Cars of the '50s

[Eagle]

92%. I think my age is showing.

 

[Torq_Shep]

I literally only got the chevys right... 

 

Although GM cars are the only 40s through 70s cars I care about apart from AMC 70s cars.

[89 MJ]

The issue with identifying lots of these cars when they are very similar in year and the same parent company, is that you pretty much need to ID them by their moldings. 

[eaglescout526]

1 minute ago, 89 MJ said:

is that you pretty much need to ID them by their moldings. 

don't forget hood ornaments. 

[FrankTheDog]

My score was 96%, 46 out of 48.

I messed up on the 52 and 54 Mercury I think it was.

Most of these cars were off the road by the time I started driving in 1980.

I have always been interested in cars

(and trucks and motorcycles)

Especially before the safety bumper era. (1973 and newer)

[FrankTheDog]

Got 84% on the Fin test.

47 out of 56.

[jdog]

here's a easy one

http://www.americantorque.com/game/muscle-car/

 

[Eagle]

1 hour ago, jdog said:

here's a easy one

http://www.americantorque.com/game/muscle-car/

 

 

That one is MUCH more difficult.

[Torq_Shep]

I was talking to somebody about this today... I think it is a trend for people to be most interested in vehicles made right around their birth (+- 7 years or so). I have lots of interest in 1987-2001 vehicles but not a ton of interest in much before or after those dates. 

 

There are a few outliers but that is for any automotive enthusiast I think...

[jdog]

I was born in the 80s but my interests are the 50s-70s

[jdog]

31 minutes ago, Eagle said:

 

That one is MUCH more difficult.

I thought the dash one was way harder

[Torq_Shep]

21 minutes ago, jdog said:

I was born in the 80s but my interests are the 50s-70s

I gathered my hypothesis from weird car twitter so ymmv? 

[derf]

1 hour ago, Eagle said:

 

That one is MUCH more difficult.

It was about the same.  I don't know Mopar very well at all and if it's not a Mustang, I don't really know Ford all that well either.  Especially when it's between two consecutive model years.

[75sv1]

14 hours ago, Kjell said:

You got 81% (39 right out of 48). The average score is 73%.  Guess i don't like SAAB and VOLVO ..... Do i get a green card now?

Just claim you were 'Born in East L.A.'.

[Dzimm]

Well I successfully educated guessed my way to 42%.  I'd like to see one of these for each generation, would be cool to test which generation we are most familiar with.  I don't think I'd ace any generation tho, there are so many cars in the mainstream outside the popular ones that we don't pay any attention to.  

[Dzimm]

9 hours ago, jdog said:

here's a easy one

http://www.americantorque.com/game/muscle-car/

 

I did much better on this one.  55% and the ones I missed were the correct model just the wrong years.  Oh and I know Jack about mustangs... Love the original muscle cars.

[FrankTheDog]

19 hours ago, Eagle said:

 

That one is MUCH more difficult.

95% 42 out of 44. I got the 66 and 67 chevelles wrong.

Anything 67-68 is easy. 68’s have side markers, 67’s don’t.

[jdog]

8 minutes ago, FrankTheDog said:

95% 42 out of 44. I got the 66 and 67 chevelles wrong.

Anything 67-68 is easy. 68’s have side markers, 67’s don’t.

Chrysler 68s have round marker lights, dunno about the others

[grouch]

My score was 96%, 46 out of 48. I'm not much on Desoto's

 

 

My other ride.

 

[FrankTheDog]

3 hours ago, jdog said:

Chrysler 68s have round marker lights, dunno about the others

69 and later are rectangular on mopars.

[Manche757]

2 hours ago, grouch said:

My score was 96%, 46 out of 48. I'm not much on Desoto's

 

 

My other ride.

 

You have yourself a couple of fine looking carriages.

[Manche757]

There was another car in the early 50's that I did not know about until about 5 years ago.  It is thought that only 198 were made.

  

1953 Muntz Jet

[grouch]

15 hours ago, Manche757 said:

You have yourself a couple of fine looking carriages.

+Thank you Sir.

The 57 was well used when I got it.. No motor, trans, interior 3 coats of paint holding the rust in. I did most of the work except for the finish body work and paint. The Excalibur is a factory original.

[Pete M]

On 2/9/2021 at 12:52 AM, Torq_Shep said:

I was talking to somebody about this today... I think it is a trend for people to be most interested in vehicles made right around their birth (+- 7 years or so). I have lots of interest in 1987-2001 vehicles but not a ton of interest in much before or after those dates. 

 

There are a few outliers but that is for any automotive enthusiast I think...

 

if that is true (only a rule of thumb at best of course) it would make sense since those types of rides would be what's on the road and what's available for purchase to a kid when you first start to drive.  lord knows my first cars/trucks weren't new.   

[Manche757]

Moving forward a decade:  No quiz but here are some of the more interesting cars of the 60's

 

https://www.brakeforit.com/classic/epic-car-masterpieces-of-the-60s/10/