Gear head car guy test I wrote needs help. Can you guys help me?

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-much-of-gear-head-car-guy-are-you.html

What cars were factory Super Stockers in the 1960's drag racing wars? (Made by GM, Ford, Chrysler, AMC... and factory built only to drag race, sometimes not street legal in any way)

What models of Chevys came with a base and a Super Sport option?

How many cars were pickup bed versions of a normal car (example El Camino and Chevelle) can you name? Not including Austalian cars.

What were the 1970 high impact colors for Mopars?

How many car companies can you name from Italy, Japan, France, Germany, Great Britains countries (you know, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, etc) The USA, and Australia?

What were the Canadian car model names of the GM (Pontiac, Chevrolet, and Buick) cars? Hint, there were 4 that I know of... and one was available in a convertible that was never available in the USA model that it was identical to.

What were the Chrysler car (and one truck) model names? There are 8 that I know of.

How many dead car companies from America can you name?

How many AMC models can you name?

What models did Chevy have that started with the letter C?

Who patented the car, and legally forced all the big car companies to pay him a licensing fee until Ford took the case to the federal government because it was cutting into profits too much?

What company had the first modern m*** production line?

Who made the Jeep prototype for the government contract but wasn't really able to produce it in numbers that the US govt needed to supply the Army in WW2?

What are the most famous car companies to make aircraft engines?

What is the last and only independant car company in England?

What were the three cars to be made in America that are synonymous with ugly?

What cars did Hurst get their name on through ventures with the big corporations?

What cars came with a Shelby engine?

How many companies can you name that made bodies for car companies because rich customers could afford better designs than Packard, Duesenburg, Cadillac, etc were selling?

What companies merged to become American Motor Corporation?

What car had the most options in the 1960's?

What cars had hood scoops, and which Mopar is a glaringly obvious model that didn't?

What Mopars came with 3 two barrels?

what caused them to name the Buick model, the Century?

What cars raced in the 1st New York to Paris?

What cars raced in the 1st Paris to Beijing?

What mid or rear engined cars can you name?

How many Mustang and Corvette customizing companies can you name?

What are Duntov heads, Clifford intakes, 6 pack carbs, Gurney Eagles, side oilers

How many carburetor companies can you name?

How many camshaft companies can you name?

Where would you find a Dana 60, a 9 inch, and a 12 bolt?

2 car parts are known as banjos, what are they?

Who invented the fuel log?

What car part did Nicola Tesla patent?

How many transmissions can you name?

What are sprints and midgets?

What 12 race did Steve McQueen enter in 1970?

What race car is Steve McQueen most commonly ***ociated with?

What was the rarest car Steve McQueen owned?

What is the SCCA, SCTA, GNRS, SYC, OEM, NOS, COE?

What are the following people famous for?
Ed Cole, Ed Roth, Ed Winfield, Barney Oldfield, Barney Navarro, Wally Parks, Norm Grabowski,

Name the land speed record setting cars (not jet engine cars, piston powered)

Name land speed record setting drivers

Name land speed racing locations

Name the hot rodders 1940's dry lakes, there are at least 4

Who made the Dude and the Demon?

How many Chevy car models that came with a Super Sport option level can you name?

Name the most famous engine builders of Hemi's

Who is the Snake, the ****oose, the Professor?

What cars came from the factory with flat black hoods?

What cars did Hurst collaborate on and get the Hurst name on?

What were the high impact Mopar colors of 1970?

Name the Aero war cars of 1968-1971 that were developed to get more Nascar victories and sold to the public only because of the homologation rule?

Name the after market shifter companies

What Super Stock cars can you name?

What was the sister car to the Torino Talledaga?

What were the AMC "X" car models?

What was the last of the muscle cars in the 1970's?

What 4 car companies comprised Auto Union, represented by the 4 rings

What cars came from Mopar with the 426 hemi?

What cars did Shelby put engines in or his name on?

Name at least 6 types of rims, not rim making companies

When did the big 3 switch from generators to alternators?

What car company made the Jeep prototype, but who built them in numbers needed for WW2?

What was the Jeep truck model named?

When vinyl tops were options, what was the point of getting your car optioned with one?

What were the big blocks in the 65-75 muscle cars years from the big 3?

What were the AMC v-8s sizes?

What was the biggest of the muscle car v-8s? Hint, smaller than the 460 truck engine

Which cars had stripes on the nose or tail?

Cars had the engine sizes indicated with numbers on the outside of the car in many ways... how many can you name? Stickers are a way, not a type. Mopar had at least 2 stickers with specific names that gave the engine size.

Who made "the Machine"?

Name the awesome muscle car era car dealerships you would go to to get the fastest cars

How many VW models can you name, pre 1971?

What company did Ford have build the Boss 429 Mustangs?

Who put together the ZL1 Camaros?

What is a UTE?

What cars came from the factory with dual quads?

What is the give away in the Mopar engine bay that you would look for to indicate a track pack optioned car?

Where was the name "Camaro" claimed by Chevrolet to have come from?

Who made the Delmont, Beaumont, Wildcat, Cyclone, Biscayne?

What did a Mustang GT-A come with?

What was Briggs Cunningham known for? Art Arfons? The Blastolene Brothers? Mad Man Muntz? Frank Kurtis?

Who were the Drag Masters?

What was the Wagon Master?

What was the Candymatic?

What cars came factory optioned with the Boss 302, Boss 429, ZL1?

What is a mountain motor?

What was the Rent a Racer?

What was the famous Alabama state trooper car?

