Fun car facts!

Q:  Who opened the first drive-in gas station?

 

        A:  Gulf opened up the first station in Pittsburgh in 1913.

         Q:  What city was the first to use parking meters?

 

        A :  Oklahoma City , on July 16,  1935.

         Q:  Where was the first drive-in restaurant?     
 
 
         A:  Royce Hailey's Pig Stand opened in Dallas in 1921.

         Q:  True or False?  The 1953 Corvette came in white, red and  black.

        A:  False. The 1953 'Vettes' were available in one color, Polo White.

         Q:  What was Ford's answer to the Chevy Corvette, and other legal street racers of the 1960's?

 

        A:  Carroll Shelby's Mustang GT350.

         Q:  What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo?

 

        A:  The 1960 Plymouth Valiant

    

         Q:  What car first referred to itself as a convertible?

        A : The 1904 Thomas Flyer, which had a removable hard top.

         Q:  What car was the first to have its radio antenna embedded in the windshield?

 

        A : The 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix.

         Q:  What car used the first successful series-production hydraulic valve lifters?

 

        A:  The 1930 Cadillac 452, the first production V16

         Q:  Where was the world's first three-color traffic lights installed?

 

        A:  Detroit , Michigan in 1919. Two years later they experimented with synchronized lights.

      

Q:  What type of car had the distinction of being GM's 100 millionth car built in the U.S?

 

        A:  March 16, 1966 saw an Olds Tornado roll out of Lansing, Michigan with that honor.

      

Q:  Where was the first drive-in movie theater opened, and when?

 

        A:  Camden , NJ in 1933

         Q:  What autos were the first to use a standardized production key-start system?

 

        A:  The 1949 Chryslers

         Q:  What did the Olds designation 4-4-2 stand for?

 

        A:  4 barrel carburetor, 4 speed transmission, and dual exhaust.

      

Q:  What car was the first to place the horn button in the center of the steering wheel?

 

         A:  The 1915 Scripps-Booth Model C. The car also was the first with electric door latches.

         Q:  What U.S. production car has the quickest 0-60 mph time?

 

        A:  The 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409. Did it  in 4.0 seconds.

         Q:   What's the only car to appear simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek?

 

        A:   The Mustang

         Q:  What was the lowest priced mass produced American car?

 

        A:   The 1925 Ford Model T Runabout. Cost $260, $5 less than 1924.