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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
 
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If I am not mistaken Bantom built the first but it was to small of a company so the army bid out a new spec which Ford and Willys both bid on. It seems I heard that Willys beat Ford because Ford followed the military specs and disigned a completely new vehicle and Willys bent the rules so they could use their existing engine. Thus, they offerred a larger vehicle for less money. The Army looked the other way as far as the specs went and awarded the Contract to Willys. Ford did however end up building the Willys design also because of war demand.

John L
 
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337 ci, about 850 lbs; the 8EL engine was used in Lincoln's and the 8EQ engines were used in large trucks. This was after the war in 1948. However in 1931 Chrysler had a flathead straight 8 that measured 385ci that they put in their Imperials. Second however, in 1953 Dodge built a 413 ci 6 cyl flathead for their larger trucks. They built only about 3000 of them. Something about ripping the drive sprockets off the crank. Probably a warrenty issue!
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I did the paint and body on a 32ish Lincoln sedan years ago. HOLY COW that sucker had some big chassis and drive train parts! That big old flatty sitting there was only equaled or surpassed by the axles and brakes! :pain: They were HUGE! It looked like parts from a friggin semi!

Brian
 
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These are with out a doubt a pair of 1927 "Happy Daze" Commercial Ice Cream Churn Rotator Paddle assemblies. They are both right and left units missing the all important "Swirl-O-Matic" louver plates. The '27' unit had color-coded louvers because they didn't interchange. This was rectified in 1928 much to the delite of all the Unionized and Non-Unionized Ice Cream Workers of America when "Happy Daze" made interchangeable plates. The new plates also were pre-adjusted for "Skim" directly from the factory.
You can tell what they are from the scum in the corners and the trail of ants.
 
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That is interesting Chris because, as I understand it, Ardun Duntov designed the heads specifically for commercial applications. Your recollections are the first I have encountered that remember them being run on the trucks they were designed for. I have never heard of Ford Motor Company being involved in any way. It will be interesting to see if any of the historians around here can add to the story.

John L
 
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Guys I'm a disciple of Sherlock. Logic and deduction. I'm working on a DROID so serching the internet is a chore. IT HAD TO BE FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION. That would be the logical year that needs fixing. Something is different about these because Brian asked the question. ^2 was the last year Corvettes had fixed headlights. It had to be 63.------Or just a lucky guess. Beside I can faintly see HAPPY Daze on one and everyone knows GM stole the idea in 1963!

Any run on capitalizion is because my fingers don't fit this darn keyboard!
 
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