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Old 11/10/11, 01:11 AM
 
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You got 96% (46 right out of 48). The average score is 73%. I confused the Henry J and the Kaiser.

I am past 70 and was a car crazy kid when most of these cars were common. I think the 57 Chevy Bel Air convertibles and 2 door hardtops are some of the sharpest looking cars ever made.
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Old 11/10/11, 10:10 AM
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Guess I was in error. Crosley had the funky engine.

http://crosleyautoclub.com/Mighty_Tin.html
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I hadnt looked at Crosley cause of your earlier post.

Like I said before, its amazing some modern company didnt investigate this when they were trying to save weight in cars. Probably cause huge mega corporations, that make all cars anymore, have such burocracies, unique ideas never get seriously considered. They can only think in terms of more and more complexity, higher and higher prices, and bigger profit.
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Old 11/10/11, 12:18 PM
 
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LOL! I'm low man on the totem pole. 53%, which is slightly better than chance. At least it wasn't sports trivia. We had a Plymouth Fury. It could move.
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Old 11/11/11, 01:51 PM
 
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88%, I know my GM and Ford but some of the others I had to guess like the Willys, Kaiser and such.
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Old 11/11/11, 03:16 PM
 
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You got 100% (48 right out of 48). The average score is 73%
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Old 11/16/11, 08:50 AM
 
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I got 85%..the Mercuries and Desotos were my weak point.But,by golly I got the Studebakers right.I love Studebakers,especially the bulletnose and the hawks.
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Old 11/18/11, 01:28 PM
 
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That was harder than I thought it would be.. But it was fun

You got 65% (31 right out of 48).
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Old 11/18/11, 11:05 PM
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79%

But I was only shooting for 80%.......
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Old 11/18/11, 11:40 PM
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77%. Got all the Studebakers right, those are my favorites.
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Old 11/20/11, 06:51 PM
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92% for me. DeSoto's and Kaisers messed me up.
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Old 11/21/11, 02:31 PM
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You got 77% (37 right out of 48).

I did better on the late 50's car than the earlier ones.
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Old 11/21/11, 09:58 PM
 
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Got 90%, Henry J, Willys messed me up.

I had a 60 Studebaker Hawk. That thing was fast! 3 on the column, with overdrive. You could run it up to 28 mph in first gear, let off on the gas, and it would drop into 1st gear overdrive. Fairly low rpm's. Great for street racing. Gave you 6 gears overall. 65 mph 1st OD, 95 2nd OD, broke speedometer 3rd OD.

All of a sudden I feel really old.
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