Automotive trivia

Gonna start posting up some trivia questions that I read each month on RockAuto. Let's see who gets this first one:


From 1969 to 1972, which famous non-automotive manufacturer produced a handful of cars with the model name "Sports Tourer?" The cars were styled like a Bentley from the early 1930s. Power was provided by a Furd 427cid V8 with two Holley four barrel carburetors. The hood was aluminum and the rest of the body was fiberglass. The body panels, except for the hood and fenders, were covered with Naugahyde to simulate the leather coverings used on the classic Bentley.

A. Hughes, aircraft manufacturer
B. Massey Ferguson, farm machinery manufacturer
C. Ruger, gun manufacturer
D. Singer, sewing machine manufacturer

the answer would be Ruger Guns my friend

He especially liked muscular Stutzes and Bentleys, such as the 1927 Bentley Tourer in the auction (estimate: $200,000 to $300,000). "It goes over the road like an irresistible force," he said to Automobile magazine in 1988. "If you're in a mountainous place or on a twisting road, the performance is something that just makes you laugh, it's so great. The torque on that engine is enough for a bulldozer. And the exhaust note is, you know, just full of health and yelling for more room."

So engaged was Ruger by the Bentley style of open roadster that he designed and nearly manufactured a modern version of it in the 1970s. It was his notion that the customer who valued quality engineering in guns would value it in cars, too. Might not someone who owned a Ruger gun want to buy a Ruger car? He decided to find out.

He himself designed the car, and Bill Ruger Jr., now 62 and chairman of Sturm, Ruger, oversaw assembly. "I turned all the wrenches," says Bill Jr. "We got very close to production. We figured we could sell it for $13,500 in 1972, or about twice what a Cadillac cost then." What stayed their hand? "The board, I think, felt it was too chancy." Today the two Ruger Special prototypes sit, well cared for, in Bill's garage.

What a shame that it didn't get into production.

Ding ding ding!

Nice bit of added info there Limester.

heres one
true or false
in 1972 did gm offer a ss 396 camaro

dragons_lair59 wrote:heres one
true or false
in 1972 did gm offer a ss 396 camaro

False? It was the 402 perhaps?

False no Big block after 1970

ant7377 wrote:False no Big block after 1970

That is incorrect. 1971 and 1972 offered the LS-3 "396". It actually displaced 402 inches.

Im sorry I was wrong here is it for 71

http://www.nastyz28.com/camaro/camaro71.php

New question:

What was the first mass produced car with a hatchback?

A. 1922 Haynes Couplet
B. 1949 Kaiser Traveler
C. 1954 Studebaker Commander
D. 1970 AMC Gremlin

Kaiser Traveler

A. 1922 Haynes Couplet

Answer: B 1949 Kaiser Traveler, also later sold as the more luxurious Frazer Vagabond.

Here's an easy one.


What do the Citation, Pacer, and Ranger all have in common?

A. They are all Edsel models. The Ranger was price leader followed by the Pacer. Both used the Furd Fairlane wheelbase. The Citation was built on a longer wheelbase Mercury chassis.
B. Their original bodies were all designed by students at the l'institut Automoteur de Conception in Chicoutimi Canada.
C. They are the only mass production vehicles built since 1945 to use rigid motor mounts. The engine was bolted directly to a front chassis cross member. Engine vibration and noise was dissipated at the the mounting points for the cross member. The Citation and Pacer cross member used viscous couplings while the Ranger used urethane bushings.

A.