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
The only one I recall being a Chevrolet "SMALL BLOCK" was the 265 that came out in 1955. As far as the earlier ones I thought they were a different design than the "SMALL BLOCK".
Wasn’t the Monza’s other claim to fame the limited access to the spark plugs.
Required engine be lifted or inner fender removed for replacement. I don’t remember exactly which.
Old wives tale. Said the same thing about 390 mustangs, Corvettes and anything tight. I still have my Mac 36" 3/8" extension. That and a Apex wobble socket, they came out.
probably with all the emissions and junk they would be harder to work on,,i had a couple of vegas ,,one with a 327 anf hilborn injection and another with a sbc 400 and 2 4s they were not bad to work on ,,but I was younger I would not want to change an air filter now,,lol,
I am trying to find a picture of Annie (My Wife ) doing a full power launch
with the 327 in it..i will post it..
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I haven't found pictures with wheels up in the air yet,,but this is 2 of the cars the Red one is the 327 with hilborn injection an a power glide.. the Green one is a 400 (406 ) 2 4s and turbo 350,,
Because someone made a mistake on the blue print and it stayed that way?
I am thinking it may be like the "400" in the 65 Gran Sport because GM wouldn't allow them to use a motor bigger than 326 in a certain model they were planning on putting the 336?
IIRC, a six liter limit on the new A body. The 58-9 GMC 336 inch which was an altered 50s Pontiac 370 that was available in 63 Tempests (four barrel midyear) was replaced by a reduced bore size 389 to produce the 326 and 326 HO made in later years. Despite the update, the valve angle was same in both versions.
So I figure it was to avoid a one year hiccup since the Buick 215 was the people's choice. The opportunity to spank it's numbers before year's end came by slapping an AFB on a truck engine that was replaced by the big bent GMC six.
That was from the seat of my pants, how'd I do? Might have that twisted up pretty bad in my mind.:embarrass
I reckon the next question is whose turn it is. Maybe that part flew out the window, and thats fine by me.
Did you note how the article brings us in a circle by loosely connecting back to 496 David's last post, for a semblance of continuity? :mwink: There was a Monza conversation, and Sunbird in the article.
I also remember watching Sputnik glow in the night sky as it orbited the earth and the doomsday predictions of the Soviets attaching from space with ICBM's.
On the good side, I came "of age" during the muscle car era and got to see and ride in these cars when they were spankin' new...
What's not being said is that the top of the tank was the floor of the trunk. The car that caused all the commotion was a Pinto and a young family burnt up in a rear end collision.
Yep, tragic event, but not the only instance of that happening. Probably not to that severity, but like Brian said millions of small size Ford unibody cars had the same tank design. I was appalled the first time I realized the tank was the trunk floor...
Knee jerk sez DB7. But just as likely a Ferrari of some sort. I got nothing, did a brief search. And was suspicious about the awful Mustangy looking roof. Hmm. No clue.
When the day comes that IDJ qualifies as a red sports car spotter... Thats the day you'll know something is horribly wrong in the world.
Maybe but when this car was designed 240Z's hadn't been thought of let alone conceived. This car was designed and built in 1959 and is one of three. It is a design study for production.
I figured this Q was spawned by a recent movie release but was led astray by that assumption.
Its a 1959 Corvette chassis which was covertly bodied by Scagliatti for a Mr Laughlin who was a GT racer with big friends and a broken crankshaft. One thing led to another in pursuit of a roomy American V8 powered GT car. Only one of three chassis was completed over three years and fit/finish fell short of expectations. Chevy was interested enough to turn loose of the three partially assembly-lined Corvette chassis for the secret project but in the end it was just too controversial, having an Italian body. The project was scrapped and Carrol Shelby passed up the chance to buy one of them. So that is a stillborn concept car with an Italian body over an early Corvette. Freakish.
Show 'em the grille, BB. If I am having chicken dinner tonight, I think I have the germ for another good 'un.
Depending on who you believe the Scaglietti Corvettes were a design study put together by Carroll Shelby and Ed Cole of Chevrolet. I just listen to Shelby explain how he approached GM for engine before approaching Ford and how he contacted Scaglietti to produce the bodies. Again before Cobras. The year was 1959. GM didn't want to do it but Cole was interested and Shelby ended up with three complete chassis , two with automatics and duel carbs and one with FI and a four speed. Off to Italy they went and three different bodies were built. Enzo and GM found out about the project and all hell broke out. Scaglietti built bodies for Ferrari and Enzo wasn't happy. Gary Laughlin got interested from Shelby and ended up with one of the cars. Harley Earl thought they were beautiful but much to european for the American market. And then you have Gary Laughlin's version. that IDJ told. How ever they came about, they are certainly beautiful!! And IDJ, I didn't leave off the grill. This one didn't have one.
I figured I would botch the story somewhat, but thats what you're good at. I spewed what I remembered after locating a Hemmings article but my reading retention ain't the best.:embarrass
I will attempt to find an interesting way to present a question about my newly found gem of obscurity. In typical IDJ fashion. A little later.
No you didn't blotch it at all. After reachering it a little bit they apperantly the truth is whom ever is telling the story. what i wonder about is if ed Cole had permission to release those Vettes!
BB :thumbup::thumbup:
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