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
Since no one has jumped in, I'll pose a trivia question. Which car(specific marque) had the first thermostatic automatic choke? Also, what year was this introduced? This was a vehicle line manufactured in the USA.
Well, the good news is that it was General Motors car line. The bad news is that it wasn't Buick. You're also a tad early on the year. Thanks for your response!
I've designed the motor, and I've gone over the design 20 or 30 times trying to find some flaw or mistake, and there isn't any. I'm trying to get a working model built, but it's a slow job, without any money. If I had the time, and the money - about $1,000 would do it - I could have a model built and patented in no time at all. Well, it would take a month or so. All the parts have to be made by hand, you know. It'll make me a millionaire, if someone doesn't beat me to it. It's really very simple, and I don't know why someone hasn't built it already. Its simplicity is one of its main features. There's nothing complicated at all about it. Nothing to give trouble. No delicate parts.
"In 1928 I invented an automatic carburetor choke for automobiles. Very few drivers know how to use the choke right, and one day it dawned on me that a perfectly simple choke could be made to operate automatically, beyond the driver's control. I was working for John Bryson at the time, and you know he was supposed to be the best mechanic in town
I worked on it in my spare time, but before I got it finished, the same thing was patented by somebody else, and was brought out on the Farrmobile! Identically the same
There may be other anecdotes as well. The trivia question is regarding when this item was mass produced and offered to the general public. Two people have PMed me the correct make and year but are choosing not to post for personal reasons. I'll let the question ride for another day and then I'll post the answer. Thanks for your information. Part of the fun of of this thread is learning something new!
The thermostatic automatic choke was put into production in 1932 by Oldsmobile. Since nobody posted the correct answer, the floor is open for anyone to jump in with a new trivia question.
Maybe not a North American car but built for the South American market ? 1955 Chevrolet dirivitive station wagon ?
Appears to be left hand drive and looks like a '55 front end with 53-54 quarter panels and who knows what for a back gate...
I was thinking a 53-54 Olds body with 57-58 Caddy Headlights and fins ,,the other article listed it as a 1980 Olds,and said they were produced in France with basicly left over parts ,,I forgot the word they used, this article the way I read it is a custom built car,,mabe even home built
Who ever placed the Facebook pictures changed the facts or was misinformed ????
Checker, I'll be damn. Here Checkers were basically a 55-57 Chevy with some re-body work. And they were built exactly like that up until 1982. This article is pretty good. They just ruined it for me of course as I will now see them in a 50's setting film and know they are late model because of the side markers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Taxi
In 1952 the Buick division of General Motors had the distinction of pioneering the first of what would be the standard of every American Automobile higher performance engine for the next 20 years.
What did the do?
I'm going to give it to you. You're not quite correct. Buick's first four bbl carb was manufactured by Carter not Rochester. I was looking for four bbl carburetor for the answer.
Buick in 1952 was the first production vehicle to factory install a four bbl carb. It made their Straight Eight humm.
Tell me where and what 2015 car you may will a shim used for body alignment. Common years ago, they are all but gone with perfect fit of panels being installed with shouldered bolts that leave no adjustment what so ever.
But recently I worked on two 2015 cars where I found shims, name one and the place they were found.
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