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09-23-2008, 07:54 AM
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1. Henry Ford paid the highest daily wage in the auto industry in 1914. How much was that? $5 a day.
2. How much profit did Rosette Cousins eventually make on her 1903 investment of $100 in the new Ford Motor Company? $262,000 when she cashed in her stock in 1919.
3. Before he built cars, how did David Dunbar Buick make his money? Porcelainizing plumbing fixtures
4. Why do the British drive on he left side of the road and the French on the right? No one has ever satisfactorily explained this. One and one-half hours.
5. How long did it take to put together a Model T Ford on the 1914 assembly line?
6. What was unusual about he French automobile that set a new world’s speed record of 65 mph in 1899? It was an electric car.
7. A bailing press can crush a car in two minutes. What size is the car after the press has finished its work? 24 inches square.
8.What percentage of new cars are purchased by women? 50 %.
9. Which company sold the first production diesel car? Mercedes-Benz, Model 260D, in 1936.
10. How many 1999 cars would it take to pollute as much as one 1927 car? Worst case scenario, about 60.
1. Henry Ford paid the highest daily wage in the auto industry in 1914. How much was that? $5 a day.
2. How much profit did Rosette Cousins eventually make on her 1903 investment of $100 in the new Ford Motor Company? $262,000 when she cashed in her stock in 1919.
3. Before he built cars, how did David Dunbar Buick make his money? Porcelainizing plumbing fixtures
4. Why do the British drive on he left side of the road and the French on the right? No one has ever satisfactorily explained this. One and one-half hours.
5. How long did it take to put together a Model T Ford on the 1914 assembly line?
6. What was unusual about he French automobile that set a new world’s speed record of 65 mph in 1899? It was an electric car.
7. A bailing press can crush a car in two minutes. What size is the car after the press has finished its work? 24 inches square.
8.What percentage of new cars are purchased by women? 50 %.
9. Which company sold the first production diesel car? Mercedes-Benz, Model 260D, in 1936.
10. How many 1999 cars would it take to pollute as much as one 1927 car? Worst case scenario, about 60.