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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
 
#16,261 · (Edited)
Silver was not an option in 1955 C1 corvette although it looks good on that car,,


Code Exterior Quantity Interior Soft Top Wheels

Polo White 325(46.43%) Red White/Beige Red
Pennant Blue 45(6.43%) Dark Beige Beige Red
Corvette Copper 15(2.14%) Dark Beige White Bronze
Gypsy Red 180(25.71%) Light Beige White/Beige Red
Harvest Gold 120(17.14%) Yellow Dark Green Yellow
 
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#16,276 ·
Mike, you are correct that the "trunk" is custom fit for the spare tire well and the spare moved.
I found more pics and info on the car. There are several items on the front that will give it away and removing them will be too much for me to figure out. I'll give you another hint...it was made in Ohio for only 7 years.
 
#16,298 ·
Vegas and Astres were worse. To aid either to pass another automobile, and this was a factory fix, they installed a switch actuated by the carb linkage that cut out the A/C compressor. If the A/C was on either, the car was a danger to oncoming traffic.

BB :thumbup::thumbup:
 
#16,295 ·
Henry Martyn Leland, the founder of Cadillac Automotive Company in 1902, named his luxury, precision-made car after Frenchman Le Sieur Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. Leland wanted to honor Cadillac, who founded the city of Detroit in 1701 initially as a frontier outpost and fort.

Actually, we may all have been pronouncing it incorrectly too...Cadillac /ˈkædɪlæk...would the french pronounce it as it's spelled ?
 
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