Spec/Fact-based Car Quiz

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What's wrong with the Yugo? A cheap, reliable car with nothing inherently wrong with it, driven into the ground by it's "cheap" image and buyers who practically expected it to be bad. No wonder it has a negative reputation. It's more wrongly labeled than the AMC Pacer.
 
Hmm.. That made me think a little. Not much, I guess. The Pacer would be basking in glory if AMC went ahead with their intentions of a Rotary.
 
Sorry for the long wait, got tied up. You were correct with the red inner fenders, Test. They were indeed plastic, not fiberglass.
 
No problem on the wait. I'm the slowpoke in this thread..;)

Ah. cool!

Here again is my question:

I feel evil now. Tell me the specs of the very first "Stovebolt", where the nickname comes from, and the first year it was used.
 
It was a 235 CID engine. Called "Stovebolt" due to the very long bolts that protruded above the sides of the Valve Cover.
It also had a highly elevated air cleaner (at least in the trucks) that had an oil-soaked filter element. As Blazin' has been a GM employee for a long time, and he's a "bow tie" freak, I'll agree with him that it has been produced since 1929.

It was the staple engine for Chevrolet until the advent of the 255 cid v-8, that debuted in 1955.
 
Blazin's got the Year, Gil has the nickname.

The specs?

Displacement and horsepower are all I want.
 
Ok me and my dad collaborated on this:

80hp and 170lb.ft. of torque with 217 ci of displacement.
 
Except the Stovebolt made its debute long before the Corvette was thought of.
 
Wait.. I thought the 1953 came with the 194 "Blue Flame"?

EDIT: Darn.


Okay, I spoke too soon.


Let's kill that Question.

It was 1929, 46 Horses, and 194 cubic inches.


Someone post one up.

Sorry about that, guys.
 
No, no it's my bad.. I think the Blue Flame was just a Stovebolt with a different camshaft and 3 sidedraft carbs. Plus, it was painted blue.

Anyway, I posted the answers to the Question that I killed due to uncertainty. Does anybody want to post a question, or can I post up more stovebolt related nonsense?
 
Alright, I'll post up a different one: (It's actually quite easy)


What two years of Packard weren't really packards at all?
 
That would be the last two years 1958 and 1959. The cars are referred to as "Packardbakers", due to the "marriage" of Studebaker cars and Packard nameplates.
Very good studebakers. Not so good Packards.



I have an obscure Corvette question?
When the Corvette debuted at the 1952 Autorama Show, What was the main visual difference in the show car, and the car that made it to the show room?
Unfortunately, I suck at posting pics, so I can't make it easy for you.
 
There is two: One of the flags on the Autorama 'Vette is an American flag, and the chrome hash marks on the front fenders on the show car face up, whereas in the real car they face down. I have a book about Corvettes, you see. It covers all the way up to the C6 development.
 
Damn, I'm impressed!
I've got an older version of the same book I think.
That's sorta where I got the question.
 
Wow. Gil nailed it. 👍 (the years were '57 and '58 though:) )


Gil, I'm starting to believe that you're the 'vette man, instead of the 'bird man.:)
 
Porsche 928? - although i know it was only built for 17 years

edit - just remembered - Saab 900?
 

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