CARDLE - Daily Car Quiz, Vol.2 (No Spoilers Please)
Discussion
Make and model in 5. The number was an educated guess and luckily I remembered the letters from the last time. (Cardle has a rather limited repertoire of cars, especially the older ones)
For our younger readers, many of these older cars were known by their RAC hp (eg Austin 7, Standard 8) rather than a model name. As the Road Tax in olden times varied according to the RAC hp, this was important to the buyer. It was calculated according to the bore size of the engine, so you could keep a bigger engine in the same tax bracket by lengthening the stroke, which is one of the reasons older British engines were under-square (stroke greater than bore) until Ford broke the mold with the very over-square 105E.
For our younger readers, many of these older cars were known by their RAC hp (eg Austin 7, Standard 8) rather than a model name. As the Road Tax in olden times varied according to the RAC hp, this was important to the buyer. It was calculated according to the bore size of the engine, so you could keep a bigger engine in the same tax bracket by lengthening the stroke, which is one of the reasons older British engines were under-square (stroke greater than bore) until Ford broke the mold with the very over-square 105E.
Edited by CanAm on Saturday 21st February 07:47
son-of-alf said:
carinaman said:
Longer stroke equals more leverage equals more torque and more tractability?
Unfortunately also high piston speed.Anyway, as EmmaJNation prophesied on Thursday, no more Mr Nice Guy from Cardle today and our scores have plummeted. I don't know if anyone else noticed, but apart from the badge in crop 5, the maker's name was clearly shown in the middle of the chrome hub cap in crop 4!
Edited by CanAm on Saturday 21st February 18:59
king clue!
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