Automotive history quiz

[ISAslot]

2. collapsible steering column.

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: aircooled
5 = The VW Beetle (original aircooled model, still in production in Brazil)

i think they just shut it down.

I was wrong about Brazil, It's the Mexico plant and yes, July is the month they said production of the classic Beetle will cease.

 

[ViperMagic]

So, Syringer, are you going to post the answers?

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: ISAslot
2. collapsible steering column.

That was 1967. Also the dual brake master cylinder in 1967.


JC

 

[grrl]

Bump for the answers.

 

[WhiteKnight]

2 might also be collapsible steering columns.

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
2 might also be collapsible steering columns.

Negative. See my post 2 above yours.


Hey Syringer.....do you actually HAVE the answers? I'm anxious to debate them

JC

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: ViperMagic
While I may be confused with another car, I do belive the Impala production was stopped in the 80s or so. Also, I'm not sure if this would count or not, but there wern't any Corvettes made in 1983. I think Lincoln had the park benches and Designer Series', Cadillac has the Desiel 350, and the Buick Riviera, Chevrolet Corvette, Chrysler Town & Country, Oldsmobile Aurora, and Plymouth Fury all have fiberglass bodies

i could have sworn that they kept one of the 1983 corvette models in the museum in Bowling Green, KY

i may be wrong, but i thought they turned out to be lemons, so they scrapped the few they built except for the one in the museum

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: Joemonkey

Originally posted by: ViperMagic
While I may be confused with another car, I do belive the Impala production was stopped in the 80s or so. Also, I'm not sure if this would count or not, but there wern't any Corvettes made in 1983. I think Lincoln had the park benches and Designer Series', Cadillac has the Desiel 350, and the Buick Riviera, Chevrolet Corvette, Chrysler Town & Country, Oldsmobile Aurora, and Plymouth Fury all have fiberglass bodies

i could have sworn that they kept one of the 1983 corvette models in the museum in Bowling Green, KY

i may be wrong, but i thought they turned out to be lemons, so they scrapped the few they built except for the one in the museum

You're right, there is an '83 Corvette is in the museum. From the Corvette Black Book:

"The 1984 Corvette was introduced in March 1983. Because it met all 1984 federal requirements, Chevrolet decided to skip the 1983 model designation. The result was a very long production run and the second highest model year volume in the Corvette's history. 1983 Corvettes were built, serial numbered, and tested by both Chevrolet and the motoring press at the "long lead" preview at Riverside Raceway in December 1982. But 1983 Corvettes were not released for public sale."

I dunno what happened to the other '83 Corvettes, prolly scrapped


JC

 

[ViperMagic]

Just so as not to look like an ass, I actually did know that I belive there were six produced, and one remains. I could be wrong on those numbers, though

 

[ZOXXO]

Where's the answers.

 

[grrl]

One more bump for answers

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: ISAslot
2. collapsible steering column.

that's what I was going to say....and it is correct too...HAHAHAHAHA

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: JC

Originally posted by: ISAslot
2. collapsible steering column.

That was 1967. Also the dual brake master cylinder in 1967.


JC

If it was '67 for the collapsible column then it was a mid-year requirement as I can show you cars with solid one-piece steering colums from the '67 model year.....but considering that Mustangs for '67 can have either I might have to agree with you here.