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Welcome to the very first MotorAuction competition! We are going to give you 10 questions to answer by 10:00 pm tomorrow night, Friday the 7th of September 2006.

Surprisingly enough it is a Ford orientated quiz since so many of the members have blue blood running through their veins and if there's enough interest we can do a Chev or Holden quiz. You send the answers to admin via the personal message system and the member who gets the most right will win a $25 credit to their selling account. And HUGE bragging rights!! Admin's decision will be final, no correspondence will entered into and if you don't like that we'll ban you! LOL. Here goes and good luck team!


1. What year was Ford’s first V8 introduced for mass produced passenger cars?

2. Why did Ford only offer Model T’s in black for some time?

3. Who made the bodies for the early USA Fords?

4. What country did Ford NZ source the Compact Fairlanes from?

5. What is a Ford 207E?

6. What does CKD stand for?

7. What does BDA stand for?

8. What is the part number for a water pump for a Ford Y?

9. When did Carroll Shelby pass away?

10. What body style is an Aussie Falcon 66A?

Lastly, when reading the questions remember life isn't always fair!

Geoff - Admin

The competition is now at a close and here are the answers Admin was looking for -

1.          1932

2.          Because it was the fastest drying colour

3.          Briggs

4.          Canada

5.          Left hand drive Mk 2 Zephyr

6.          Completely knocked down

7.          Belt drive A series

8.          They don't have a water pump - thermo syphon

9.           He's still alive!

10.         Standard Falcon coupe utility (ute)

The judges are working furiously to determine a winner who will be announced on here soon. Thanks to all of you who participated.

Geoff - Admin

Demonchild wins! Yep, that tricky old Demonchild has won the first MotorAuction quiz competition, congratulations!!

DC got 8 out of 10 correct and there was a large group of members who got 7 out of 10, well done everyone! And MrPump, can I quote some of your answers? Lol!

Welcome to the second MotorAuction quiz competition! Once again the winner will earn a $25 credit to their selling account. This is another Ford oriented quiz and if there is enough interest we will make the following one a more general one which can include other brands etc.

Here goes and good luck! Same rules as the previous one.

1. Who was Joe Auton?

2. Who was the Ford dealer in Upper Hutt in the 1970's?

3. What was Henry Fords' private residence called?

4. Why did it have miles of copper piping throughout the garden?

5. How was it's electricity generated?

6. What person of Italian ethnicity is widely acknowledged as the father of the Mustang?

7. Who is widely acknowledged as being the father of the coupe utility or ute?

8. What year did Ford start assembling vehicles in New Zealand?

9. In what country could you buy new Mk 3 Zephyr utes from your Ford dealer?

10. What prefix do the unique parts for the Cortina GTE have at the front of their part numbers?

11. What is a 123E?

12. What is a 213E?

Some are easy, some are hard, we will close this one off Sunday night at 9:00 pm.

Thank you all for the excellent response to our latest quiz! While the judges are tallying the scores I will give you the answers that were being sought;

1. Former MD of Ford NZ and later FASPAC which is Ford Asia Pacific

2. Tom Croft

3. Fair Lane

4. To keep the birds drinking fountains from freezing over in winter, hot water was piped through.

5. Hydro

6. Lee Iacocca

7. Lew Bandt

8. 1936

9. New Zealand

10. NZ3050E

11. 1200cc Anglia 105E shape

12. MK 3 Zephyr 6 cylinder or Zodiac

Well done everyone, results published soon.

It's a dead heat!

The winners on the same score were seeguard and demonchild. We have decided to give both of them a $25 credit to their selling accounts for their success! We have also taken the unusual step of giving out a consolation prize to mrpump for the most creative answers.........

Congratulations guys!!!

And now for mrpump's contribution to the competition.......

I better bloody win this time!
1. Who was Joe Auton?
Mr and Mrs Auton's son!

2. Who was the Ford dealer in Upper Hutt in the 1970's?
Somebody who missed out on a GM dealership and had to settle for the next best thing!

3. What was Henry Fords' private residence called?
Henry's house!

4. Why did it have miles of copper piping throughout the garden?
To run the still's for the alcohol he was brewing and consuming!

5. How was it's electricity generated?
Thru a cable leading to a plug!

6. What person of Italian ethnicity is widely acknowledged as the father of the Mustang?
Funny I thought a mustang was a horse wouldn't that mean its father was a stallion?! and how the hell do you tell if a stallion is of italian ethnicity?

7. Who is widely acknowledged as being the father of the coupe utility or ute?
Kevin Bloody Wilson - Rootin in the back of the ute!

8. What year did Ford start assembling vehicles in New Zealand?
The same year they started breaking down!

9. In what country could you buy new Mk 3 Zephyr utes from your Ford dealer?
What James owns a bloody country now,holy excrement he's making to much money!

10. What prefix do the unique parts for the Cortina GTE have at the front of their part numbers?
HAHASUCKER______!

11. What is a 123E?
The start of a dyslexics numerals!

12. What is a 213E?
Same as the one above but scrambled!

Go get him fellas! Lolol

ha ha ha, man thats a good laugh indeed - jeez geoff, these 'dizzy at the wrong end' brigade dont let up do they?

You're right as always Zeph, some say those boys have parts of their anatomy distorted by lying on top of the engine to adjust the timing. Maybe it's that sucking sound that sends them AWOL and then it's all over! Lolol

hows the new comp coming?

want me to hammer something together?