Pub. 58 2017-2018 Issue 3

A: March 16, 1966 saw an Olds Tornado roll out of Lansing , Michigan with that honor. Q: What type of car had the distinction of being GM’s 100 millionth car built in the U.S.? Q: What city was the first to use parkingmeters? A: Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935. Q:TrueorFalse?The1953Corvette came inwhite, red and black. A: False. The 1953 ‘Vettes were availableinonecolor,PoloWhite. Q: What was the first car to be offered with a “perpetual guarantee”? A: The 1904 Acme, from Reading, PA. Perpetuity was disturbinginthiscase,asAcme closed down in 1911. Q: What was the first official WhiteHouse car? A: A 1909 White Steamer, ordered by President Taft. A: Gulf opened up the first station in Pittsburgh in 1913. Q: Who opened the first drive-in gas station? T rivia...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. And now you know the "rest of the story". A: The 1904 Thomas Flyer, which had a removable hard top Q: What car first referred to itself as a convertible? Auto Trivia A: Camden , NJ in 1933. Q: Where was the first drive-in movietheateropened,andwhen? A: 4 barrel carburetor, 4 speed transmission, and dual exhaust Q : Wh a t d i d t h e Ol d s designation 4-4-2 stand for? A: Carroll Shelby’sMustangGT350 Q:What was Ford’s answer to the Chevy Corvette, and other legal street racers of the 1960’s? A: The 1930 Cadillac 452, the first production V16. Q: What car used the first successful series-production hydraulic valve lifters?