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
Man! All that info and dating history right off the bat! I AM INPRESSED! Yes indeedy. WOW! I can't believe it. I thought I had a real stumper and look what happened! Zowww weee!
Yep it's a younger Von Dutch. The car culture knows him as the guy who made pin striping famous but Von Dutch could make anything and did so. Close friend to Steve McQueen. Dutch did many projects for the movie industry probably most notable mcQueens :Wanted Dead or Alive" cut down Winchester rifle "The Mare's Leg" and the 1900's Winton Flyer from Faulkner's "The Reivers".
As far as the Jag is concerned there is very little info on it. I've been aware of it for years but had never seen a picture of it until last week. It is probably his first project of any significant but it has disappeared in to the crusher years ago. I stumbled upon a video about the resurrection of his bus and ow and behold, there it was. I really like what he did with the headlights on that XK120. Here's some links to some interesting stuff.
53 because of the flags,,American flag was illegal to use commercially,,55 cheVrolet was added because of v8 engine OPTION, 74 letter script changed 86 changed again nid 70s stingray went away many more changes thru the years
The checkered flag portion is a salute to the Corvette racing heritage. On the other side of the crossed flags the design is reminiscent of a design that has carried forward since the emblem change on the 1953 Corvette. Long story short the original Corvette that was on display at the New York Motorama had an American flag in place of the current style Corvette flag. It is actually illegal to use the American flag on any commercial product so GM had to swap it out prior to the morning of the show. A jeweler in New York City was commissioned to come up with a logo. Some of the elements of what you see in the current logo are straight from that design. The Fleur de Lis was picked because the Jeweler mistakenly believed that Louis Chevrolet was of French descent (He's actually Swiss). The bow tie is from the early 1900's which was designed by Billy Durant.
An interesting note The Bowtie was copied from wall paper in a motel room on a trip to France
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Good observation Brian. Should be on white. The Detroit Autorama car was white as were all of the 1953 production cars. I think that the red we are seeing is simply background color. I have personally seen the original American flag emblem at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY. and it not displayed on red.
It's a part to a late model car, I don't remember what brand. It's hard plastic. I found it in the parking lot near a car that got SMASHED. I was puzzled and then it hit me so I thought it would be funny here.:mwink:
Brian, only you would put "road kill" on the Trivia Thread !
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