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Old Car Trivia..Wanna Play?
isellhondas
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This might be fun as I know a lot of posters here
have a good memory and a lot of knowledge.
I'll start this. with some Chevy questions...
What year did Chevrolet first offer an automatic
transmission? What was it called?
What year did Chevrolet first have a one piece
windshield?
have a good memory and a lot of knowledge.
I'll start this. with some Chevy questions...
What year did Chevrolet first offer an automatic
transmission? What was it called?
What year did Chevrolet first have a one piece
windshield?
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one piece windshield, probably in the '20s
" Slip and slide with Powerglide"
You got me on the windshield! I had forgotton that the very early cars had one piece windshields.
It was in 1953 that Chevrolet went from a split windshield to a one piece.
Actually, I don't know the answer to that question, but I'll keep thinking.
Here's another. What was the first year Chevrolet offered a V-8 engine?
Hint: Be careful!
The V-8 was a pretty good engine for its time, a 288 cubic inch unit putting out 55 hp with 4:75 to 1 compression. I believe the car itself was called a D-series touring. Quite a few manufacturers were putting out V-8s then, but a 6-cylinder car was mostly what people wanted if they could afford it.
OK, what years did Chevy use the 348 engine in passenger cars?
Bonus question, what years was the infamous turboglide used?
1) have 5 mph bumpers
2) use unleaded gas
3) have that second brake light in the window
Unleaded gas in 1975.
Third high-mounted brake light in 1986.
Question: In what years were American auto manufacturers forbidden to build convertibles by the NHSTA?
Please enlighten us!
OK badgerpaul, or anybody
What was the first year of the Impala SS?
What was the first year the 396 was available in the Chevelle? (be careful)
It was possible to buy a 65 Malibu SS with the 396 engine, but again, these were rare.
And, you are right about the six cylinder SS Impalas. What a joke!
But, back then, a person could special order just about anything. I once saw a 1964 Chevy Biscayne, el strippo four door sedan equipped with the 409 engine, three speed shift on the column and factory air conditioning!
So, what was the first year it was possible to order a new Chevy with factory air conditioning?
I've seen two of these. One in a junkyard and the other at an old car auction. Are they EVER rare!
Some of the early Cadillacs and other cars did have a trunk mounted unit that blew through those plastic tubes into vents installed in the headliner.
My parents had a 1957 Buick Roadmaster with aftermarket air conditioning made my Novi. It took up much of the trunk and blew through the clear plastic tubes in the trunk. MAN did it ever work! MUCH better than the wimpy R134 systems we have to put up with now. The huge compressor also used 5 horsepower, I think.
Badger, you should ask some questions yourself! I'll only ask if I'm sure of the answer.
Allright...What was the first year power steering was available in a Chevy?
No looking at books, now!
How about the rest of you? I don't want to monopolize this.
Those trunk mounted air conditioners really were something else, since it was separate from the heating system I don't think you could add any warm air to it, so it was all cold all the time.
Growing up in the Upper Midwest a/c wasn't a big option, my dad's 65 Bonneville was the first car he ordered with a/c. I remember all the stares you would get from people as you drove around with the rolled up on a hot summer day, everyone thought we were nuts.
Okay, now a question:
What was the Chevy V-8 engine line-up for the 1965 model year?
Your question is a tough one...
6 cylinder. I think they were 230 cubic inch
283 - 195 horsepower
327 - 250 horespower
327 - 300 horsepower
396 - 325 horsepower
409 - 340 horsepower
409 - 400 horsepower
409 - 425 horsepower - 2 4bbl carbs.
Of course, this assumes full size Chevys.
I'm not really sure if the 340 hp 409 was still available in 1965. '65 was the last year for the mighty 409.
Seems like I'm missing something. Now, I didn't crack a book to do this, just relied on my memory!
The Vettes had
1.Whatwas the first year Chevrolet produced a V8 engine?
2. What were all the different displacements offered, over the years, in their small block V8's? [Chevys]
3.What were the American cars to first offer double headlights?[year and makes]
4.How many different displacements were offered in the Dodge/Desoto/Chrysler Hemis of the 50's?
5. What American ohv V8 had fully machined combustion chambers on all its engines, beginning with its first year of production? What year was it?
You are also right about the headlights. I was waiting to see if somebody would have said 1958.
I have no idea on the other questions. Was never much of a mopar guy.
But, What year did "swival seats" show up?
And...What was the first year for the D500?
I thing the swival seat came out in 1959, they were also offered in the mid '70s on the mid-size Chevy's, a friend of mine had a 75 Malibu wagon with swival bucket seats.
