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
To easy. The 1935 Cord 810. Crank operated from each side of the dash. Did you know that the Cord 810/812 head lamps were actually landing lights fron a Stinson airplane? Cord owned a huge part of Stinson.
Designed in 1935 actually came out in 1936 810 Cord. worked on one about 20 years ago! and remembered. The cranks were missing!!! had to have them made! Your right! cranks cables and gears.
It was an easy question for me but not so easy for many:thumbup: Finding a schematic years ago was a real chore. I supose now with the new computers its pretty easy.
The old light reflectors in the 1800s and through the 20s & some 30s cars and trucks were silver plated! what was used by most people and shops to polish the silver plating including the carbide lamp reflectors?
I know this because I spent many hours when at Greenfield village garage doing it with this material!!:sweat:
The silver plating was very thin and the newer polishes would remove the silver plate very quickly so we used the old fashioned polishing material !
Chris:thumbup: The photos would be great put on here with the answer to this question! LOL
Ground charcoal is really close but still to hard and coarse for the plating! this material is still available but most people never heard of it or use it.
Chris
Dead on!!!! Boothboy you can even use acetylene soot in a pinch. How did you narrow it down. I tried to search it and couldn't find it. In case someone wouldn't except the answer from my memory. Ive seen guys who try to pollish the old parts and remove the silver plate right off LOL. The lamp black was hard work but did a great job!!
Years ago people used the soot off of kerosene lamps and candle lamps that collected on the flues to polish silver and gold especially plated. its just the soot left from the smoke! and some one marketed it years ago acetylene soot works great!
I have a 1959 lincoln priemere with the 3/2bbls it weights 6000 lbs and it will fly. I inherited it from dad and I remember we had it on salt flats in Utah we hit 120 and it was still picking up speed.Then wouldn't you know it the right axel broke and off she came. Thank God it was flat salt. Jessedenny47 sorry I had to tell that story.
I have a 1959 lincoln priemere with the 3/2bbls it weights 6000 lbs and it will fly. I inherited it from dad and I remember we had it on salt flats in Utah we hit 120 and it was still picking up speed.Then wouldn't you know it the right axel broke and off she came. Thank God it was flat salt. Jessedenny47 sorry I had to tell that story.
I was looking at my owners manuals on the 1959 Lincoln Premier and it was 400 HP not 390 like I said earlier I would love to post some pictures of some literature I have.This is on the Lincoln, Marauder, and also the T-Bird which also came with a J model 430 only if ordered or you worked for ford.
Yep it's off a MEL engine. To tell you the truth I don't remember which one . Your all right whoever has the first question jump in here. :boxing:
Wannsa see $7000.00?
:thumbup: BB
What car is this radio in? OK Boys lets get our thinking caps on this radio had tube powered speakers. Identify the car it was in . came with floor station changer.
What car is this radio in? OK Boys lets get our thinking caps on this radio had tube powered speakers. Identify the car it was in . came with floor station changer.
You may be right BB but I think it could be either '58 'or 59. I believe the radio was the same for both years. The Town and Country would search from left to right and then would reverse and search right to left while GM's Wonderbar searched left to right only. The Town button would stop on strong stations only and the Country would stop on weaker stations.. I had a T & C radio in a '59 Park Lane conv. They only made 1200 of them. What a tank.
Couldn"t fool you that is the radio in 1959 lincoln Premier. The station search was on the floor above the dimmer switch. BUT did you know that the Lincoln Priemer had a automatic greaser a switch on the dash pushed once a month or so and it loubed the balljoints. As you can tell I Love my Lincolns.
Chris I also had a 1967 Lincoln Cont. that had the radio search button on the floor. After that my next 1974 Lincoln Mark IV did not have it. I cannot remember what year they stopped producing them. Lincoln advertised it as a safety feature."Hands free radio."
Since no one else bit, I will go with 1952 Allstate.
John L
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