[Healeys] car trivia

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*Q: What was the first official White House car?*

*A: A 1909 White Steamer, ordered by President Taft.*



*Q: Who opened the first drive-in gas station?*

*A: Gulf opened up the first station in Pittsburgh in 1913.*



*Q: What city was the first to use parking meters?*

*A: Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935.*



*Q: Where was the first drive-in restaurant?*

*A: Royce Hailey's Pig Stand opened in Dallas in 1921.*



*Q: True or False?  The 1953 Corvette came in white, red and black.*

*A: False. The 1953 'Vett's were available in one color, Polo White.*



*Q: What was Ford's answer to the Chevy Corvette, and other legal street
racers of the 1960's?*

*A: Carroll Shelby's Mustang GT350.*


*Q: What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct
current dynamo?*



*A: The 1960 Plymouth Valiant*


*Q: What was the first car fitted with*
* a replaceable cartridge oil filter?*

*A: The 1924 Chrysler.*


*Q: What was the first car to be*
* offered with a "perpetual guarantee"?*
*A: The 1904 Acme, from Reading, PA. Perpetuity was disturbing in this
case,*
*as Acme closed down in 1911.*




*Q: What American luxury automaker beganby making cages for birds and
squirrels?*


*A: The George N. Pierce Co. of Buffalo, who madethe Pierce Arrow, also
made iceboxes.*



*Q: What car first referred to itself as a convertible?*

*A: The 1904 Thomas Flyer, which had a removable hard top.*




*Q: What car was the first to have it's radioantenna embedded in the
windshield?*

*A: The 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix.*




*Q: What car used the first successful series-production hydraulic valve
lifters?*

*A: The 1930 Cadillac 452, the first production V16*


*Q: Where was the World's first*
* three-color traffic lights installed?*
*A: Detroit, Michigan in 1919. Two years later they experimented with
synchronized lights.*




*Q: What type of car had the distinction of being GM's 100 millionth car
built in the U.S.?*


*A: March 16, 1966 saw an Olds Tornado rollout of Lansing, Michigan with
that honor.*


*Q: Where was the first drive-in*
* movie theater opened, and when?*

*A: Camden, NJ in 1933*




*Q: What autos were the first to use a standardized production key-start
system?*

*A: The 1949 Chryslers*



*Q: What did the Olds designation 4-4-2 stand for?*

*A: 4 barrel carburetor, 4 speed** transmission, and dual exhaust.*




*Q: What car was the first to place thehorn button in the center of the
steering wheel?*


*A: The 1915 Scripps-Booth Model C. The car also was the first with
electric door latches.*


*Q: What U.S. production car has the quickest*
* 0-60 mph time?*

*A: The 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409. Did it in 4.0 seconds.*




*Q: What's the only car to appear simultaneously on the covers of Time and
Newsweek?*

*A: The Mustang*



*Q: What was the lowest priced mass produced American car?*

*A: The 1925 Ford Model T Runabout. Cost $260, $5 less than 1924.*



*Q: What is the fastest internal-combustion American production car?*


*A: The 1998 Dodge Viper GETS-R, tested byMotor Trend magazine at 192.6
mph.*



*Q: What automaker's first logo incorporated the Star of David?*
*A: The Dodge Brothers.*
*Q: Who wrote to Henry Ford, "I have drove fords exclusively when I could
get away with one.*
*It has got every other car skinned, and even if my business hasn't been
strictly legal it don't hurt*
*anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the V-8"?*

*A: Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde) in 1934.*


*Q: What car was the first production V12, as wellas the first production
car with aluminum pistons?*


*A: The 1915 Packard Twin-Six. Used during WWI in Italy, these motors
inspired Enzi Ferrari to adopt the V12 himself in 1948.*



*Q: What was the first car to use power operated seats?*

*A: They were first used on the 1947 Packard line.*



*Q: Which of the Chrysler "letter cars" sold the fewest amount?*


*A: Only 400, 1963, 300J's were sold.They skipped" "I" because it looked
like a number 1.*




*Q: What car company was originallyknown as Swallow Sidecars (aka SS)?*


*A: Jaguar, which was an SS model first in 1935, and ultimately the whole
company by 1945.*


*Q: What car delivered the first production*

*V12 engine?*



*A: The cylinder wars were kicked off in 1915 after Packard's chief
engineer, Col. Jesse Vincent, introduced its Twin-Six.*



*Q: When were seat belts first fitted to a motor vehicle?*

*A: In 1902, in a Baker Electric streamliner racer which crashed at 100
mph. on Staten Island!*


