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
Sorry. Look, just skip it. My camera wont let me upload photos the ones I'm finding are to small, I can't enlarge em.:smash: I'm just got to hang back.
Here's an easy one to legally nominate the next holder of the floor.
I'm sure you know this but the next time you lift a picture off the internet, click on it. Select " save as". When that box opens up decide where you want to save the image and before you place it in a folder for further use go down to the image description and change it's name. I use z or x plus a number. Then save it in your folder . When you need it for a trivia question it will be described as x whatever on the trivia site. At that point it't untraceable back to it's original location on the web.
If you knew all this stuff already-------Never mind.
Oh yeah, Brian would have got that question in about 15 seconds.
Thanks for the pat but no I wouldn't have! I didn't even know they were ever distributed under the Nash name! I'm a geek with a Rambler American but I am not that big of a geek. :evil:
You got it joe I did not know they had the names at bottom until after i posted pictures.give us a good one 54-55 were hudson 56-62 were nash. ihave saw one wagon,???
My wife had one and was a former member of the Metropolitan Owners Club of North America (MOCNA).
The Met was basically a rebodied Austin A40, mechanically identical except for the transmission. The Austin was actually a very heavy car that had a very deep first gear in a 4-speed box . The Met was light, so it did not need the super-low Austin first gear, so that was removed from the box, resulting in a 3 speed box.
The first 2 years of production (54 & 55) had the bar - type grill as shown in the `Hudson`pix with the ones from `56 onwards having the mesh grille.
54 & 55 had the fake ``ram air scoop` while later ones did not. 1959 and onwards had a trunk that could be opened from the outside - until then you had go through the back seat to get at the tiny trunk. 1959 was the last year of actual production, but they sold so slowly that many were sold as 1960, 1961 and even 1962 models!
They were sold as both Hudson and Nash-Kelvinator (honest!) so long as the Hudson name existed.
My wife`s car was a very early `54 Nash Kelvinator version
Well all this talk about Austin, Hudson's and Nash's got me to try to figure it all out. Here's what I found out. The Metropolitan was developed by Nash- Kelvinator ( American company) in 1950 It started as a concept car, the NXI. Nash wanted to get back into the European market. Nash found it was cheaper to have it built in the UK than the U.S. and get it into both Europe and North America. They signed the deal with Austin Motor Company in Great Britain. 1953 was the first year it was available in the US and Canada. It wasn't available in Europe for sales until 1956. In Europe it was sold as a Austin Metropolitan with right hand drive.
Nash-Kelvinator merged with Hudson in 1954 to form AMC and marketed it as the Hudson Metropolitan in 1955.
Last year of production was 1961.
In 1956 AMC sold some right hand drive Metro's to police departments as Meter Maid cars.
It was always manufactured in England with Austin (UK) engines.
There you have it.
BB :thumbup::thumbup:
Oh yeah. They never made a station wagon other than two prototypes. Any wagons and pick ups were modified from either convertibles or hard tops.
Sorry, but in clicking on the photo I saw the name, guys, you need to change the name of the file before you use it or it ruins all the fun!
It's a Multiplex. Now that we know that, how about some good info on it? I have done some searching but came up with very little, some of the photos are very cool though, looks like a home made hotrod!
Ahhhh here is some info, VERY interesting stuff! This car had a 50 year hiatus! It was a manufacturer from the Brass era that came back in 1953 with a fiberglass bodied sports car!
I've personally seen this car, since I am a former "Berwickian", and it's a sweet ride. And the company is still in business, at the same location. although now they manufacture valves.
I was wondering how they went 50 years without making a car, didn't read all the articles on them, but they make valves huh? What kind of valves, large valves for water or gas in construction or are we talking valves from an engine?
I found them, Air and Vacuum, Air Release and Check Valves from Crispin large valves for construction. Man, I can see why they changed their name, google "Multiplex valves" and you get companies all over the world! In todays economy you best have a unique name.:drunk:
What production car had a widened front suspension when the optional V8 was installed?
Brian
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