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A lot of them are bizarre but a few are cars I’d love to own and drive.
Top Ten Car Producers in The World: 1950 – 2019
If you’ve not seen this previously, it is quite stunning, and not just the changes in world car manufacturing leadership (which are plenty sobering) but also the always-moving digital graphic technique. (You can’t take your eyes off it!) Note particularly what has happened to the UK, Russia, other European countries, and also especially note what has happened to China. China was not even on the Top 10 list for the first 50-60 years of this chart, but watch what happens, and how FAST it happens, once China decides to get into the automobile business! A famous and obviously prescient economist once said, “If the Chinese government, or its Communist Party, or the People’s Red Army (they are all basically the same thing) ever decides to get into YOUR business, you best beware because they ONLY play to WIN, and they almost NEVER lose.” Can you see why Trump is working on a Trade Agreement????
This really is quite an amazing video. https://para-rigger.posthaven.com/top-ten-car-producing-countries-1950-2019
Fun Car Stuff info
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 began by making cages for birds and squirrels?
A: The George N. Pierce Co. Of Buffalo, who made the 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 radio antenna 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 the horn 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 had the quickest 0-60 mph time?
A: The 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409.
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 by Motor 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 well as 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
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 a retractable landau top above the rear seat.
Q: Which car company started out German, yet became French after WWI?
A: Bugatti, founded in Molsheim in 1909, became French when Alsace returned to French rule.
Q: In what model year did Cadillac introduce 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. (9.2liter) 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.
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 began by making cages for birds and squirrels?
A: The George N. Pierce Co. Of Buffalo, who made the 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 radio antenna 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 the horn 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 had the quickest 0-60 mph time?
A: The 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409.
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 by Motor 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 well as 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
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 a retractable landau top above the rear seat.
Q: Which car company started out German, yet became French after WWI?
A: Bugatti, founded in Molsheim in 1909, became French when Alsace returned to French rule.
Q: In what model year did Cadillac introduce 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. (9.2liter) 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.
Removing an Engine
When you just hate removing an engine to work on it, try this. It makes it so much easier.
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Futuristic Cars
12 Awesome Futuristic Cars!
Are you curious about what cars are going to look in the not-so-distant future? We are currently entering a golden age of advanced cars which possess cameras, sensors, artificial intelligence, and are even capable of driving without help. So, without further ado, let’s take a look at 12 incredible futuristic cars that are currently being developed.
1. Terrafugia TF-X
The Terrafugia TF-X is being designed by the firm Terrafugia. For those of you who get frustrated by heavy traffic, you’ll be glad to hear that this futuristic car can fly. Furthermore, the driver will be able to input their desired location and the car will take care of the rest.
2. Chevrolet EN-V
The Chevrolet EN-V looks it has been designed after a ladybug – it takes compact to a totally new level with its dragonfly doors and one passenger capacity. This tiny car will have cameras and sensors, allowing the driver to communicate with other cars.
3. Mitsubishi MMR25
The Mitsubishi MMR25 will not have any glass windows. Instead, cameras and sensors on the outside, and an interior screen will provide the driver with everything they need to see. It will have nine motors in each wheel and will be extremely power-efficient – it will be able to travel 1,000 miles on a single charge.
4. EDAG Light Cocoon
Looking a lit-up Nike sneaker this is a sports car with a unique, organic outer shell. The shell lights up at night, making it much more visible to other drivers.
5. Mercedes Benz Biome
If you’re after a green, environmentally friendly car, then this is as close as you’re going to get. The interior and exterior of this car are made entirely of genetically modified seeds, and it also runs on plant juice. Furthermore, since this car is made up of organic matter it can be disposed of naturally at the end of its life, leaving one less car at your local junkyard.
6. Toyota FV2
With no brakes, steering wheel or gas pedal this car looks something straight out of a sci-fi movie. The car is controlled by the drivers facial recognition, body weight and body language. It is also going to be fitted with an augmented reality screen.
7. Renault KWID
The two most fascinating things about this car is its unique design and drone capability. Yup, you heard that right. Drones. First of all, the driver seat is in the middle of the car rather than the left or right. It also has a drone inside the roof that can be deployed to scout the area.
8. Toyota iRoad
This vehicle is a cross between a motorcycle and a car. Its designed for city use so it only has a top speed of 59 kph. It comes equipped with an active lean suspension that allows it to make tight turns around corners.
