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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
 
#5,477 ·
39 and 40 Standards only had one taillight on LH side but Deluxe models had two tail lights. If this is an aftermarket fender it is probably a 39/40 which means it is made for either model and the purchaser will have to drill the taillight holes. On a '35/36 there is a slight differance in the coupe/roadster and sedan fenders. I am not sure about then 39/40.

John L
 
#5,487 ·
I remember asking this same question months ago and it generated all kinds of contraversy depending on the souce. I was looking through my previous posts trying to find the posts but the system only keeps the last 200. CarolinaCustoms will just have to decide which source he wants to use. I am going to leave this one alone. Do you remember when it was Brian?

John
 
#5,489 ·
I remember asking this same question months ago and it generated all kinds of contraversy depending on the souce. I was looking through my previous posts trying to find the posts but the system only keeps the last 200. CarolinaCustoms will just have to decide which source he wants to use. I am going to leave this one alone. Do you remember when it was Brian?

John

John, I was thinking the 1914 Dodge body built by the BUDD company, but the Hupmobile was one of the first (if not the first), to "use" a steel body. I guess it depends on source and wording.

Kelly
 
#5,499 ·
I just found this which explains the different answers.

The modern electric traffic light is an American invention.[6] As early as 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah, policeman Lester Wire invented the first red-green electric traffic lights. On 5 August 1914, the American Traffic Signal Company installed a traffic signal system on the corner of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.[
 
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