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#1 ·
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.

See this thread for an example of how it goes: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/trivia/1454/page1/

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
 
#827 ·
The Nationals, as the event was first known, were first held in Great Bend in 1955. The race is now held in Indianapolis and is known as the U.S. Nationals.

What year did the U.S. Nationals move to Indy and what other cities besides Great Bend and Indianapolis have hosted the Nationals (hint - there were 3)?
 
#832 · (Edited)
I read back through the posts and maybe I need to be more clear.

eloc431962 asked, "In what year was the first nation wide NHRA sponsered event and where was it held at."

To which I answered, "1955 Great Bend, KS," which was the correct answer.

Building on that question, I asked a multiple answer question about that first nation wide event. That event was known as "The Nationals." When NHRA added a second annual event, The Nationals became known as the U. S. Nationals, which are now held in Indianapolis. This year will be the 55th annual U. S. Nationals.

My trivia question is, "What year did the Nationals/U. S. Nationals move to Indianapolis and in what three other cities besides Great Bend and Indianapolis were the Nationals / U. S. Nationals held?"
 
#838 ·
Trivia

OK - here's a "puffball" for you
All the '57 Chevs sold in Australia (and, I presume, New Zealand) were built in Canada for export. Besides being right-hand drive, what was the main distinguishing feature that sets them apart from all other '57 Chevs anywhere?

(and, bonus - they were all one model - what was it?)

(I'm guessing there will be a few members on here from Oz who will answer in about 2 seconds, thus giving some members other than us "regulars" a chance to play...)
 
#839 · (Edited)
Dave57210 said:
OK - here's a "puffball" for you
All the '57 Chevs sold in Australia (and, I presume, New Zealand) were built in Canada for export. Besides being right-hand drive, what was the main distinguishing feature that sets them apart from all other '57 Chevs anywhere?

(and, bonus - they were all one model - what was it?)

(I'm guessing there will be a few members on here from Oz who will answer in about 2 seconds, thus giving some members other than us "regulars" a chance to play...)
I'll take a stab at it...

All new '57 Chevrolets imported into Australia were 4-door sedans. One unique feature was that they were all 6 cylinder engines and manual transmissions.
 
#841 ·
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Well, Joe G got the bonus part right.

What I am looking for is along the lines of this: If you walked up to an Australian `57 Bel Air 4 door sedan and (after walking up to the wrong side - as in the left side - like I sometimes have a problem with when trying to adapt to the occasional RHD car) and then when you have grinned to yourself and walked around and gotten into the driver`s seat, what would immediately strike you as `different`about it

If I don`t get the response by tomorrow eve, I`ll `fess up`and pose a different question, and this time it will NOT involve a `57 Chev!
 
#843 · (Edited)
How about they used a 55 style dash!


American 1955.


Aussie 1957.



American 1957.



This is understandable being that the 55 had a "Bi-sexual" dash. :D It was made like many dashes years ago, in that it could work with the steering wheel on either side for ease of exporting.

I never would have guessed that!

Brian
 
#844 ·
MARTINSR said:
How about they used a 55 style dash!

This is understandable being that the 55 had a "Bi-sexual" dash. :D It was made like many dashes years ago, in that it could work with the steering wheel on either side for ease of exporting.

I never would have guessed that!

Brian
Brian, you're just too smart! My girlfriend's bi-sexual. The only way she gets sexual with me is when I buy her something.
 
#846 ·
MARTINSR said:
How about they used a 55 style dash!
That is a neat bit of trivia. I wasn't able to talk to my friend, who is a Holden/Australian Chevy nut, until today. He said that in addition to all being 4 door sedans and having a 55-56 dash, RH drive, a 6 cylinder, and a manual transmission, they also all had leather upholstery.

Go figure....
 
#847 ·
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Looks like it is Brian's turn to try to "stump the panel"

Brian, You are 100% correct - it was not worth the cost for GM to come up with a "mirror image" '57 dash for the (relatively few) '57 Chevs that would ever be factory-delivered in RHD configuration, so the symmetrical 55/56 - style dash was used in all RHD '57's as a very easy solution.

Over to you, Brian!

(and I had a "goody" in reserve in case no-one jumped on this! Shoulda known that SOMEONE would get it!) (and my "reserve challenge" was not even '55/6/7 Chev-related!)
 
#848 ·
When manufacturers make a new model they will usually disquise it so no one knows what it looks like until they do a press release. How did Chevrolet disguise the 1967 Camaro test mules that they drove across country?

Brian
 
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