9. Faraday Future FF 91
Don’t forget to buckle your seatbelt as this car can go from 0-60 in just 2.39 seconds! Furthermore, it has a semi-autonomous AI with the ability to park itself, open the doors and adjust the temperature. This car will be available for a limited period of time in 2018.
10. Kia Pop
The future of automobiles is electric power, and this car continues the trend. Thanks to its small design, it only requires three yards of parking space. This car can reach an impressive 140 kph, but it only has a range of 100 miles when fully charged.
11. AeroMobil 3.0
This is another futuristic plane and car combination that has retractable wings and a propeller in the back. The drivers seat looks a cockpit giving people the ability to fly or drive to their intended destination.
12. Bentley EXP 10 Speed 6
This vehicle mixes old and new in one stunning vehicle you’ll wish you could afford. With an LCD touch screen, a 3D printed design and hybrid engine this is one amazing car. This vehicle will be released at some point between 2018 and 2020.
Are you curious about what cars are going to look in the not-so-distant future? We are currently entering a golden age of advanced cars which possess cameras, sensors, artificial intelligence, and are even capable of driving without help. So, without further ado, let’s take a look at 12 incredible futuristic cars that are currently being developed.
1. Terrafugia TF-X
The Terrafugia TF-X is being designed by the firm Terrafugia. For those of you who get frustrated by heavy traffic, you’ll be glad to hear that this futuristic car can fly. Furthermore, the driver will be able to input their desired location and the car will take care of the rest.
2. Chevrolet EN-V
The Chevrolet EN-V looks it has been designed after a ladybug – it takes compact to a totally new level with its dragonfly doors and one passenger capacity. This tiny car will have cameras and sensors, allowing the driver to communicate with other cars.
3. Mitsubishi MMR25
The Mitsubishi MMR25 will not have any glass windows. Instead, cameras and sensors on the outside, and an interior screen will provide the driver with everything they need to see. It will have nine motors in each wheel and will be extremely power-efficient – it will be able to travel 1,000 miles on a single charge.
4. EDAG Light Cocoon
Looking a lit-up Nike sneaker this is a sports car with a unique, organic outer shell. The shell lights up at night, making it much more visible to other drivers.
5. Mercedes Benz Biome
If you’re after a green, environmentally friendly car, then this is as close as you’re going to get. The interior and exterior of this car are made entirely of genetically modified seeds, and it also runs on plant juice. Furthermore, since this car is made up of organic matter it can be disposed of naturally at the end of its life, leaving one less car at your local junkyard.
6. Toyota FV2
With no brakes, steering wheel or gas pedal this car looks something straight out of a sci-fi movie. The car is controlled by the drivers facial recognition, body weight and body language. It is also going to be fitted with an augmented reality screen.
7. Renault KWID
The two most fascinating things about this car is its unique design and drone capability. Yup, you heard that right. Drones. First of all, the driver seat is in the middle of the car rather than the left or right. It also has a drone inside the roof that can be deployed to scout the area.
8. Toyota iRoad
This vehicle is a cross between a motorcycle and a car. Its designed for city use so it only has a top speed of 59 kph. It comes equipped with an active lean suspension that allows it to make tight turns around corners.
9. Faraday Future FF 91
Don’t forget to buckle your seatbelt as this car can go from 0-60 in just 2.39 seconds! Furthermore, it has a semi-autonomous AI with the ability to park itself, open the doors and adjust the temperature. This car will be available for a limited period of time in 2018.
10. Kia Pop
The future of automobiles is electric power, and this car continues the trend. Thanks to its small design, it only requires three yards of parking space. This car can reach an impressive 140 kph, but it only has a range of 100 miles when fully charged.
11. AeroMobil 3.0
This is another futuristic plane and car combination that has retractable wings and a propeller in the back. The drivers seat looks a cockpit giving people the ability to fly or drive to their intended destination.
12. Bentley EXP 10 Speed 6
This vehicle mixes old and new in one stunning vehicle you’ll wish you could afford. With an LCD touch screen, a 3D printed design and hybrid engine this is one amazing car. This vehicle will be released at some point between 2018 and 2020.
The Running Board
The Edmonton Antique Car Club Newsletter <<– Click here for the link
Car Jack
This is really neat, assuming you can still get on a creeper.