, the person with the floor asks a new question. No more than one question on the floor at a time, and discussion/clarification is welcome until the floor is taken over by a new question.
First question: In the 1952 Indy 500, what type of fuel was burned in the record-setting pole-position #28 car? Hint: it won pole position by a full 4 mph over the second-place Ferrari
Hey cool! a Bricklin! Note: Bricklin's are acrylic, NOT fiberglass. A lot of them were ruined by well intentioned people painting them without sealing the acrylic. Fiberglass panels are available. I knew a guy who had one and had trouble with the hydraulic gullwing doors. Apparently you shouldn't open both doors at the same time or it blows the ram...His wife refused to accept this. His was the only AMC powered one Ive ever seen and it was this HIDEOUS orange color.
Dont insult Tim Hortons by comparing it to Dunkin...its way better than Dunkin and cheaper
My buddy has a Bricklin, he would love to restore it but I think he realizes it would be a major undertaking, he's 78 and not in the best of health anymore. The doors are the biggest PITA. He drove the car for many years but it got to be problematic and he parked it. I should ask him what he is going to do with the car. I researched them a few years back, they aren't worth a lot. ain:
According to the guy I knew that had one (not exactly first hand info, sorry); there is a retrofit kit to actuate the doors with electrics instead of the hydraulics. Its not cheap, but it takes a pile of weight out of the car and boiling hydraulic fluid out of the cockpit. The nice thing was most of the wear items are available from Napa (I seem to remember that his front suspension was all AMC Hornet or something, and had a smogger 360 in it). You CAN paint the body, you just need a sealer that will protect the acrylic body panels. The problems started with the acrylic enamels. I don't know if you have to use a waterborne sealer, but the Bricklin Owners website can probably give you all the info you need
The Model A with out the visor was the Victoria. I saw one in Indiana at the Auburn Museum. I don't know why they were visorless except that the body was made by the Murray Co. One thing I noticed is that the door shows only a lower hinge. The upper portion is smooth. Was the body wider? Upon a closer look I find that the upper hinge is on the windshield post. The windshield is slanted back.
Here's one for you Brian. How about a factory Model A Three Window Coupe without a visor! It's a prototype for the 1932 Ford but its a Model A!
I have never seen that 3 window, wild. You are half right, the Vicki was one of them, there is another that didn't have a outside visor just as the Vicki.
These I had to look up. One I knew one I didn't and one kinda goes with another. The 1931 Standard Fordor, The 1930-31 Station Wagon, and the 1930-31 Special Delivery. There's a couple of variations of the Fordor but same basic body style.
Here's a good one. We're talking about a dead guy.
What very famous car, race, speed, mechanic, designer, innovator person was buried in his fire suit complete with wrenches in both hands, his engine manual beside him and a jar of earth at his feet?
DAMN I love stuff like that. I want to buy a ticket, really, what would it cost? Put that thing down here at Sears point raceway Sonoma Raceway and charge for rides, how much? How much is it going to cost me so I can start saving up my mad money! DAMN that must be wild!
I first saw this car at the Indy museum in Indianapolis and recently on loan to the LeMay in Tacoma. It's the Hurst Shifter Special built by Smoky Yunick and driven at Indy in 1964 by Bobby Jones. It crashed in practice and never made the race. Pretty neat!!
if it is still running Racoon mountian in Chattanooga,Tenn has these last time i went it cost $50.00 they have 2.3 ford engines have not been in a while,also Bill Elliot shop in Dawsonville has them also. I measured it on the map less than a foot ,should not take long to get here.LOL..
Only white car that comes to mind ,Team owner ,driver ,mechanic shine runner ,Inovater of many speed parts ,May have Bent the rules once or twice,LOL but i think he is still alive.
We are probably getting off topic but to me the fun is hanging with the gang. I have no desire to compete for a trophy. Winning a trophy is, of course, a compliment but not the reason behind building the car.
Purely a guess but maybe Mickey Thompson? I remeber he was murdered in 1988? at around 60ish? Don't know about the funeral details though just guessing from the time period.
Bingo! Art passed in 1977 at the age of 81. He was buried in a green coffin in his white Firestone fire suite with wrenches in his hands. Along side of him was his engine manual for a J-79 jet engine and at his feet was a jar of salt from the Bonniville Salt Flats. Very heady times in the sixty's battling it out with not only Breedlove but his brother Walt , Donald Campbell, Doc Ostich and others. A new land speed record every week, sometimes days!
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