OK JC, Another Automotive Trivia Question!

[Pilsnerpete]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Pilsnerpete: mainly the torque converter, you need to get upto a speed of around 30MPH before you have enough speed to overpower the slippage.

About five years ago the battery in my Civic had
died because I left the lights on overnight . I was in a
hurry to get to work on time so I ran into the house to get
my wife to give me a hand to start the car.
I told her to get into our second car, a prehistoric oversized
gas guzzler, and use it to push my car fast enough to start it.
I pointed out to her that because my car had an automatic transmission,
it needed to be pushed at least 30 MPH for it
to start. She said fine, hopped into her car and drove off.
I sat there fuming wondering what can she be doing. A minute
passed by and when I saw her in the rearview mirror coming at
me at about 40 MPH, I realized (Knowing she?s a blonde) that I should
have been A LOT clearer with my directions.

Dammit!!! U serious?!

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Heh, that's an old joke.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Ok, did some surfing, found conflicting results. I tend to think that C&D tested a swiss cheese Catalina, but that would have to be 1963. Found some other sites that said it was 1965, and was a ringer tuned by Royal Bobcat.
Either way, I don't doubt that the test occurred for real. Even around 1980 C&D still listed the old Catalina as their quickest ever. Whatever, it obviously wasn't a high production model, but it is the answer to my trivia question.

How about this one: What year was the last year that a GM "sports car" or "pony car" had an engine larger than 400 CID?

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: Pilsnerpete

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Pilsnerpete: mainly the torque converter, you need to get upto a speed of around 30MPH before you have enough speed to overpower the slippage.

You have to be the 6 million dollar man to get one going then? Okay...so if you're parked on a steep hill--steep enough to go that fast--it would bump start?

No. The engine has to be running for the torque converter to do anything. Rolling a car downhill just spins the output shaft. It isn't connected to the rest of the trans unless you have some hydraulic pressure.

Right. And if you have a trans that has both front and rear pumps, when push-starting you have hydraulic pressure.

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
How about this one: What year was the last year that a GM "sports car" or "pony car" had an engine larger than 400 CID?

Trans Am, with the Olds 403, 1980?

 

Right. And if you have a trans that has both front and rear pumps, when push-starting you have hydraulic pressure.

JC is correct, all Powerglides have front and rear hydraulic pumps, not one of the Turbohydramatics (350 or 400) had rear pumps.
Push starting Corvairs was easy

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: JC

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
How about this one: What year was the last year that a GM "sports car" or "pony car" had an engine larger than 400 CID?

Trans Am, with the Olds 403, 1980?

Probably.

What was so unusual about the 6.6L TAs from 1979-80?

 

Turbo I do believe

 

[DurocShark]

Here's one: What surprising feature was available on the 1959 Caddies?

 

Air conditioning ?..no wait...air suspension.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Roger
Air conditioning ?..no wait...air suspension.

Nope.... Though those were available, they had been around for a while...

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Roger
Turbo I do believe

Nope.

It had to do with transmission/engine combo.

 

You got me then, for some reason my brain is not running on all eight cylinders this morning

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Roger
You got me then, for some reason my brain is not running on all eight cylinders this morning

Ok. Since it's the only bit of trivia I know.... heh

Cruise control!

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Originally posted by: Roger
Air conditioning ?..no wait...air suspension.

Nope.... Though those were available, they had been around for a while...

Auto dim headlights?

or the 6 pack option on Eldorado.

 

Here's real toughy, who invented the intermittent wiper, then all the auto makers started using it and he brought all of them to Supreme court, sued and won ?

 

[Iron Woode]

What was the most unusual 1956 Mopar option evar?

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Roger
Here's real toughy, who invented the intermittent wiper, then all the auto makers started using it and he brought all of them to Supreme court, sued and won ?

I wanna say either VW or Toyota...

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
What was the most unusual 1956 Mopar option evar?

They didn't do the 4-6-8 engine, did they? I thought it was like Olds or some GM company...

 

I wanna say either VW or Toyota...

Not a auto maker, a man invented it in his garage in the early sixties.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
What was the most unusual 1956 Mopar option evar?

They didn't do the 4-6-8 engine, did they? I thought it was like Olds or some GM company...

That was Cadillac in the early 80's.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Roger

I wanna say either VW or Toyota...

Not a auto maker, a man invented it in his garage in the early sixties.

I realized that I had heard this before after i posted... He went on to start a big manufacturer, right?

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: DurocShark

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
What was the most unusual 1956 Mopar option evar?

They didn't do the 4-6-8 engine, did they? I thought it was like Olds or some GM company...

That was Cadillac in the early 80's.

It was done before, I think in the 60's. Nothing like dragging 4 cylinders as you drive...

 

Intermittent wiper

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode
What was the most unusual 1956 Mopar option evar?

No one can answer my question?