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
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
I will give the answer the silver car is a 55 V8 the 53 -55 with a 6 cyl did Not have the gold V in the word Chevrolet,,interesting it Dont say Corvette...
Been 10 days and I attended a private tour of obscure cars today. What is the make and bonus points for year, and you're a super sleuth if you know the model... BB...
Do you have a front view? Wheelbase too short for Stutz. Body style is of a Runabout or Doctor's Car. It appears to have a custom thunk in place of the spare tire and a add on spare tire mount. Vintage between 1920-1925. Is this American made?
I do have a front pic, but it's a give-away as the name is on the grille...
It is American made and in the early 20's. I believe it has an aluminum body too, with steel fenders.
I'll try to modify the frontal pic to hide the name.
Meanwhile, here's something for you to drool over...
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.
See how you are ?? I'm out in the cold for 3 hours, doing last minute yard work before it snows tomorrow and your sitting on your duff, replying in 3 minutes...
Yes, Twinkle toes is correct. B&S supplied keys and locks for automobile until 1995 when one of it's sub companies, Stetec securities split off and continued on it's own. If you look at old car keys they have the B&S symbol in the center.
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.
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 ?
Hate to sound like a piece of rope but I'm a frayed knot.
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