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    11:01 AM

    [cgi.ebay.com]

    And this guy is serious.

    #nicepriceorcrackpipe
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    10:49 AM

    In reply to 1977 GMC VanDura

    Well, I have a close cousin to this van, and its a 1983 model. It will be undergoing a cosmetic restoration this summer, and I plan on doing a series of posts about it.
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    10:45 AM

    In reply to Italian Cars Totally Reliable At Arse Freeze, Just About Everything Else Blows Up
    The Italian Cars have been quite inspirational at LeMons. The New England race had a contingent of Alfas that proved quite reliable, and finished in the top 10.

    On the other hand, having a very simple engine in my car proved to be the winning hand.
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    10:29 AM

    In reply to Italian Cars Totally Reliable At Arse Freeze, Just About Everything Else Blows Up
    g*d damn! mercedes-benz... is almost *everything* you do artwork? i would hang that manifold on my wall proudly!

    ....not to mention that pinky finger-sized hose that failed and caused the team so many problems...
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    10:35 AM

    @günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: Meanwhle, I'm wondering how you diagnose a hose failure at a track, where it's loud, you have only the tools you brought, and no hoist. Do you just listen around with a stethoscope and try to hear the sound of escaping.. er.. vacuum? air?
    And how do you even know to look for a hose, instead of, say, a failure of ze German electrics?
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    10:41 AM

    @blueplate: Hose testing on the is best done with WD40 or starter fluid or proper flammable brake cleaner, which on the intake side will make the engine rev up, or soap and water to look for bubbling or sucking down spots.
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    10:48 AM

    @skitter: Mmmm, flammable. I think for safety's sake, we'd better use this can-- it says "inflammable".
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    10:21 AM

    In reply to 1977 GMC VanDura
    i have very little van experience... parents always wanted more leg room than a van would provide... we had station wagons and suburbans... but i don't think anything can beat the middle/rear seat leg room (not to mention head room) of some family friend's van(s).... (i'm 6'4" now... captains chairs in the parent's new yukon xl denali are at the limit of comfortable space...)

    okay, i lie... i forgot about all my time spent in church vans driving from indianapolis to where-ever... i was trying to forget those.. 15 passenger vans with 20 kids and 4 days worth of luggage each... crazy parent drivers passing rush hour traffic in kentucky at 85 on the shoulder... oh.. god... ***curls in to fetal position.....***
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    10:07 AM

    In reply to Italian Cars Totally Reliable At Arse Freeze, Just About Everything Else Blows Up
    Aren't the Zs almost always dismal failures in LeMons?

    ...on the other hand, the Benz is not a surprise. It's a GT, not a sports car, and is as reliable as any post-W124 Benz is ever going to be.
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    10:07 AM

    In reply to Killer Bee MGB Wipes Out, Gets Rolled Into Ball Of British Leyland Scrap
    I think its one of those things where the Honda driver never thought the B driver would come over that far and make contact. Yeah, I guess the Honda driver could have slammed on the brakes but the B driver has a responsibility to the other cars around him.

    Since there was no one under the B, there was no reason to swing way out to make the left hander. The Honda driver has as much right to the track and a racing line as anyone else.

    Rule #1 in racing - Hold Your Line.

    Well, if it's not #1, it should be up there.
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    09:56 AM

    In reply to 2011 BMW 5-Series Officially Shows Us Its Headlights
    Looks like there's something a little bit Bentley about the nose.
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    09:50 AM

    In reply to 2011 BMW 5-Series Officially Shows Us Its Headlights
    Nice car....I like the wheels. It looks like a BMW. Imagine that.
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    09:40 AM

    In reply to Killer Bee MGB Wipes Out, Gets Rolled Into Ball Of British Leyland Scrap
    As usual, an MG fails to live up to expectations.

    And where did our intrepid cameraman learn to drive? NASCAR?
    I'll acknowledge shared fault, but he should have backed down.
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    09:28 AM

    In reply to 2011 BMW 5-Series Officially Shows Us Its Headlights
    As with any new BMW, it's ugly, but should sell well to all the fashionistas.
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    10:05 AM

    @UDMan: The outgoing model is one of the ugliest cars available today in the NA market, so pretty much anything is an improvement.

    ...and yeah, it will sell, because it's a 5er.
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    09:25 AM

    In reply to The Power And The Beauty, 1985 Style: Nissan Silvia ZX Turbo
    closed road.

    not professional driver... hence the lack of sliding through corners.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    09:23 AM

    In reply to 1977 GMC VanDura
    I regularly drove a number of late '70s/'80s Chevy and GMC work vans as part of my job (including a few cross-USA journeys), and I have no particular love for them. The quality was pretty poor - windows falling down into doors, malfunctioning sliding doors, poor finish, mechanical problems, and an overall air of cheapness and crudity. The Ford vans of the era were better finished and felt much more solid.
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    10:03 AM

    @tonyola: Interestingly, I rather like the older GM vans, but I've never driven any of their competitors, so I suppose I don't know what I'm missing in a full-size van.

    ...but I do know that I'd commit war crimes for a manual transmission/slant-6 Dodge (they exist, but are likely rarer than hens' teeth). That would be ripe for a junkyard turbo AND a waterbed.
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    10:52 AM

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: I have a brother in law that once owned a short wheelbase Dodge "Prospector" full size van, with the manual overdrive, and the slant six engine. It was silver, with the usual Chrysler Corporate Wheeldiscs (Same ones that went on a LeBaron, Diplomat, etc) but he got rid of it at about 30,000 miles, for a HYUNDAI EXCEL! The Clutch mechanism broke, and after it was repaired, he didn't trust it again.
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    08:13 AM

    In reply to More British Leyland Carnage: Spinout-Happy TR7 T-Boned By V8olvo
    The footage from this posting, as well as the MGB that went flying off into the grass shows that the speeds have increased at this venue. It also looks like the "Racecar" (RX-7, E30, Miata, Honda) is dominating over the "LeMons" cars.
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    03:08 AM

    In reply to Day One In The Books, Germans Dominate Top Five
    81st? What happened to the Uber Bird?
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