Q 01/05

The Antique Automobile Club of America defines an antique car as being at least how old?

A) 25 years

B) 50 years

C) 40 years

D) 30 years

Answer · why

A) 25 years

The Classic Car Club of America is stricter, reserving 'classic' for fine or distinctive cars built between 1915 and 1948.

Q 02/05

The Classic Car Club of America's list of 'classics' covers cars built between which years?

A) 1900 and 1914

B) 1915 and 1948

C) 1890 and 1904

D) 1946 and 1972

Answer · why

B) 1915 and 1948

Only 'fine' or 'distinctive' unmodified American or foreign cars qualify.

Q 03/05

To collectors, a 'vintage' car dates from which period?

A) 1946 to 1960

B) 1931 to 1945

C) 1919 to 1930

D) 1961 to 1975

Answer · why

C) 1919 to 1930

The era began with cars still a rarity and ended with them well on the way to ubiquity, despite the 1929 crash.

Q 04/05

What was the nickname of the Ford Model T?

A) Flivver Fanny

B) Iron Betsy

C) Old Henry

D) Tin Lizzie

Answer · why

D) Tin Lizzie

Produced from 1908 to 1927, it was named the most influential car of the 20th century in the 1999 Car of the Century vote.

Q 05/05

In what colors was the Model T actually offered from 1908 to 1913, before the all-black years?

A) Gray, green, blue and red

B) Only black, as promised

C) Black and cream, nothing else

D) Yellow, green and maroon

Answer · why

A) Gray, green, blue and red

Ford's famous 'any color so long as it is black' line dates from 1909, but black was not even available at first.