1.  During the 1930s, the famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was designing moderately priced homes.  Foreseeing every homeowner having a car, Wright extended a roof from the side of the house,  He called this inexpensive open-sided shelter for a vehicle a "carport."

 

2.  Ralph Dale Earnhardt.  His father's first name was Ralph.  The elder Earnhardt was highly respected as a dirt-track racer during NASCARs early years but never won a major NASCAR race.

 

3.  An outside rearview mirror on the driver's side, which could be installed on the driver's door or on top of the left-front fender.  Adding right-side mirrors was also popular.  Other accessories were the tapered rubber bumper extensions ("Dagmar's") for the front of the car, and the continental kits for the rear. 

 

4.  The latex from which early rubber tires were make is naturally white.  Tire makers later began adding carbon black to the rubber to improve traction.