Most Extreme Monday Trivia Challenge

Good morning HAMBsters. Time to****ilate your brain cells, so, let's jump in shall we?

1. What legendary piece of hot rodding hardware was develeloped by chassis builder and jet car pioneer Romeo Palamides in 1954 with the help of machine shop owner J.O. Ellison and what company did it spawn which is still a leader in the industry today.

2. Strange as it may seem, what is probably the ultimate "patina" car is made of fiberglass. It was purchased new by a legendary rocker and never washed. Who is the owner and what car is it. Extra credit if you know where the car is now.

3. What musical legend was also a race car driver who named his early dirt track modified after one of his biggest hits.
Name the artist and the name of the car. Hint: Car was #777

Have fun. Winner gets a little token from yours truly.
George

 

Hard ones... But can the answer of #1 be the spun aluminum wheel dics? Known as Moon discs made by Moon...

 

No but your on the right track. It is wheel related.

 

Magnesium wheels - American Racing...

Mutt

 

#1.

 

#1 is correct but you gotta get'em all to win!

 

Ok we seem to have stalled out. Mutt was right on Mag wheels (Tourque Thrusts to be exact) and American Racing.
Hints:
2. All you "deadheads" should know this one.
3. The #777 is just one up from 666. This should help with the name of the hit single and the car. Which should give you the name of the artist.

 

Common guys! This is really a cool thing that Gordon is doing for the HAMB.

...and you learn something new while you are fighting for the prize!

 

No.2 must be Jerry Garcia and if he bought it new, and it was glass, it must be a Corvette?

No clue on No. 3

Mutt

 

Not Garcia. Corvette is correct, What year?

 

All I can think of for number 3 is Marty Robbins. Devil Woman. He ran dirt track and stock cars. Was number 2 the vette that was walled into the room for years? They had to remove a wall to get it out. Parked there new and never driven.

 

the only dead song i can think of is "friend of the devil"
lyrics by robert hunter...music by garcia(atleast that is what the search engines tell me)

 

We have the answer to #3. Someone needs to get all of #2 and put them together to win.

 

1- torque thrusts
2-corvette...robert hunter???
3- friend of the devil, look at my last post.

 

Kritz,
The devil reference was for Devil Woman on #3. See Smokin Joes post. Still need the Vette's owner.

 

#2 - Eric Clapton - Corvette?

HC

 

HC, when did Clapton play with the "Dead"?
OK to save confusion hear is what we have so far.
1.Torque Thrust Mags, American Racing
2. Corvette, still need the right owner
3. Marty Robbins, Devil Woman

 

1.Torque Thrust Mags, American Racing
2. Corvette, still need the right owner
3. Marty Robbins, Devil Woman

2 is probably Mickey Hart. He was part owner of an Austin Gasser too.

 

Marty's car.

 

Man, I don't know***** about the Dead....

I thought that just about everyone had played with them throughout the years....

"say man, is that Freedom Rock? wellll turn it up man"!


HC

 

SJ Nope, not Mickey.

 

Is #2 Bob Weir? 63 Roadster? Just a guess...

 

It is BoB Wier...

here's a pic.

HC

 

Hot Rod Josh. Put them all together and your the winner.

 

I figured that the 777 car would have been one of the guys from Stryper.

 

1.Torque Thrust Mags, American Racing
2. Corvette,63 roadster, Bob weir
3. Marty Robbins, Devil Woman

Got it?

 

It's at the Petersen Automotive Museum ...

HC

 

Oh Well, as Mr. Meat said, 2 outa 3 ain't bad...

 

Hot Rod Josh is the winner. I will get your goodies in the mail today. Great participation today. If you like it I'll do it for a while longer.
Mutt sent me a PM saying that the original wheel built by what eventually became American were not five spoke TQ's and he may be right, I got the info from Americans web site.
"I am not an expert but I play one in real life."
Congrats to HRJ for putting it all together and thanks to everyone for playin'. Wasn't that better than workin' this morning?
George

 

well, i had no clue on any of the questions, but it was fun none the less....a good time on a monday morning to say the least!!!!