Trivia #1....

[A Horse With No Name]

Trivia #1-

This was a very ambitious father son project...and it has been used by every made of auto, from Ford to Ferrari.

Father died at the beginning of the project, son was almost killed by the project....but yet every type of auto uses this THING they developed together.

If your thinking along the lines of Piston, you are wrong, as the Mazda RX-7 and RX-8 use this, and they don't have pistons...if your thinking steering wheel the 1903 Curved dash Olds used a tiller and used this..so steering wheel and windshield fail.

This was used by the 1962 Grand Prix and 64 Bonneville of Balthazars fantasy, the SS El Camino of Camino's fantasy, the GMC truck in Rogers fantasy, the Toranado in Olds fantasy, if your dreaming of a car...it has probably used this THING.

Oh, and one off hand built cars frequently use this THING also....so the assembly line is out...

A few hints....the son wanted to donate his home to the state of New Jersey as a governors mansion, but the house was torn down instead. The son had a nephew that helped develop one of the most successful racing cars of the Brass Era. Nephew was lost on the Titanic in 1912, which is a huge hint....

Name the THING, the father, the son, and the nephew...and also the racing car. Racing car was the S2000/Solstice/Miata/Boxster of it's day....a very sought after roadster. Also explain how the father lost his life and the son almost lost his with this "thing".

Other huge hint.....there is a race track that the SCCA uses that bears the family surname. Tell what state that race track is in while your at it...google is your friend....

[SAmadei]

A few hints....the son wanted to donate his home to the state of New Jersey as a governors mansion, but the house was torn down instead. The son had a nephew that helped develop one of the most successful racing cars of the Brass Era. Nephew was lost on the Titanic in 1912, which is a huge hint....

Name the THING, the father, the son, and the nephew...and also the racing car. Racing car was the S2000/Solstice/Miata/Boxster of it's day....a very sought after roadster. Also explain how the father lost his life and the son almost lost his with this "thing".

Other huge hint.....there is a race track that the SCCA uses that bears the family surname. Tell what state that race track is in while your at it...google is your friend....

The THING is the Brooklyn Bridge. The father, John A Roebling, the son, Washington Roebling, the nephew, Augustus Roebling II. His racecar was the Roebling-Planche.

The father died because his toes were crushed by a ferry... leading to loss of the toes and finally, a fatal case of tetanus. The son was incapacitated by decompression sickness, from leaving the caissons too quickly.

The racetrack is Roebling Road Raceway in Georgia.

I actually knew most of this, mostly had to Google for the racecar.

edited by Oldsmoboi: I changed this to a spoiler so other people who would like to take a guess can have a swing at it without seeing the answer first.

[balthazar]

Roebling came right to mind with 'father, son, Jersey, Titanic', tho I was thinking of the Mercer connection. Roebling-Planche is not one I can say I recall.

edited by Oldsmoboi: I changed this to a spoiler so other people who would like to take a guess can have a swing at it without seeing the answer first.