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
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Ford used the James Bond film Goldfinger to promote the new Mustang. The film was released in 1964 the same year as the Mustang. Interesting enough The 64 1/2 convertable that was used in the movie was not the car Ford wanted to use. The one they wanted was a specialy built fastback that they couldn't have done in time for the shooting. The fast back was tricked out with a Shelby engine, tricked out roof console for all the special weapons ,gold metalflacke paint, gold seats, perhaps one of the first shelby body-strengthing engine compartment struts and braces , special wheels and more. To bad it was never used.
What do you have Brian?
It's funny how cars are marketed in tv and movies. How about "Get Smart"? It was sponsored by Chrysler and every car was a Chrysler product, with him in a Sunbeam Tiger (sold by Chrysler). The Buick takes the sponsorship and he's in an Opel GT and the bad guys are in Electra 225s!
No rubber piece missing, these ARE adapters, the mounts bolt to them and then to the motor. What did they come from?
Brian
edit: I'm sorry they do have a piece of the motor mount still bolted to them with the rubber missing that is what you are seeing. They are one piece of forged metal.
Nope, we are talking a production Buick from the sixties, they made thousands of them. But the body and chassis were not designed for the motor so they had a number of components unique to this car only adapting the motor to it, these motor mount adapters were only one of them.
Brian your talking about the Buick Skylark or Special. If so that was the only car that Buick put that aluminum 215 in which I was referring to earlier. What other engine were they going to use? I don't remember them having a six at that time. If that ain't it you got me.
I use to own one also. Crap! I forgot that the 300,340,350 weren't nail heads. I had a 66 GS but to tell you the truth I never noticed those adapter plates. They must have had to drop those 401's considerably or were the small blocks that much wider?
Still your's.
Yep, that motor was literally shoe horned in there. The reason for the adapters was that the motor mounts on the Nailhead mount to the motor at the front of the block. All the "modern" GM motors it's in the middle of the block. So the A body frame being designed for the others had the mounts in the middle of the motor. Not only did it use these mounts, the oil pan was a rear sump which Buick had abandoned back in 59. The exhaust manifolds were totally unique with the drivers side coming all the way down to the bottom of the frame like a header. The wire harness was unique with the battery being mounted on the left (the same side as the Nailhead starter). The brakes were different with bigger wheel cylinders. The rearend used station wagon bearings! The clutch fork on the three and four speed was forged iron! How they made any money on those cars is beyond me.
Ok a softball:
What super rare option sat on tops of the front fenders on a 1969 Camaro?
Your talking about the highly coveted " Parade Flag Holders". Very rare indeed!
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