[Joe Bob]

Some neat cars and interesting facts:

Q: What was the first official White House car?

A : A 1909 White Steamer, ordered by President Taft.
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Q : Who opened the first drive-in gas station?

A : Gulf opened up the first station in Pittsburgh in 1913.
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Q : What city was the first to use parking meters?

A : Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935 .
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Q : Where was the first drive-in restaurant?

A : Royce Hailey's Pig Stand opened in Dallas in 1921.
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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.
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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.
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Q : What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo?

A : The 1960 Plymouth Valiant.
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Q : What was the first car fitted with a replaceable cartridge oil filter?

A : The 1924 Chrysler.
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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.
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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.
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Q : What car first referred to itself as a convertible?

A : The 1904 Thomas Flyer, which had a removable hard top.
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Q : What car was the first to have it's radio antenna embedded in the windshield?

A : The 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix.
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Q : What car used the first successful series-production hydraulic valve lifters?

A : The 1930 Cadillac 452, the first production V16.
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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.
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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 roll out of Lansing, Michigan with that honor.
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Q : Where was the first drive-in movie theater opened, and when?

A : Camden, NJ in 1933.
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Q : What autos were the first to use a standardized production key-start system?

A : The 1949 Chrysler
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Q : What did the Olds designation 4-4-2 stand for?

A : 4 barrel carburetor, 4 speed transmission, and dual exhaust.
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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.
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Q : What U.S. production car has the quickest 0-60 mph time?

A : The 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409. It did it in 4.0 seconds.
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Q : What's the only car to appear simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek?

A : The Mustang
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Q : What was the lowest priced mass produced American car?

A : The 1925 Ford Model T Runabout. Cost $260, $5 less than 1924.
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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.
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Q : What automaker's first logo incorporated the Star of David?

A : The Dodge Brothers.
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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.
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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.
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Q : What was the first car to use power operated seats?

A : They were first used on the 1947 Packard line.
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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).
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Q : What car company was originally known as Swallow Sidecars (aka SS)?

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

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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!
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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.
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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.
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Q : In what model year did Cadillac introduce the first electric sunroof ?

A : 1969
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Q : What U.S. production car had the largest 4 cylinder engine ?

A : The 1907 Thomas sported a 571 cu. in. (9.2liter) engine .
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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)
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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 .
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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 .
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Q : In what year did the "double-R" Rolls Royce badge change from red to black ?

A : 1933