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  2. Gasser (car) - Wikipedia

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    Gasser (car) Chevrolet A/Gas racer at Mantorp Park, Sweden 2023. A gasser is a type of hot rod originally used for drag racing. This type of car originated in United States in the late 1950s and continued until the early 1970s. [1][2] In the days before Pro Stock, the A/Gas cars were the fastest stock-appearing racers around.

  3. Car controls - Wikipedia

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    Car controls are the components in automobiles and other powered road vehicles, such as trucks and buses, used for driving and parking. While controls like steering wheels and pedals have existed since the invention of cars, other controls have developed and adapted to the demands of drivers. For example, manual transmissions became less common ...

  4. Hot rod - Wikipedia

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    1932 3-window with a classic-style [1] flame job and Moon tank, reminiscent of Chapouris ' California Kid. Hot rods are typically American cars that might be old, classic, or modern and that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines optimized for speed and acceleration. [2] One definition is: "a car that's been stripped down, souped up ...

  5. Ford Model T - Wikipedia

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    The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by the Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. [ 16 ] It is generally regarded as the first mass-affordable automobile, which made car travel available to middle-class Americans. [ 17 ] The relatively low price was partly the result of Ford's efficient fabrication, including ...

  6. Electronic throttle control - Wikipedia

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    Electronic throttle control (ETC) is an automobile technology that uses electronics to replace the traditional mechanical linkages between the driver's input such as a foot pedal to the vehicle's throttle mechanism which regulates speed or acceleration. This concept is often called drive by wire, [1][2] and sometimes called accelerate-by-wire ...

  7. Throttle - Wikipedia

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    In an internal combustion engine, the throttle is a means of controlling an engine's power by regulating the amount of fuel or air entering the engine. In a motor vehicle the control used by the driver to regulate power is sometimes called the throttle, accelerator, or gas pedal. For a gasoline engine, the throttle most commonly regulates the ...

  8. Doble steam car - Wikipedia

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    They were car numbers 30 to 35, and 39. One of these, number 35, was a chassis only and sold to Oscar Henschel in Germany. Henschel's car was used by Hermann Göring and believed destroyed during the war. [15] The car bodies were otherwise sedans or phaetons. The last F car number 39 was owned by Warren Doble. Engine number 32 was fitted into a ...

  9. Ford Model A engine - Wikipedia

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    In automotive applications, the Ford Model A engine originally used a complex assortment of controls, including accelerator pedal, manual throttle, choke and mixture control (officially known as "Gas Adjusting Valve" or GAV), gas shutoff, ignition key-switch, starter pedal, and manual spark advance (in addition drivetrain controls: clutch and ...