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[Deere Dude]

Car Show Game - 1950s - American Torque .com

This is a quiz on identifying cars from the 50's and 60's. Some are tough, at least for me. I got 90% on this. Try your luck.

 

[jinman]

I got 92%, so I finished just ahead of you. I had a problem with the 50s era Mercs and the Willys/Henry J identifications. It was a fun walk down memory lane and a good test. Thanks!:thumbsup:

 

[LBrown59]

I got 92%, so I finished just ahead of you. I had a problem with the 50s era Mercs and the Willys/Henry J identifications.
* It was a fun walk down memory lane and a good test. Thanks!:thumbsup:

*These cars were around in 1958 and 1959 when i was 17 and 18 years old so I was very familiar with them .
I only missed 2 of the questions but should have gotten them all .

 

[Haoleguy]

Only had 79 percent....bummed :-(

 

[JDgreen227]

Not to brag, but I got 96%, I only mixed up the Willys and Henry J...was 9 years old in 1960 and LOVED cars, my dad had a '54 Chevy, '57 Ford, '59 Ford, '56 Mercury, at various times, and I could identify just about any 1950's model easily at that age.

That red '58 Pontiac wagon kinda threw me, I had to narrow that one down by process of elimination. Gonna tell you guys something funny...

When I was trying to learn math at about ten years old, I told my mom I couldn't seem to learn it, she told me quote: "You know the make and year of every car on the road, why can't you apply that kind of learning to math too....?" :laughing:

BTW, it does help a little that I have been subscribing to Hemmings Classic Car for the past nine years....

 

[irvingj]

Wow...neat!

"I only mixed up the Willys and Henry J" Me, too! Never saw too many Willys cars.

Oh, and one or two more wrong, I guess. Got a 92%. Not bad for an old fart.

 

[drakefamily2]

Only got 75%, missed most of early 50's.

 

[ToadHill]

Got 100%!! Of course I'm old enough to have had a ride in, or owned all of them at one time or another.

 

[JDgreen227]

What I liked about the cars they built prior to about 1970 was they were pretty DISTINCTIVE looking...and it was easy to tell one make from another. Wife's car today is a silver Saturn L-300 4 door....do have any idea how many cars there are on the road that are "mid-size-silver-jellybean-too" ....Jeez, when I go places I see cars that resemble hers a hundred times a day or more.

 

[KYDan]

I had taken the quiz earlier and think I received a 90% or so on it and I had the same issue with the Willy's. I loved cars when I was young and still do. Like a lot of members here and I often take a trip down the nostalgia highway. That's great fun too. Happy Sunday fellows, enjoy the ride!

 

[jinman]

I had no idea which was a Willys or Henry J, but I felt bad missing the 50s era Mercs (2 missed). My brother and I used to have a contest in the car when we went on trips in the 50s. We'd try to be the first to identify the oncoming cars by make and model. We'd often confuse a Packard with a Mercury. Probably the easiest to ID from the front were the Studebakers.

BTW: Does anybody know a similar website for 50s/60s era pickup trucks? Some of the differences in those were really subtle.

 

[RobertN]

Me too. Wish there was more distinctive variety.

But, for aerodynamics, and resulting fuel mileage, they will start to look the same. Can't remember if it was here on TBN, but a few years ago there was a forum discussion about that. There is a perfect aerodynamic form, and as manufacturers strive for better aerodynamics, it leads them all to the same shape.

I wonder though, in 1960, what folks thought of the cars at the time. And in 1970 ect. Did they think the tail fins ect were cool, or did they shake their heads...?

BTW, I got a measly 62%...

What I liked about the cars they built prior to about 1970 was they were pretty DISTINCTIVE looking...and it was easy to tell one make from another. Wife's car today is a silver Saturn L-300 4 door....do have any idea how many cars there are on the road that are "mid-size-silver-jellybean-too" ....Jeez, when I go places I see cars that resemble hers a hundred times a day or more.

 

[Sammy the red]

You got 96% (46 right out of 48). The average score is 73% :thumbsup:

 

[JDgreen227]

You got 96% (46 right out of 48). The average score is 73% :thumbsup:

I used to drool over the 50's cars....

GREAT GOBS OF CHROME...

SLATHERED OVER THREE-TONE PAINT JOBS

WITH FULL-WIDTH "DOLLAR-GRIN" GRILLES IN FRONT

AND FLASH GORDON SHARK FINS IN THE REAR.....

Hey, what 50's model car would you want to have? Idea here for a new thread !!

 

[two_bit_score]

Neat game. I only got 75%. Missed the ones I was 'sure' on.