Are you an old time mechanic?

[Gary - K7GLD]

Gary... . You asked a question about a devise to see the stoplight?

YUP - large roof overhangs in the front, plus addition of the then-popular sun visors made it hard to see the overhead stoplites - so some new cars offered the devices mounted to the dashboard to make it easier to see the lights - and the aftermarket also sold them...

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

What American cars had automatic levelers to keep the car body level on uneven surfaces?

No one got this one yet, and don't want it to go unanswered.



50's Packards and the '58 Chevies had the automatic levelers...

 

[B.G. Smith]

No one got this one yet, and don't want it to go unanswered.



50's Packards and the '58 Chevies had the automatic levelers...

I didn't know about the Chevies but see #10 above re the Packard. bg

 

[KevinSmith]

21)What are Dagmars? Now called bumberetts (they look good on 2nd gens

22)Why do the lights get brighter on an old car when you drive faster? increased voltage from the generator23)Where did you check the ATF on a 50 Ford coupe? ??i'd start with the transmission??

24)What does it mean to have juice brakes? hyd brakes

25)Have suburbans always had 4 doors? If not, how many did they have? My dads had three

26)What does a wishbone have to do with old Fords? Front suspension

27)What is a babbit? Bruces last name-a metal-Commonly used in bearings

28)What is a split rim? A 2 piece rim held together with a ring.

29)When did seatbelts become mandatory equipment?Long befor I was born.



What does the Olds 442 name stand for? engine displacement?



Where did the name "Jeep" come from? General purpose (GP)



What were the verticle slots in old car bumpers for? The crappy unstable jack



Why was a Chevy six called a "stovebolt"? Because that it would have been a better use of the iron.



What automaker actually produced a gas turbine powered car? Rover



Hill-Holder is a name for the mechanism invented by Studebaker that holds the brake until the clutch is at the friction point, making it easier to start up hills from a stop in manual transmission automobiles. It was first introduced in 1936 as an option for the Studebaker President.

 

[DCreed]

5. Name three places that GM “hid” the fuel filler cap on there products ( I’m sure there is more than I know about)

15. Some Cadillac’s had an “eye” mounted on the dash that pointed towards the oncoming traffic, what was it for?

What does the Olds 442 name stand for?

Who designed the first Volkswagon? And for who?

Why was a Chevy six called a "stovebolt"?

What automaker actually produced a gas turbine powered car?[/QUOTE]



#5 = plates, taillights and tailfins!

#15 = highbeam auto dimmer for oncoming cars!

olds 4-4-2 4bbl,4spd,2wd(posi)

beetle was built for hitler

stovebolt for the flathead valves

chrysler made the "jet" car



which of the "big 3" was the first to make an aluminum block v-8 in production?

what car did gm build to try to defeat the cobra?

why do they call them "floorboards"?

what was the most # of cylinders put in a production car?

why did carol shelby call it a GT 40?

 

[DodgeWarlock]

which of the "big 3" was the first to make an aluminum block v-8 in production?Buick had one early, although I don't know about first.

what car did gm build to try to defeat the cobra?They actually had two, the Corvette Grandsport and the Cheetah. why do they call them "floorboards"?In early cars they were wooden boards.

what was the most # of cylinders put in a production car?Cizetta Moroder V-16?

 

[Bob V]

Buick made a alum V-8 in the early 60s

I'm going to say a V16 for the most cyl

GT 40"tall

 

[Bob V]

442 4bl carb, 4spd trans, dual (2)exhaust

 

[DodgeWarlock]

I know these are more general than mechanical, but...



How many brands have legally been able to use the name Hemi?

What brand used a sailing ship for a hood ornament?

What car was crashed into the bulldozers in the original"Vanishing Point"?

What was the first Ford available with 4wd?

What is a Schwimmwagen?

What vehicle did the "Blue Flame Six" come in?

What famous automaker introduced hideaway headlights?

 

[duckcarvr]

i believe ford had the first v8. i had a 49 and it had the flat head v8. i believe ford came out with a v8 in 1943-45?

 

[bmoeller]

What automaker actually produced a gas turbine powered car?

IIRC, Chrysler had one. Saw it in their museum in MI.

 

[GCroyle]

The Hill Holder was on Subaru's to help sell manual transmissions to those who didn't master starting on a hill, no idea how they worked.



GMC, General Motors Co. I don't think so. I read a Popular Mechanics or something that showed a picture of a military truck, chain drive if I remember correctly, Grabowski Motor Corp. I think later bought by the GMC we know or something real close to that as the origin of GMC, maybe a Chevy fan out there can detail this one.



Motorola, same type source, derived from Motorized Victrola due to the size and bulk of the early car radios.



What was that knob on the dash that you pulled out to start old stuff?

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

i believe ford had the first v8. i had a 49 and it had the flat head v8. i believe ford came out with a v8 in 1943-45?

NOPE - Ford had the V8 long before that - and other makes even older than that.



NOW, for the "mechanics", how did you adjust the valve lash on the flathead Ford V8 engines...

 

[AMink]

How about (for you English folk), what's Whitworth?

 

[Joe G.]

Chevy had a V8 in 1918. That was before it was owned by GM.



What was odd about the clutch in a '50 and '51 Hudson? It may have been on some other years.



What was a Supermatic Drive and what car had it?



What year did Ford switch to hydraulic brakes?



What car used the Suburban model name in 1950?



What was different about a Cord?



The sailing ship hood ornament was on a Plymouth.

 

[B.G. Smith]

i believe ford had the first v8. i had a 49 and it had the flat head v8. i believe ford came out with a v8 in 1943-45?

Ford had a V/8 in about 1933. Also there was a Lasalle with a V/8 in the thirties, not to mention the Lincoln Zepher with a V/12. bgt

 

[DCreed]

What was that knob on the dash that you pulled out to start old stuff?

the choke
what cars had a "rope" for a driveshaft?

 

[Joe G.]

The first Ford V8 was the '32 model B. It was actually built like two four cylinder engines because there was a separate ignition system and cooling system for each side.



Where was the distributer on Ford flatheads built before the '49 model year?



What was a torque tube in the old cars? Name a model that had one.



I used to work on a lot of these old cars in the '50s.

 

[GCroyle]

Whitworth, isn't that a British thread size format? neither fish nor foul.

 

[Joe G.]

Whitworth, isn't that a British thread size format? neither fish nor foul.

Something like that. There were Whitworth wrenches. I had a Matchless motorcycle that had to be worked on with Whitworth tools. I think I still have a couple of those wrenches.