What Car Would You Drive If ... ?: A Fun Quiz Book About Car Models and Their Manufacturers

By Larry Collingwood

This book brings to readers a close look at car brands that millions are familiar with, such as Ford, Chevrolet, and Buick to name a few. It is written to entertain readers as they reminisce or learn about various models and their manufacturers. In the first part of the question, readers are encouraged to finish it with a clue to identify the name of the model of the car, and a hint is added for further assistance. Sometimes, tips are provided to consider in which chapter the question appears-following in alphabetical order. The second part of each question will give readers multiple choices to help determine the maker of the car in question. For the most part, only one choice will be correct. However, there are a couple of instances where more than one maker has used a model name. In those cases, all manufacturers will be given in the choices.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 7, 2010
• ISBN: 9781465322302

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What Car Would You Drive If… ?

A Fun Quiz Book About Car Models and Their Manufacturers

Larry Collingwood

Copyright © 2010 by Larry Collingwood.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

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Dedication

Many hours have gone into the research, formation, and inputting of this book. Much of this effort has been during the time that my beloved wife of forty-seven years has been lying bedridden in a rehabilitation center. She severely broke her ankle and has been unable to walk for over two years.

Because of her unending love and our eternal perspective of life, it is to her that this book is dedicated.

Thank you, Judy, for putting up with the countless hours that have been spent in my getting this book prepared to be published.

It is with hope and love that you will be able to enjoy this volume and forgive me for the time it took away from you.

Perhaps in the here after we will be able to laugh and recall the challenges presented in the quiz style of this writing. While we can’t take the book with us, we will have the memory of it as we go through the forever years together.

All my love eternally,

Larry

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1

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Chapter 2

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 4

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Chapter 5

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Chapter 6

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Chapter 7

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Chapter 8

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Chapter 9

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Chapter 10

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Epilogue

Alphabetical List of Cars

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The Letters of the Alphabet:

Introduction

When I was a young boy, there were fewer cars on the road and certainly, fewer manufacturers than there are today. In fact, carmakers (manufacturers) were so limited that I could tell almost every car that passed me by—mainly by its features and design.

If my memory serves me (now at my age, I’m not too sure about that), there were not many cars with model names. For the most part, there were manufacturer names like Ford, Chevrolet (Chevy), and Buick, just to name three of them.

Some manufacturers that were producing cars then—but are no longer—were Packard, Hudson, and Nash, among others. A few of these cars carried a model name such as the Hudson Hornet and the Nash Rambler. Why are these cars not made anymore? As Reb Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof said early in the show with a shrug of his shoulders, I don’t know. But they’re not.

As the years progressed, more and more carmakers introduced their innovations by giving them model names. On top of that, there were more manufacturers entering the market. These cars were manufactured offshore and were made mostly from foreign metal. Now there are cars seemingly from every nation driving on the U.S. roads. Things became very competitive.

It certainly is not as easy to identify the variety of cars today as it was years ago. Many of the designs look very much alike. Who copied whom? Again, I don’t know.

Additionally, many of the manufacturers trusted that as the people of this country became more and more affluent, they would want a larger car. Also, American couples were having larger families. So enter the cars that often became known as big boats. The bigger the car, the more it weighed. The more it weighed, the more gas it used. (That made the oil companies happy.) Additionally, more accommodating designs came off the assembly line.

Station wagons were very well accepted, and many family vacations were taken riding in one of them.

Later, the van was introduced and all but replaced the station wagon. Many of these vans were known as scout mobiles or Mom’s taxi due to their uses. Scout troops would ride to camp in the comfort of the van, some of which had tables and captain’s chairs. The van could also haul a trailer containing the troop’s equipment.

Many a mom would load up the children into the van and off they would go to dance practice, soccer, Scouts, music lessons, or whatever the youngsters were involved in. Of course, the