Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Random - Interesting Facts - part one.

The engines for the early Ford cars were made by the Dodge brothers - before they finally decided to establish their own automobile company in 1914.

 
║█║▌║█║▌│║▌█║▌║ 

The Queen Mary - the grandest cross oceanic vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by the Czech car manufacturer Skoda.

 
 ║█║▌║█║▌│║▌█║▌║

Henry Ford produced the model T in 1908 in black color only - because the black paint available at the time dried the fastest. 
Ford’s model T, (a.k.a. Tin Lizzie), is regarded as “the first affordable automobile in history”.

║█║▌║█║▌│║▌█║▌║

Almost 85 percent of all car parts are recyclable! In fact, automobiles are the most recycled consumer product today. 
Car engines, doors, transmissions, and many other parts are completely re-manufactured or "rebuilt" to fit new cars. Tires are often recycled to become brake pedals and even floor mats. Steel found in just six cars is enough to build a brand new house when recycled, the steel framing, of course. 
This industry is huge, it accounts for 25 billion dollars in revenue each year.

32 comments:

  1. Nice post. I wasn't aware that the Queen Mary was primarily Czech in origin, oh my.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Odd to think that the colour of paint would affect the drying speed, and even more odd to think that it was a major enough consideration. having said that, black cars are always the best looking so I guess he got something right!

    ReplyDelete
  3. "Steel found in just six cars is enough to build a brand new house when recycled, the steel framing, of course."
    Didn't knew that, awesome! I love those random facts, keep it up!

    ReplyDelete
  4. It's good that cars are being recycled more these days, it's good that most things are being recycled more these days. Death to plastic.

    ReplyDelete
  5. ive never really thought about that but its true! cars never truly die haha, thats pretty cool in a way though! followed.
    oh and @arps: black absorbs heat, white reflects it, so naturally black would be the quickest to dry :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. that's so interesting. the last one is so badass!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Thats a pretty sweet shark car!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Do you know how many bitches I'd pick up in that sharkmobile?

    ReplyDelete
  9. That shark car is fucking awesome

    ReplyDelete
  10. Pretty interesting stuff. I don't know much of anything about the history of automobiles.

    ReplyDelete
  11. most recyclable but also biggest poluter

    ReplyDelete
  12. Very interesting bits of history!
    Never knew about Ford using Dodge engines.

    ReplyDelete
  13. "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants, so long as it is black" - H. Ford about model T

    ReplyDelete
  14. Damn i didnt knew any of this Thx for the info bro

    ReplyDelete
  15. Interesting information, thanks. Also that shark car is awesome

    ReplyDelete
  16. How many times is the car steel recyclable? Like, is there a point when it just can't be reworked into something else?

    ReplyDelete
  17. Sick shark car, I would love to prowl the streets in that thing.

    ReplyDelete
  18. The recycling part was really interesting, I am a huge recycler and I never new this. Thanks :D

    ReplyDelete
  19. one more fact :) , Joseph A. Galamb and Eugene Farkas. who helped to design the T-model were both hungarians

    ReplyDelete
  20. Dude, you should post this thread with that. "The More You Know" shooting star. lol

    ReplyDelete
  21. Did not know any of the trivia listed here, even what the Model T, t stood for. Thanks!

    ReplyDelete