Posted on 12/30/2012 8:29:16 PM PST by virgil283
43yo woman gets 88%. Without reviews of Internet.
I love old American cars. Real cars.
That’s a DeSoto.
38 out of 48 for 79%
Those classics are easier to recognize than most vehicles of the last 3 decades. lol
Tough but fun quiz. 71% here.
ping
85% for me: better than I expected.
I got 77%
79%
I wiped out on these:
DeSoto Custom
Henry J
Kaiser Manhattan
Willys Aero Wing
You got 94% (45 right out of 48). The average score is 73%.
The only reason I knew the Henry J was that hotrodders wanted them. They were cheap, lightweight, and had lots of room under the hood. Plus they were kinda ugly so once you saw one it stuck.
You are right, they ARE easier to recognize, precisely because the designs were so different and individual from one maker to the next.The 50s saw an explosion of automotive styling, and some of these cars date to my earliest years of life. I got 75% , and in several of these groups , got four out of four (seemed like about 7 times for that)
96%. Confused mid-fifties Dodge and Plymouth on one section, so I missed two.
De Soto produced some beautiful cars from ‘55 to ‘59, it’s surprising that the marque was eliminated. Many of them were actually better looking than the more costly Chrysler of the same vintage.
Prettiest of them all was the step-down Hudson, though. Always loved those, very sleek and clean, the best of the immediate postwar designs. Roomy and fast, too. Many NASCAR drivers drove them in the early years, police did as well.
There’s an improbable hotrod I see out and about on my commute occasionally, a two-door Nash station wagon, turquiose and white with old fashioned American mags. It looks really good, surprisingly. Profile of the roofline is much like the ‘55 Chevy Nomad two door wagon. The ungainly look of the wheelwells is gone when lowered and filled with some serious wheels and rubber. Great looking car, never would have thought, lol.
I’m an old car nut....got 48 out of 48 but admit having to guess at the year on a couple of the Mercurys. The rest of the quiz was easy since I have ridden in all but a few of the cars including the Henry J.
79%
77% and I’m a Car Guy, or at least I thought I was...
Hanging my head in shame.
You got 92% (44 right out of 48). The average score is 73%
I got 73%...the average.
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