The D500 was Dodge's answer to the Chrysler 300, Plymouth Fury and DeSoto Adventurer, but unlike the others which were specific models, the D500 was an option package that could be ordered on any Dodge, I think it was first offered in 1955 or 1956.
Right again.
The D500 came out in 1956 but didn't get popular until the next year. That hemi engine could even be ordered with 2 4BBL carbs.
A buddy in high school bought a gold and white 4 door 1957 Dodge D500 from an old lady for hardly any money.
That Dodge would lay rubber for a block! When the torqueflght shifted into second, it would break the rear tires loose again.
This was a Chevy town, mind you and some guys made fun of his "Okie wagon" but I'll tell you, that Dodge would make a 327 Chevy look like a 6 cylinder!
But...Oh, did it ever use gas!! If you were driving it normally it got 7 MPG!
1.Don't forget the 302 small block, which appeared on the first Z28's in 68 and 69.
2.Yes, the double headlights were an option on some '57 Chrysler products.
3.As for Hemi displacements, I know Dodge produced its first at 241, then went to 270 and 325. Chrysler made the 331, 354, and finally the 392. Actually, I'm not sure about the Desotos. Anyone know?
4. It was Pontiac, in 1955, which featured fully machined combustion chambers on its first V8, and most later V8s as well.
Approximate year or decade of the first working (actually raced) 4-wheel drive car. Bonus points for the make and country of manufacture.
The first 4-wheel drive car that actually worked quite well was the 1902 Spyker made in Holland.
OK, In the mid-fifties, Chevy made three series of models. What were they called?
Bonus...The middle of these had a sub-model with a fancier vinyl interior only in 2 doors.
What did they call it?
150
210
Bel-Air.
I think the fancy 210 was called Delray, but I may be wrong.
In 58 they named the lower 2 series, so it was:
Delray
Biscayne
Bel-Air.
In 58 the Impala was a sub-series of the Bel-Air.
In 59 they renamed them again to:
Biscayne
Bel-Air
Impala.
How many different horsepower ratings were offered on the 265-283 small block V8 between 55 and 57?
In the early sixties, Ford introduced the first of their small block V-8's.
What was it - CID-
Which car did it come installed in?
Which other engines have evolved from it?
It was a 221 CID V-8
There were a TON of combinations. Your question is NOT easy.
In 1955, the 265 base engine had 162 HP, I think.
A "power pack" was available which included dual exhausts, a 4BBL carb and a differt camshaft. I want to say they had 180 HP.
I'll stop there, because in 1956, there were a LOT of options including a 265 with two four barrels. Carnut, did you know that?
An old lady that lived across the alley from us had one of these! It had a three speed on the column. I'll bet she had no idea what she was buying! I wanted to buy that car from her SO bad when she quit driving, but she gave it to her grandson.
In 1957, the 265 was still available, but the big news was the 283 which was available in more combinations then I can remember. The top dog was the 283 HP Fuel Injected model that could be special ordered in any Chevy. There was also a fuel injected model with less horsepower.
Carnut, no using a book, now?
Now, the 265's in 1957 were not painted Chevy orange. What color were they?
Who can answer the rest?
The color of the 57 265's was kind of a pukey yellow-green.
I had forgotton that the powerglides had a few more horses. We would look in the junkyards for used engines and would try to find a "powerglide engine" to put into our stick shift 55 Chevys.
The automatic came with what we used to call a 3/4 race camshaft -- I think it was used to alter the combination's torque curve, but I don't really know.
Maybe you can remember -- did the 283 ever have a separate oil filter like the 265? All the 283s and on (as I recall) had integral (can type) oil filters while the 265 was mounted on the firewall.
The 283's and 327's used a longer element, in a cannister under the car.
As a kid, working in a Mobil station, I changed a lot of these. They were no fun!
They had a long bolt that went through the thing.
As you lowered this miserable thing, hot oil would run down your arms! If you weren't REAL careful, the gasket or o ring would get twisted and the damm thing would leak when you were done!
Oh, but the WORST one of all...We had a customer with an old Dodge. He would come in, without fail, every 1000 miles for an oil change.
It was about a 1954 Dodge and it had a hemi V-8 in it.
The filter was almost inaccessable. It was, of course, a cannister type in a small can squeezed into a tight area.
Only the boss knew how to change it, and oh would he cuss it out!
He would spill oil everywhere, and burn himself on the manifold.
There was an o ring, and several gaskets that had to be lined up just right or it would leak.
And, it usually took three tries and two quarts of spilled oil.
There was a conversion kit for it, which I gladly put in.
Carnut, let me think about your 348 question for awhile. I won't cheat!
The 1955 Pontiac engines had one weak link, what was it?