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Offline Seldom Seen Slim

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Beat the percentages!
« on: November 28, 2011, 09:23:44 PM »
If you care to do so --post your score when you're done.  The machine will keep track and report at the end of the quiz.  I got 40 out of 48 correct.

http://www.americantorque.com/game/car-show-50s/
 
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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2011, 09:40:41 PM »
Got 46 out of 48 - couldn't tell a '52 Merc from a '54 - duh.
Thanks for posting the quiz!
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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2011, 09:42:45 PM »
46 out of 48. that was fun!
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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2011, 09:58:50 PM »
44 out of 48.  The Virgil Exner Dodge/De Soto stuff tripped me up, which is an embarrassment, because I like his styling sense, and I flipped the Henry J with the aerowhatchamacallit, which I'll attribute to the fact that all of the Henry J's I've seen were nose-high altereds.

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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2011, 11:20:07 PM »
I got 42 out of 48, the Mopars and my youth got me. :-D

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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2011, 11:58:32 PM »
43, Thought I knew more about the Lincoln's, especially since my dad owned 1 each of the 54,55,56's that I missed...ooops, Sorry Dad! :-D
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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2011, 01:18:59 AM »
42  with a lot of luck.   SB
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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2011, 02:04:57 AM »
46 out of 48. Exactly the same problem as Willi!

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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2011, 08:46:07 AM »
48/48...Dad`s love for orphans rubbed off on me.
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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2011, 10:08:45 AM »
44 out of 48

Upside - I'm a Brit so pleased with that given the lack of any of these vehicles back then on our roads.
Downside - I'm an old fart who clearly spent too much time poring over Hot Rod, Popular Hotrodding, Road & Track magazines etc
NOTE TO SELF - get out more

Cheers
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Offline RichFox

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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2011, 10:40:17 AM »
100%. Come on. Cars were the only thing that mattered in my life in the mid 50s.
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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2011, 10:49:14 AM »
While I doubt I'd do very well on it, I'd love to see a version of this quiz on bikes.
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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2011, 12:46:26 PM »
!00% !!!.   :-D Just shows how great my memory is . . .   

Now,  where the heck did I leave my car keys???  :? . . . . Never mind.  I"ve forgotten where I had to go.
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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2011, 01:14:14 PM »
100% as well.
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Re: Beat the percentages!
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2011, 01:36:01 PM »
OK, with my help YOUR averages look much better................
Cool quiz.
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