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
I'm going to give it to Brian but both of you guys are correct. 50's Fords with Y blocks used Holly 4000 carburetors. As I said in my last response maybe it was a So Cal piece of slang. We always called those leaky monstrosities "Toilet Seats" or "Fire Bombs". I never heard "Tea Pots" but it sure makes sense! I think those carbs were the reason why most of the 6v Fords were converted to 12v systems. You just left the six volt starter in and you had a chance that your car might start.
I dunno - maybe you hate reliability?
Maybe you love a constant need to service & fix stuff?
Maybe electricals that start fires are your thing?
Maybe you like having the new car dealer keep telling you "that part isn't covered by warranty"?
Maybe the thought of air suspension that fails regularly and costs about a zillion bucks per corner to fix turns yer crank?
Hope this isn't too far off topic to go here but I didn't want to start a new thread just for this. (fingers crossed)
Was watching "Thunder Road" for the 100K time it seemed but this time I paid attention to the credits and learned that, not only did Robert Mitchum star in it but he also produced the film, co-wrote the screenplay, and is rumored to have directed much of the film himself. He also co-wrote along with Don Raye, the theme song "The Ballad of Thunder Road". He did not sing the Movie soundtrack but did record it later.
Daggone, all of a sudden I feel so knowledgeable for some reason
Yes James was his oldest son. John Mitchum was his brother. John and his wife Bonny lived about ten miles from me and I use to see him on occasion. John worked in about thirty movies. Quite a character.
Yes indeed and another interesting thing that I observed for the first time. Seems like the "good guys" (hard working moonshiners) all drove Fords but the "bad guys' (Feds & Mob) drove Chevys and Buicks. Was that because the Fords were expendable, since they did wreck a few, or because they could outrun the Chevys and Buicks?
Possible the ford was faster because it was supercharged ,( read article above ) also the reason not many shine cars were wrecked they belonged to the REAL local shiners hired for the filming they had to keep their cars with little damage as possible
I do remember seeing an awful lot of carb throats on that '50 and I know mine did NOT have that many when I was in College I guess the "Shiners" not only cheated the Gooberment out of tax revenue (only reason to control it) but wasn't it cheating to have a souped up engine when ?they didn't have one? - - maybe the Goober Garage didn't know how. :nono:
Read up on Junior Johnson, Smokey Yunick and the guys that started NASCAR. The revenuers went to the same shops for "soup-ups" as the moonshiners did. Whether the mechanic put the same stuff in everyone's engines is debatable. Read Smokey's book. Fun reading.
Looking at the style of the grill it looks like a Ford Transit. I'd hate to guess what year since I've never seen one with a locking hood like that before. Fords newer than a '57 are not my cup of tea.
78 Nova ,I bought on new just like it Black with gold SS stripes .
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