*Q: In January 1930, Cadillac debuted it's V16 in a car named for a
theatrical version of a 1920's*

*film seen by Harley Earl while designing the body, What's that name?*


*A: The "Madam X", a custom coach designed by Earl and built by Fleetwood.
The sedan featured aretractable landau top above the rear seat.*




*Q: Which car company started out German, yet became French after WWI?*

*A: Bugati, founded in Molsheim in 1909, became French when Alsace returned
to French rule.*



*Q: In what model year did Cadillacintroduce the first electric sunroof?*

*A: 1969*



*Q: What U.S. production car had the largest 4 cylinder engine?*

*A: The 1907 Thomas sported a 571 cu. in. (9.2 liter) engine.*



*Q: What car was reportedly designed on the back of a Northwest Airlines
airsickness bag and released on April Fool's Day, 1970?*

*A: 1970 Gremlin, (AMC)*



*Q: What is the Spirit of Ecstasy?*


*A: The official name of the mascot of Rolls Royce, she is the lady on top
of their radiators.** Also known as "Nellie in her nighty".*



*Q: What was the inspiration for MG's famed octagon-shaped badge?*
*A: The shape of founder Cecil Kimber's dining table.  MG stands for Morris
Garages.*



*Q: In what year did the "double-R" Rolls Royce badge change from red to
black?*

*A: 1933*

*Trivia...*
*Ford, who made the first pick-up trucks, shipped them to dealers in crates
that the new owners had to assemble using the crates as the beds of the
trucks.*
*The new owners had to go to the dealers to get them, thus they had to
"pick-up" the trucks. And now you know the "rest of the story."*





Ira Erbs
IT Teacher
and Consultant
Portland, OR

"Wouldn't you rather vote for what you want and not get it
 than vote for what you don't want - and get it?" Eugene Debs

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oduced its Twin-Six.</b></div><div><br><b><br>Q: When were seat belts first=
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</div><div><br><b><br>Q: In January 1930, Cadillac debuted it&#39;s V16 in =
a car named for a theatrical version of a 1920&#39;s</b></div><div><b>film =
seen by Harley Earl while designing the body, What&#39;s that name?<br></b>=
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":5bs" class=3D"" title=3D"Download" tabindex=3D"0"><div class=3D""></div><=
/div></div><b><br>A: The &quot;Madam X&quot;, a custom coach designed by Ea=
rl and built by Fleetwood. The sedan featured a<br>retractable landau top a=
bove the rear seat.</b></div><div><br><b><br>Q: Which car company started o=
ut German,=C2=A0<br>yet became French after WWI?<br></b><img src=3D"http://=
rense.com/general96/crs/image033.jpg" height=3D"146" width=3D"244" class=3D=
""><b><br>A: Bugati, founded in Molsheim in 1909, became=C2=A0<br>French wh=
en Alsace returned to French rule.</b></div><div><br><b>Q: In what model ye=
ar did Cadillac<br>introduce the first electric sunroof?<br></b><img src=3D=
"http://rense.com/general96/crs/image034.jpg"; height=3D"265" width=3D"414" =
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<b><br>A: 1969</b></div><div><br><b><br>Q: What U.S. production car had the=
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index=3D"0"><div class=3D""></div></div></div><b><br>A: The 1907 Thomas spo=
rted a 571 cu. in. (9.2 liter) engine.</b></div><div><br><b><br>Q: What car=
 was reportedly designed on the back of a Northwest Airlines airsickness ba=
g and released on April Fool&#39;s Day, 1970?<br></b><img src=3D"http://ren=
se.com/general96/crs/image036.jpg" height=3D"198" width=3D"516" class=3D"" =
tabindex=3D"0"><div class=3D"" dir=3D"ltr"><div id=3D":5bf" class=3D"" titl=
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970 Gremlin, (AMC)</b></div><div><br><b><br>Q: What is the Spirit of Ecstas=
y?<br></b><img src=3D"http://rense.com/general96/crs/image037.jpg"; height=
=3D"599" width=3D"449" class=3D"" tabindex=3D"0"><div class=3D"" dir=3D"ltr=
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Royce,=C2=A0<br>she is the lady on top of their radiators.</b><b><span styl=
e=3D"color:rgb(31,73,125)">=C2=A0</span>Also known as &quot;Nellie in her n=
ighty&quot;.</b></div><div><br><b><br>Q: What was the inspiration for MG&#3=
9;s famed octagon-shaped badge?<br></b><img src=3D"http://rense.com/general=
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shape of founder Cecil Kimber&#39;s dining table.=C2=A0 MG stands for Morri=
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