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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 11:04 PM
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yeah some more trivia for you:

In 1917 Henry Ford started producing farm tractors. Under what brand name did he sell these tractors? (and it's not Ford)

In what Year did Ford Motor Co first use Metric (as opposed to C.I.) to measure the size of it's engines.

A.O.Smith company is best known for what product.

The Ford-Ferguson System was the first successfull what?

In refference to the Russian SKS rifle. What do the letters "SKS" stand for?
 
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 11:28 PM
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sks - Ñàìîçàðÿäíûé êàðàáèí Ñèìîíîâà

or if your comp can't read russian - Samozaryadniy Karabin Simonova

and if you can't read russian - auto loading carbine of simonov
 

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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 11:45 PM
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In 1917 Henry Ford started producing farm tractors. Under what brand name did he sell these tractors? (and it's not Ford)
Fordson Tractors - Merger between Ford and Ferguson.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 04:35 AM
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in 66, ford made the 7 litre car, named so for the 7 liter engine. (either a 427, or a 428)
 
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 07:24 AM
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[QUOTE=Old Rust Bucket]yeah some more trivia for you:



A.O.Smith company is best known for what product.

hot water heaters
 
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Old Rust Bucket
yeah some more trivia for you:

In 1917 Henry Ford started producing farm tractors. Under what brand name did he sell these tractors? (and it's not Ford) FORDSON...They had a bad habit of rearing up, tipping backwards, and killing the operator. Fordson's were sold by both Ford and Lincoln dealers (no Mercury's till 1939).

In what Year did Ford Motor Co first use Metric (as opposed to C.I.) to measure the size of it's engines. 1966 7 Liter = 428 (the engine is actually 426. something).

A.O.Smith company is best known for what product. Originally-electric motors.

The Ford-Ferguson System was the first successfull what? Ford 9N (introduced 1939) Tractors used the system...Ferguson sued Ford, which lost the case. Ford later absorbed Ferguson.

In refference to the Russian SKS rifle. What do the letters "SKS" stand for?
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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I remebered some more.

In what year did Ford first offer power windows as an option on the F-series?

What two companies merged to create Caterpillar?

A cow has four stomachs, name two of them.

Who designed the M16 rifle
 
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 12:14 PM
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.Who designed the M16 rifle

Eugene Stoner
 
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A.O.Smith company is best known for what product.
Harvestore silos.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 04:33 PM
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What two companies merged to create Caterpillar?

i know one of them was the marion steam shovel company, but forget the name of the second one
 
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Cater and Pillar?
 
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Ford-Ferguson System - 3-Point Hitch/Lift

Caterpillar - Holt Manufacturing Co. and Best Tractor Co.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 08:07 PM
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Ruminants (like cows) have a four compartment stomach, consisting of the rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum.
The ford-ferguson system was an automatic draft control, it automatically adjusted the depth that farm implements run in the soil.
 
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to further the stoner thing, the orginal was the ar-15 which was designed around a version of the remington .222 catridge case. in 1959 colt aquired the rights from armalite and then later sold the Army on to its design which then became the m16.
 
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ford called his tractors FORDSON after ford and son becuase there was already a tractor company called ford making tractors at the time, being a fordson owner myself.
 
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