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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
 
#6,819 ·
Bob you've got a good eye BUT no it's not a Ford product. Saying that this company loosely used Ford's T as kind of a guide. It was a much more expensive auto though.
Hint: The owner of this company once worked for Henry. Of course they all worked for Henry one time or another.

BB :thumbup::thumbup:
 
#6,822 ·
If anyone cares, Cadillac was owned by Henry Ford and some other people. They dissolved the company in the early 1900's, when Henry and two other guys walked out two others stayed and talked Leland into building a car. The Cadillac was born in 1902 a year before the Buick, but they list Buick as the oldest car company. Cadillac became part of GM in 1909. Boy I just used up a lot of trivia questions.:D:cool::thumbup:

Bob
 
#6,825 ·
I knew Henry had something to do with Cadillac. There is an early Caddy on display at Pioneer Village, Minden NE. The info on the car states that it was designed by Henry Ford.


1913 Dodge Brothers? Those high headlights sure look like one.

The car in the picture sure looks like a die-cast model to me. :)
 
#6,827 ·
I'll give this until 9 pm unless someone gets it sooner.
It wasn't made by the ;
Dodge Bros
Ford
Any of the brands that later became GM
Rambler
Packard
Baker Electric nor any other electric
The owner of the company once worked for Henry Ford and R.E.Olds
It was a American company
The owners middle name was Craig and his brothers middle name was Gorham
He was one of two automakers pioneering the use of all-steel bodies.
Last year of production was 1940.
The U.S. Army used his name for cadence.
It's not a die cast model.

Come on, it's right on the tip of your tongue!

BB :confused::confused:
 
#6,831 ·
I was out by ONE year - BB says its a 1914., The pics I dug up show a
1913, model 32 HUPMOBILE

While "hup" was part of marching cadence, but "one of the first all steel bodies" was the clincher clue. I giggled that and found that BUDD built the first all-steel car bodies and the very first ones were designed in partnership with Hupmobile staff. So - back to Gargoyle and input "images, 1913 Hupmobile and - voila! an Ad for the intro of the "all new" Model 32. (the model name meant 32 Horsepower - a LOT for those days!)
 
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#6,833 ·
BB, that is one incredible web site, I love it! Let's get these guys looking at it, any car lover will like this site. What is the oldest known Toyota in existence? I had no idea until I saw this link. Dan
 
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