Who opened the first drive-in gas station?
Gulf opened up the first station in Pittsburgh in 1913.
What city was the first to use parking meters?
Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935.
Where was the first drive-in restaurant?
Kirby's Pig Stand in Dallas in 1921
What was the first car fitted with an alternator, rather than a direct current dynamo?
The 1960 Plymouth Valiant
True or False? The 1953 Corvette came in white, red and black.
False. The 1953 'Vetted' were available in one color, Polo White.
What popular car sold only two units in its first year in the U.S.?
Volkswagen sold only two Beetle's here in America in 1949.
What was Ford's answer to the Chevy Corvette, and other legal street racers of the 1960's?
Carroll Shelby's Mustang GT350.
Where was the first drive-in movie theater opened, and when?
Camden, NJ in 1933
What car first referred to itself as a convertible?
The 1904 Thomas Flyer, which had a removable hard top.
What car was the first to have it's radio antenna embedded in the windshield?
The 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix.
Where was the World's first three-color traffic lights installed?
Detroit, Michigan in 1919. Two years later they experimented with synchronized lights.
