Pub. 58 2017-2018 Issue 3

A: Jaguar, which was an SS model first in 1935, and ultimatelythewholecompany by 1945. A: Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie andClyde) in 1934. A: The 1998 Dodge Viper GETS-R,testedbyMotorTrend magazine at 192.6mph. A:The 1915 PackardTwin-Six. Used during WWI in Italy, these motors inspired Enzi FerraritoadopttheV12himself in 1948 A: Only 400, 1963, 300J’s were sold (they skipped “I” because it looked like a number 1). Q: What car company was originally knownas Swallow Sidecars (aka SS)? 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 beenstrictlylegalitdon’thurt anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the V-8”? Q: What is the fastest internal- combustionAmericanproduction car? Q: What car was the first production V12, as well as the first production car with aluminumpistons? Q:WhichoftheChrysler“letter cars” sold the fewest amount? A: Detroit, Michigan in 1919. Twoyearslatertheyexperimented with synchronized lights. Q: Where was the World’s first three-color traffic lights installed? A: In 1902, in a Baker Electric streamlinerracerwhichcrashed at 100mph. on Staten Island! Q: When were seat belts first fitted to a motor vehicle? A:TheGeorgeN.PierceCo.of Buffalo, who made the Pierce Arrow, alsomade iceboxes. A:The 1949 Chryslers. Q: What American luxury automaker began by making cages for birds and squirrels? Q: What autos were the first to useastandwardizedproduction key-start system? A:The1960PlymouthValiant Q: What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo? A:The 1969 PontiacGrand Prix. Q:What car was the first to have itsradioantennaembeddedinthe windshield? A:The1962ChevroletImpalaSS 409 did it in 4.0 seconds. Q: What car delivered the first production V12 engine? A:Thecylinderwarswerekicked off in 1915 after Packard’s chief engineer, Col. Jesse Vincent, introduced its Twin-Six. A: The 1925 Ford Model T Runabout. Cost $260, $5 less than 1924. Q:Whatwasthelowestpriced massproducedAmericancar? Q: What U.S. production car has thequickest 0-60mphtime?