Thread: Friday Night Trivia

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Originally Posted by robot

OK, I got myself on the turbo 400 in the 70 Z/28.....I meant to ask about a 1969 Z/28 automatic.....Dwayne got me!!! Darn, my own questions got tough.....and I owned both a 69 and a 70 Z/28

No wonder that one was hard.........LOL We all know the '67-'69 Z-28 was offered as a 4-speed only.

Mike

Originally Posted by robot

I could be wrong on this one but the early Chrondek lights that had a stage light and a green were called LL trees (for leavers lose). They didnt count down, the starter triggered the green with a switch box.

... okay makes sense ... so the device was the new tree with stage lights.

Thanks,

-Chris

Jay, your figure doesnt ring a bell with me....any hints?

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

Does this look familiar???

Isn't that a "Nauga"? Their hides were used in many 60's interiors.

Mick

You made me curious, so I cheated and Googled to see what you were talking about. I found a couple good articles about the elusive Nauga, and found this cartoon.

Here are some links:

http://www.snopes.com/business/market/nauga.asp

http://www.naugahyde.com/history.html

http://www.naugahyde.com/promoitems_nauga.html

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Pontiac interiors were "moroccohide", a species of Naugahyde from Morocco (I guess). Usually, the brochures had the dark red color

mike in tucson

Mike, you just brought back a fond memory, when I was a kid, my parents had a '60s? Pontiac Grand Prix with the dark red interior you're speaking of. I also remember it had a reverb on the radio, Mom liked it but Dad didn't.........LOL

Thanks for the memory,
Mike

You seem to have been a "Pontiac man"...or a car salesman, at one time! :-)

Nobody got # 5 yet? The answer has to be AirLift, right? We used to put AirLift bags in the coil springs to adjust weight transfer. If you had leaf springs, you could buy a kit that had clamp-on perches and lightweight coil springs. You had to wedge the spring in between the axle housing and the frame, clamp the perch to the axle housing, and then inflate the AirLift bag. They really didn't change ride height much, but sure stiffened up the ride. They were also used in NASCAR in the late '50's.

They were still available in the early '90's; don't know if they still are...

YEP, Airlift bags...you stuffed them inside the springs and
put air in them.....sometimes used as a poor man's posi.

mike

TWO MORE

1. If I had a 65 Mustang and needed to look at the top side of my gas tank, what would I have to do to see it?

2. Some mechanics used to remember this by using the phrase "too young, too old, just right" What were they trying to remember? (I first heard this in 1964)

mike in tucson

1. Remove the rubber mat in the trunk - fuel tank was the trunk floor . . .
2. inline 6 cyl chev firing order 15 (too young), 36 (too old), 24 (just right)

Just for reference, I did a search and found out that AirLift is still in business (since 1950). They have a big website. Not only are they still making the original AirLift bags, but they also make modern air ride components...

Dang, Dwayne...you must be an old-timer!!!! Not many people would get the Chevy six firing order question....
I'm impressed.

mike in tucson

Old school, when I started working on cars at the corner gas station, the owner would buy old Mopars, fix them and sell them. Desotos, Red Ram hemis, Firedomes, 6 cyl flathead Mopars, Savoys, etc. Got to work on alot of the early muscle - Furys, 442, '60's Chevs, Avanti - even got to work on a 48 Lincoln Zephur 4sdn with vacuum windows. It was a great time to work and learn. Those days are GONE !!!!!!