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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
 
#4,486 · (Edited)
Man!!!!:pain: I come in for lunch and my daughter brings me my 3 month old Granddaughter and tells me I have to baby set for a few hrs.:sweat::eek::pain::confused: Shes breast fed and now hungry!!!!:eek::pain::confused::drunk: She wont drink beer :confused: And its Canadian LoL!!!:mwink:

Just joking I have frozen breast milk I'm warming up! But I have work to do and now Im stuck in the house!!!

Jester


Wow I just changed her diaper:eek:It was like changing the old rollup oil filters in a "Diamond T" ( Remember those) Yuk:drunk::pain:
 
#4,489 · (Edited)
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:thumbup: and he said he liked the buick starter not that it came on trucks
 
#4,490 ·
Weather my answer matches what your looking for or not ! I know I used spring starters on trucks in hazardous areas ! In Mines, grain mills, Chemical plants Etc On Diesel trucks! You couldn't use electric start because of explosion and fire from gas or dust or fumes! I remember cranking them, and they also spun the engine much faster then an electric starter. Weather they used them in the 30s and 40s I have no Idea! if no one believes me, That's fine I put my 2 cents in.

I remember putting one on a mac truck in a chemical plant that had hydrochloric and sulfuric acid reactors to transport the 10 ft. diameter by 15 ft. glass replacement section for the reactor when I was with a Canadian riggers crew!!!

So I know they were on trucks Even though I cant prove it with google or bing or etc :drunk: :sweat: :pain: :smash::smash::smash::smash::boxing::eek:

:D:thumbup::D LOL

Who cares any way; I did but not now!Ive been googling all day LOL and my one finger has a blister from :smash::smash::smash::smash::smash::smash::smash::smash::smash:

Jester LOL:D
 
#4,491 ·
That's what I like about this thread. You learn something new each day! I did not know that there was a truck application for a spring starter! The missing truck starter I was looking for was the good old Coffman Starter or Shot Gun Starter We had so much fun with it yesterday I thought I could catch you guys. I did receive a private message from a person who knew all the starters I was looking for but didn't want to ask a question. So it's up to you Jester to toss another one out there. Got one about your mother's Turbo-Supercharged High Lift Ironing Board?
BB:mwink:
 
#4,492 · (Edited)
She didn't have a fast Ironing board but she had a wicked broom ,I still have bruises on my "A $$" 60 years later!!! LOL Im Looking over my shoulder to see if her spirit is getting ready to cuff me on my head For saying that! God bless mothers!!

Who was the primary builder of Good humor and other Ice cream trucks in the 50s and early 60s and are highly collectable today fill in the blanks again H-----y! Someone should know this without googleing They also made candy, hot tamale's, and other specialty trucks that drove through our neighborhoods with bells or music or a barker yelling "GET YOUR HOT TAMALES, HOT TAMALES HERE" When we were kids!!!


H-----y There's a pony that bears the same name! Wow I made that too easy!

Jester
 
#4,508 ·
Rust preventive? well, since someone else already Googled it (and should get credit if that's the answer):

What does Diamond Gloss really protect your exterior paint from? It protects your vehicle from just about anything nature can throw at it!

Acid Rain
Damaging UV Rays
Salt
Water Spotting
Bird Droppings
Pollution
Bug Splatters
Tree Sap
Mud, Dirt and Sand
 
#4,514 ·
That's him! Hundreds of company owned paint and body shop all over the United States and three other foreign countries. One of the early TV advertisers. His famous spiel was " I'll paint any car for $29.99. No ups, no downs!" He had his own paints made and the Diamond Gloss was his top of the line paint. Each painter was expected to shoot five cars a day. If you were smart you pulled all the trim off your car yourself. Masking was a little iffy! There is still a Earl Scheib shop in Sacramento!
 
#4,515 ·
I guess the company went belly up and the shops somehow kept the names but are privately owned with no connection to the original company or owners, very odd.

This is ALL their web site is says.

Effective July 16, 2010, Earl Scheib, Inc. has ceased operations nationwide. Each store is now independently owned and operated by a person unaffiliated with Earl Scheib, Inc. Based on this change, customer warranties of Earl Scheib, Inc. will no longer be able to be honored at these stores or by Earl Scheib, Inc. We truly apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you, however we believe the independent owners and operators will continue to provide the same great service that Earl Scheib, Inc. offered for almost 80 years.

http://www.earlscheib.com/

I always wonder how you sell such poor work, as a salesmen your goal is to meet or exceed your customers expectations. How can you look someone in the eye and tell sell them on a new Cadillac and then drive out and hand them the keys to a worn out 1985 Hyundai? How do you set someone up for what they are going to see when the car is done? I remember driving past the Hayward shop with cars out front masked in newspaper! I was 20 and shooting cars in my garage and I wouldn't do that!

Anyway, yep, Earl Sheib, the butt of many automotive related jokes.

Ok, 1965 Nova with a 283, what was different about that block? There were two distinct differences from any other small block motor ever made. I remember pulling the motor out of my buddies car and noticing this and wondering why in the heck did they go thru such trouble when we just put a 350 in the same spot and it didn't need these mods.

Brian
 
#4,521 ·
Ok, 1965 Nova with a 283, what was different about that block? There were two distinct differences from any other small block motor ever made. I remember pulling the motor out of my buddies car and noticing this and wondering why in the heck did they go thru such trouble when we just put a 350 in the same spot and it didn't need these mods.

Brian


Found it LOL :D:p:drunk:

Jester
 
#4,516 ·
I think most people realized they got what they paid for. I had a car painted at Earl Scheib in Boise, ID, back in 1985 or so. I did the preliminary body work and took EVERYTHING that would come off off. All I needed them to do was spray it. The guy who started working a couple days before and had sprayed 5-10 cars knew more about spraying paint than I did! I've had other cheap paint places do the same since -- Maaco and Peach (a GA outfit). Got reasonable paint jobs for the money spent, under $1000 in all cases (usually closer to $600 -- I always have them do a little extra prep work). I've found that when you do a lot of prep work they realize you want a decent paint job and they take a bit more time with it. Maybe it's just because you made things easier for them though. No matter, if they are just spraying paint they can do better than most people.
 
#4,517 ·
I have a Maaco near me that does some pretty darn nice work on vintage cars. I was looking at a 65ish Dodge and looked real close and saw that non of the chrome had came off, but I had to look very close to see this, at 5 feet it looked damn nice.

Brian
 
#4,518 ·
Yeah, it's not hard to get a good "20 footer" paint job, even with the trim left on! Most of them take more time on vintage stuff as they know it gets looked at more. Maybe the guy didn't want to pay the extra for them to take off the trim and didn't want to do it himself either, just put some shiny paint on it so I can ask another grand or two for it! A lot of people think that way, I'd see that the trim didn't come off and probably SUBTRACT money to do a proper paint job!
 
#4,522 ·
Yes, the 65 Nova used side mounts. The earliest 283 (hmmm.... maybe I'm thinking 265?) may not have had side mounts as Chevy was still using four point mounts when the SBC came out.
 
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