Thread: Friday Night Trivia

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Originally Posted by robot

Some people called the road flares by the name of "smudge pots". The flares were really hard to see at night because their flame was so small. They also caused grass fires. You never see them anymore...antique stores just don't stock the greasy stuff.

I have 3+ complete sets of "3 flares & and a mount", of the canister type that use to mount on the side of pickups & trucks. 1 set came on my '37 chevy pickup & 1 came one my '47 KB2 International, I bought the rest.

Pat

[QUOTE=robot]Easy ones if you are old:


5. If you had a hot Chevy in the early '60s, what rear axle would you put in it for added strength?


Before the Olds we used 3/4 ton truck rearends. They had steep gears, were unbreakable, plentiful and cheaper than buying a set of Zoom gears, a spool and a set of Henry's 10 spine axles. Just cut the centers out of the truck wheels and weld them into two wheels that had been split and widened and then mount a set of 9.50-15 firestone recaped M+H slicks and take it to the track.

I'm gonna venture a guess on #2. How about it meaning LL, for left lane?

I suppose if lane choice had to be communicated back then, it would tell the starting line crew what he had chosen.

Does "leavers lose" ring a bell?

Sorry. never heard of it, but I assume you mean a redlight, or jumped the flag start.

BTW, My first year at Indy was in '62. I know Bob Beezer was there doing raindances on the starting line, but can't remember if they had gone to "the tree", or were using a flagman. I'll have to do some research.

"update" According to Draglist, the "tree" came in '63.

Since Jay is a trivia encyclopedia, here are some more:

1. Pontiacs in the 60's had this material (their name) for the interiors. Bonus if you name the color that was popular.
2. What were "dumps"
3. How did you install your fake whitewalls?
4. To get wider stock rims, you bought rims off of a _____
______
5. What did you stick inside your coil springs to adjust the weight bias (not the twist in metal things)?
6. In the front part of the bed on a Chevelle based El Camino, what was under the bolt-in panel?
7. VW bugs had the engine in the rear, where was the battery?
8. If I had a J2 engine in my car, what was the quick way to identify it?
9. The 63 Pontiac Catalina Super Duty was a special car. Name three things that were special about it (and unique to the Super Duty model).
10. If I told you that the 400 Turbo transmission in my new 1970 Z/28 was shifting strange, what would you tell me?

BONUS QUESTION: Cars used to have a lot of Naguahyde interiors. What country was the leader for breeding and growing Naguas that were killed and skinned for the material? Why were they forced to stop?

mike in tucson

"2. In drag racing, what device did LL refer to?"

Originally Posted by robot

Does "leavers lose" ring a bell?

How is that a device?

So it is not a line lock?

-Chris

I could be wrong on this one but the early Chrondek lights that had a stage light and a green were called LL trees (for leavers lose). They didnt count down, the starter triggered the green with a switch box.

Originally Posted by robot

Since Jay is a trivia encyclopedia, here are some more:

1. Pontiacs in the 60's had this material (their name) for the interiors. Bonus if you name the color that was popular.
2. What were "dumps"
3. How did you install your fake whitewalls?
4. To get wider stock rims, you bought rims off of a _____
______
5. What did you stick inside your coil springs to adjust the weight bias (not the twist in metal things)?
6. In the front part of the bed on a Chevelle based El Camino, what was under the bolt-in panel?
7. VW bugs had the engine in the rear, where was the battery?
8. If I had a J2 engine in my car, what was the quick way to identify it?
9. The 63 Pontiac Catalina Super Duty was a special car. Name three things that were special about it (and unique to the Super Duty model).
10. If I told you that the 400 Turbo transmission in my new 1970 Z/28 was shifting strange, what would you tell me?

mike in tucson

Well I suppose I've been called a lot worse names by the "ex", than "trivia encyclopedia"! :-)

1. ??? (I'm a Chevy guy)
2. outlets in the exhaust that could be opened to bypass the mufflers.
3. Break down the tire bead, and tuck them between the tire and rim.
4. station wagon?
5. If you didn't use the twist-ins, it was the "H"-shaped rubber blocks. They also made hard rubber spacers to go under the spring.
6. I would guess it's either the gas tank. (..or a "pot" stash if you lived near the border.) :-)
7. (Chevy guy, remember?)
8. the 3 deuces.
9. 421 2X4 Super Duty engine, Aluminum "doghouse", and I think the "swiss cheezed" frame. They were sometimes called "swisscheeze Pontiacs".
10. Did they offer an automatic? Maybe a special valve body?

Vw`s battery is under the rear seat.

#6- Its the footwell for what would be back seat passengers as I believe the El Camino floor pan was the same as the station wagon.

Mick

Damn smart bunch of guys...so far the three of you have hit some...

Jay got 2, 3, 4, 8, and 9. Congrats
Hotroddaddy got the VW battery location, #7
Lurker Mick got question 6, the El Camino was built on a Chevelle wagon floor pan so they covered the footwells with a bolt-in cover. You could hide stuff in there.

I added a bonus question to the list....

If I remember correctly, the '70 THM400 had a valve body that if it was in manual 1st, it would shift out of first to 2nd by itself under WOT when it hit the high pressure/redline.

OK, I got myself on the turbo 400 in the 70 Z/28.....I meant to ask about a 1969 Z/28 automatic.....Dwayne got me!!! Darn, my own questions got tough.....and I owned both a 69 and a 70 Z/28

Does this look familiar???