How many supercharger manufacturers can you name?

Name the 2 seater sports cars made in america, before 1971. Not kit cars.

The top of the line Cougar was called the ? Coronet? Mustang? Charger? Road Runner? Maverick?

What cars have had a retro comeback? (A modern remake design in the past decade or two because the car companies are too stupid to innovate anything interesting)

 

I don't know anyone who knows more about all of the car world in general than I do (I am not a spe******t, and anyone who is can kick my **** in the trivia for their specific field of knowledge) because I'm a car guy (like I say in the blog ***le) with a p***ion for all things with wheels and have learned a friggin ton about all makes and models, from all countries and eras.

If you can look through this entire test, answering about 80% of all the questions, and find the mistakes I've made.. I need to ask your indulgence for them because I don't have anyone with more knowledge than I have to proofread this test for accuracy, mistakes, and questions that a regular car guy wouldn't have a chance of knowing.

If you are that guru of the car guy world, PLEASE email me and help me make this test better! jbohjkl@yahoo.com

 

if this is a test i dont go to school anymore.
it wiil take me more than an hour to answer this and i have cars to beedone and wether is nice here in sweden so i will p***.
ken
sweden
this is 1964 and older page so some qestions is out of order.

 

Pretty bold claim, considering the company you are in.

Hope the arm heals from the patting yourself on the back break.

13 posts since 2007? If you are the wizzard behind the curtain, why aren't you putting your obviously vast and overwhelming knowledge to good use and helping answer real tech questions?

 

I would think a true car guy test would be made up of day to day mechanical problems and solutions. example: correct sequence for torquing down heads or finding TDC. I know I tend to try and pick up infomation that will actually be useful to me when working on my car or friends cars, not to be able to out trivia them. just my 2 pennies.

 

Gear head or book worm?

 

Too long. I like the tests with pictures.

 

The majority of the questions are about late 60 and 70s muscle cars,not 64 and earlier. Might work better on muscle car forum.

 

Or connect the dots.. anyone remember Hustler's scratch 'n sniff centerfold?

Bob

 

If you want a critique, I'd call it long, boring and redundant.

As an example, the question about the Cl***ic body builders was hard to read without eliminating the snobby input. A better version would be "What is a 'Coachbuilder' and how many can you name?"

What's the point of naming any of the thousands of Corvette and Mustang custom parts suppliers?

You also mentioned the same Hurst question worded different as well as the same Shelby question.

You asked, and FWIW many of us know as much or more than you think you know.

 

I know who made " the DUDE ".....................Jeff Lebowski.

 

prewarcars4me, I'll answer YOUR test question. It's because justacarguy has spent all his time building his vast (half vast??) knowledge base and then putting that knowledge to work creating his manifesto.

 

These things are supposed to be fun, not a graduate school entrance exam. I quit before finishing, which is rare for me.

You could break it down into categories and have 3 or 4 short tests.

 

Do you have the test available in braille?

 

I don't think his statement was meant as bragging - I think he was saying he just doesn't have anyone with the knowledge or interest to find where he made mistakes - and why he has posted here that he needs help.

That being said - yeah, it's long and somewhat off topic. As mentioned, maybe several like-type quizzes would be better.

 

13 post since 2007, you must have spent all your time getting this information together . That does not mean you know anything about cars, you just know how to do the research for it. Have you ever got grease under your finger nails ?

 

I believe that you are absolutely correct you are the most knowledgeable car guy on the planet. Let me be the first to bow down and kiss your feet.


Let me tell you a little story. When I was a little kid I was given a test and scored real high on it. I personaly think I just got lucky but that is a different story in itself. Anyway back to the story I was busy telling someone that I was real smart because they were dumb enough to tell me the results of the test. My grandad overheard me and told me that I should go out into the yard and talk to that tree back there. So being a little kid I did. I came in a little later and my grandad asked me what the tree had to say to me and I told him nothing tress can't talk. Then he asked me what kind of tree it was. I told him it was a cherry tree and he asked how I could possibly know that if it didn't talk to me. So I said because it has cherries on it. That was when he pointed out to me that if I was really smart i wouldn't have to tell anyone, they would just know.

Funny how that works isn't it.

 

All american car companies died in 1974 !

 

And this statement shows you for the NON enthusiest you are.
"Name at least 6 types of rims, not rim making companies"
A "RIM "is part of a wheel, not a wheel unto itself,
you need a hub and a rim to construct a wheel, and in some instances a spoke set.
OH and i can answer every question, but wont give you the satisfaction.

 

Too much,,too off topic,,basically you are the trivia king. HRP

 

Now that we have the interwebs, we don't need to memorize trivia.

 

A genuine bonafide **** retentive and self-declared!!
I do not recommend illegal drug use to anyone.
This, kids, is the result.

 

???? Followed by why??

 

ahhhhhhhhh I think I'll p***. I would be old by time I answered all those questions....

 

I am not sure you know more than me because all my life I have learned more and more about less and less until I know everything there is to know about absolutly nothing at all!

 

I'd ease up on your statement of how fantastical you are in terms of general automotive knowledge, and then try to make this "test" a little more fun. Does it have to be a test, or can it be "automotive trivia"? I don't know anyone who gets excited about tests. I'd agree that breaking it up into categories might be of interest to the reader. Some questions seem vague or open ended, or they are a group of questions bundled together. Perhaps rephrase some questions so the answer is a few words, or a sentence. Some questions require an answer that's a paragragh long. The last statement about car companies being too stupid is unnecessary.

 

I think you have your answer...