Well, What do you know?

[trigger]

Well seeing as it's unofficially quiz Monday and that I've just found this in a old 1967 issue of Practical Motorist i thought it be a laugh to try these questions on your guys 43 years later.

 

O.k so some of the questions are a little bit out of date but I'm sure you can still guess the answers! oh and NO GOOGLING FOR ANSWERS!

 

I'll post the answers in a few days, Enjoy!

 

[pompei]

Where's E_R when you need him?

[seth]

I think many of them are before his time so to speak, though I expect he could manage #38.

 

Damn! I haven't got that issue, just the December '66 one Still, I think I can get most of them.

[barrett]

This is really hard as I have zero technical knowledge, but...

 

24. is Jaguar

 

25. a) Vauxhall, ??, c) Austin, d) Lancia

 

27. Morris Garages

 

33. M1, 1959

 

35. kit cars

 

36. austin, morris, riley, wolsleley, MG, VdP, austin-healey

[seth]

33. M1, 1959

 

INCORRECT!

[pogweasel]

33. M1, 1959

 

INCORRECT!

 

M6 preston by-pass?

[wuvvum]

I knew the answers to 32 of those. Does that make me sad?

 

Q plates aren't just for kit cars - they are for any vehicle which has a question mark over its original identity (i.e. lost VIN plate, rebuilt write-off, very heavily modified etc.)

[Justin Case]

I knew the answers to 32 of those. Does that make me sad?

 

Yes

 

I thought I was a bit of an anorak and I could only get 27, and a couple of those are a bit doubtful I think the answer to no 22 is Nicolas Cugnot, who made a self-propelled artillery tractor in the 18th century and not Karl Benz (first car)

 

See what I mean about being an anorak

[trigger]

I think the answer to no 22 is Nicolas Cugnot, who made a self-propelled artillery tractor in the 18th century

 

[Richard]

Did they have Q prefixes in 1967?

[Tayne]

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[Albert Ross]

1. 4 cylinder 1,3,4,2.... but in the case of the odd crossflow or later JLA block, 1,2,4,3!

6 cylinder 1,5,3,6,2,4

 

2.It's the 4 stroke cycle. Induction, compression, ignition, exhaust.

 

3. Ignition

 

4. Yes, between exhaust and induction strokes.

 

5. Strictly, true, but in effect, false.

 

6. Parts that move in a linear motion, back and forth, or up and down, for instance pistons.

 

7. Aluminium. It is lightweight, and the uniformity of the material means that it expands quicker than the steel block and liner, making a better gas tight seal, also being light weight, there is less vibration to damp out.

 

8. Yes, but in an older method. Principally it is supposed to be the taxation class!

 

9. It is the stopping force required to halt the engine's motion. Maybe!

 

10. Reference to valve trains. Overhead Cam, Overhead Valve, and Inlet over Exhaust.

 

11. Input shaft, and layshaft.

 

12. Clutch.

 

13. Yes, this is indeed true, as reverse gear ratio is often the lowest in the gearbox.

 

14. To damp out shocks caused by engagement of the friction linings during operation.

 

15. No harm whatsoever.

 

16. A torque converter is fed by the engine, and bolted to the torqueplate (flywheel) and transmits the rotational force to the automatic gearbox.

 

17. An overdrive changes the final output ratio of the gearbox. Normally found on the tailshaft of a standard car gearbox. (On the transfer case of a 4x4) but always between the gearbox and the axle.

 

18. Cruising, downhill for instance, with the power off, and the axle/gears slowing the car down.

 

19. Differential (Crownwheel and pinion)

 

20. The function of the differential is to provide drive to the driven wheels, and also to equalise the forces between them, so that when cornering, the inner wheel does not scrub, and the outer wheel does not drag. (Not quite as simple as this)

 

21. Henry Ford. Model T.

 

22. I also suggest Cugnot, and it was about 1790 I think.

 

23. a, Henry.

 

24. Jaguar.

 

25. c, Austin. d, Lancia

 

26. All built in Coventry?

 

27. Morris Garages.

 

28. Edward VII and I reckon it was a Renault. (Possibly the one used in Downton Abbey on TV!!)

 

29. Veteran is pre-1912, and Vintage is pre-1927 (Guessing here)

 

30. Dunlop. (I was wondering about Michelin, but this is a BRITISH magazine!)

 

31. Royal Automobile Club.

 

32. 10 years.

 

33. Preston Bypass.

 

34. £160 per year, and £300 per year.

 

35. Well now. a mystery. I would imagine those operated by the Royal Household.... BUT. I am guessing.

 

36. Austin, Morris, Wolseley, Riley, Vanden Plas, Daimler, Jaguar, MG, Triumph, Standard, erm....

 

37. £22 and £8,7 shillings and sixpence.

 

38. Understeer. Front end keeps going straight as you wish to turn (See a Beetle on a wet roundabout)

Oversteer. Rear end steps out as you wish to turn. (See RS2000 on a wet roundabout)

 

39. Yes. However, if it had NO lights at all, it would be legal.

 

40. When starting from cold. Operating temperatures are not reached, and clearances are huge, with poor cold oil which does not aid lubrication. Bore and bearing wear is at it's greatest here.

[Tayne]

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[M'coli]

25 Triumph

[catsinthewelder]

Just to add

 

23c Herbert

 

No 26. None of them exist anymore.

 

Albert your knowledge is amazing but pre-merger weren't Triumph and Standard part of Leyland rather than BMC?

[Albert Ross]

Dunno about knowledge..... Most of it is just sheer memories.

As for the Standard Triumph thing, don't forget that Leyland and BMC sort of got a bit fucked up in the late 60s..... Nobody ACTUALLY KNEW what was going on until about 1972...

[scaryoldcortina]

ffs. the image with the questions in doesn't load! I'm having to guess the questions (mostly from albert's answers)....

[seth]

25a is Vauxhall

 

8, the hp figure never related to actual power output but was the result of a calculation using the bore size, hence why UK cars got lumped with slow revving long stroke engines.

[meggersdog]

23.William Morris,Herbert Austin (always wondered what W.O. stood for)

25 b. could be Alvis

28 veteran would be pre 1905 (London to Brighton run)

[trigger]

Very good guys!, Some well thought out answers among that lot, Albert is out winner though, Only because he answered the most and also got most of them right, very impressive so well done!

 

I might have to do this again if i find some more.

 

[Albert Ross]

Dropped a couple of real bollocks on a couple, didn't understand a few, NEARLY got the road tax prices right (oh so close for 40 odd years ago) and otherwise a fair result. I blame the alcohol..... I didn't have any that night.

 

Cheers Trig, nice one.

[seth]

The answer to 35 is interesting. I didn't know that's what they started out as.