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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
 
#2,362 ·
Ha Ha

I told you would get it Dave. By 1877 George B. Seldon had already re-designed the gasoline engine aiming for more horsepower with less weight. His design was a 2 stroke engine. He applied for a patent on a gasoline vehicle in 1879 with a brass model. He was granted a patent in 1895. This was after numerous other vehicles had been produced. He never actually built the vehicle until 1905. But with patent in hand, he collected some serious royalties from all the then automobile manufacturers. Here are some links to the story behind this, which I found interesting. Nolan
http://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/34_66/53aug1992/53koch.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._Selden

You're up Dave :thumbup:
 
#2,364 ·
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I am a just a tad reluctant to post a question right now as I am scheduled to go in for surgery very early Wed morning (getting a humongous "C-Cup sized" "his-nia" fixed) so if no-one got the answer by Tuesday night, I'd leave the group hanging. Since that wouldn't be fair to the group, I'll toss it to whoever comes up with a good question first. (I'll be back on here by early next week and I'll take up challenges then) (I even had a good one for the next round!)
 
#2,366 ·
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OLNOLAN said:
Hey Man, I hope your surgery goes all smooth. Later, Nolan

I don't have a good one right now so like Dave said, go for it. Blue, Brian, one of ya'll.
Being I have not read every post, I know shame on me, this might have been asked before.

Who had the first V-8 engine for sale in a car? What year was it? Where was it first unveiled?
three questions.

Bob
 
#2,373 ·
Okay I got one!

Prior to the introduction of Lacquer paint, most of the worlds production auto manufactures used a product that consisted of: An asphaltic base dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, sometimes with other varnish ingredients, such as linseed oil. What was the name of this product, color and what was the term that was used for applying it?

Brian will probably get this one too.LOL He's on the other side of the continent but I swear I think he has hacked my computer.
 
#2,374 ·
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Chris Kemp said:
Okay I got one!

Prior to the introduction of Lacquer paint, most of the worlds production auto manufactures used a product that consisted of: An asphaltic base dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, sometimes with other varnish ingredients, such as linseed oil. What was the name of this product, color and what was the term that was used for applying it?

Brian will probably get this one too.LOL He's on the other side of the continent but I swear I think he has hacked my computer.
It was called Japan Lacquer, the color was japan black and the process was called japanning.

Bob
 
#2,375 ·
35terraplane said:
It was called Japan Lacquer, the color was japan black and the process was called japanning.

Bob

The one problem I have with it being called "Japan Black" is it goes against what I was told in that black is a bad luck color in the Japanese culture. There was never a black Japanese car for YEARS. Back in the seventies I painted a couple of brand new Dodge colts (Made in Japan) black because they didn't make them.

But that is just what I was told so it may not be true.

Brian
 
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MARTINSR said:
The one problem I have with it being called "Japan Black" is it goes against what I was told in that black is a bad luck color in the Japanese culture. There was never a black Japanese car for YEARS. Back in the seventies I painted a couple of brand new Dodge colts (Made in Japan) black because they didn't make them.

But that is just what I was told so it may not be true.

Brian

Brian Another name was Brunswick Black, but the most common name was Japan, or Japan black, I have no idea why, yet, I don't even think Japan has anything to do with it, The black color comes from the asphalt base, That color was used because it only took 48 hours to dry, other colors could be made but they took two weeks to dry, or up to two weeks.

Bob

It is also called Pontypool japan, it is a process of japanning with the use of oil varnish and heat which is credited to Thomas Allgood of Pontypool South Wales in the 17th century.
 
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