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    1967 Plymouth Belvedere II, with Bonus 1958 Dodge Pickup Bed Trailer

    What Does A Race Belvedere Need Most? Bowling Ball-Actuated Active Aerodynamics!

    The Faster Farms Chickens Suit Up For Arse Freeze-A-Palooza LeMons Glory

    1967: The Dawn Of A New Day For Plymouth
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    08/16/09

    In reply to 1967 Plymouth Belvedere II, with Bonus 1958 Dodge Pickup Bed Trailer
    Great car. We had a '63 Belvedere with the push button slushbox and a rompin' 383. I coveted that car as a teenager. Of course, my stepfather blew the engine to smithereens.

    I really like the meatball welding-freak bumper on the trailer. That's worth the 75 bucks right there. The stickers add class.
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    Image of AltonCalvus AltonCalvus
    08/16/09

    In reply to 1967 Plymouth Belvedere II, with Bonus 1958 Dodge Pickup Bed Trailer
    '67 Belvedere 4 door was my first car. Little 273 two barrel and a TorqueFlite. Always ran great but rust was a huge problem-along with shakey brakes. Belvederes used a light weight unibody construction and actually weighted the same as a Valiant of the same year. Still miss that car......
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/16/09

    In reply to 1967 Plymouth Belvedere II, with Bonus 1958 Dodge Pickup Bed Trailer
    Eye-catching apart, epic together.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    08/16/09

    In reply to 1967 Plymouth Belvedere II, with Bonus 1958 Dodge Pickup Bed Trailer
    Good-looking car from the pre-Coke-bottle era. Nice lean lines, airy greenhouse, interesting taper towards the rear. However, the exposed fuel filler cap on the rear fender is a surprisingly cheap-looking touch. Anyone who "salutes the Who" is OK in my book.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/16/09

    @tonyola: The fuel filler cap placement and appearance depends on taste, I guess. They used to be a featured part of the trim or a simple added touch. This MoPar is just perfect.
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    08/16/09


    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: In fact, the caps were vital parts of the trim. Here's a MoPar--but the over the top designs actually belonged to American Motors, a Rambler and a Hornet.
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    08/16/09


    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back:
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    08/16/09


    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back:
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    08/16/09


    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: An exposed filler looks fine when it implies performance (like on the Challenger and Charger) or emphasizes a car's identity (like the AMCs you show or early Mustangs). However, the filler on the Belvedere looks like a cheapo 99c item that was supposed to save a few bucks. What's telling is that the '67 Dodge Coronet used a hidden filler at the same location.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/16/09

    @tonyola: Let's buy Adrian a replacement, then!
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    08/16/09

    In reply to 1967 Plymouth Belvedere II, with Bonus 1958 Dodge Pickup Bed Trailer
    That's perfect, I love it.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    08/16/09

    In reply to 1967 Plymouth Belvedere II, with Bonus 1958 Dodge Pickup Bed Trailer
    The CAUTION tape is perfect.

    This car intentionally has different front and rear wheels, stay away...it's for your own good.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08/16/09

    In reply to 1967 Plymouth Belvedere II, with Bonus 1958 Dodge Pickup Bed Trailer
    That car looks better than when it was new. So much style, and no flashy moves. Except for that color, of course. Glad he stayed within the Pentastar when selecting the proper trailer.
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    12/28/08

    In reply to What Does A Race Belvedere Need Most? Bowling Ball-Actuated Active Aerodynamics!
    I want to see this in action. It's wonderfully smart.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    12/26/08

    In reply to What Does A Race Belvedere Need Most? Bowling Ball-Actuated Active Aerodynamics!
    I suppose I must admit at this point that I'm the one to blame for the choice of actuator weight...
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    12/26/08

    @Murilee Martin: You rule.


    Okay, the entire concept rules. But the bowling ball especially.

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    12/26/08

    @Murilee Martin: Murilee, your predilection for pendulum-derived mechanisms of reward and punishment makes me suspect that you are some long-lost bastard child of Léon Foucault...!
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    12/26/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing:

    Specifically, the Ozzy Osbourne Inertial Penalty Horn:

    [jalopnik.com]
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    12/26/08

    In reply to What Does A Race Belvedere Need Most? Bowling Ball-Actuated Active Aerodynamics!
    "So, Jay Ward, Rube Goldberg, and Max and Verda Foster are all sitting in this bar, see, and who should come into the bar but 'Belvedere' Adrian Smith and his pal Murilee Martin.


    "Several beverages and a stack of scribbled-on cocktail napkins later, and they hammer out the engineering details for the Faster Farm's entry in the 2008 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza..."

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    12/26/08

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing:

    "Oh, and they all knew the job was dangerous when they took it..."
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/26/08

    In reply to What Does A Race Belvedere Need Most? Bowling Ball-Actuated Active Aerodynamics!
    Kudos to Fosters. We don't have them on the right coast, but if we did I would swear to buy only their products from now on.


    As for the car, I don't know which is funnier, the Lebowski-powered wing or the maniacal chicken sfx.


    I also couldn't help but think that a couple of bowling balls would be the right size truck-nuts for this old MoPar.

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    12/26/08

    In reply to What Does A Race Belvedere Need Most? Bowling Ball-Actuated Active Aerodynamics!
    I hope they have net to catch that bowling ball should the cord snap or get cut in a wreck.
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    12/26/08

    @RoninianHoon: "trunk monkey suicide"


    /would be a dam good band name to

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    12/26/08

    In reply to What Does A Race Belvedere Need Most? Bowling Ball-Actuated Active Aerodynamics!
    Ladies and Gentlemen, let's hear it for Good Old American Knowhow! Earl Anthony meets Hap Sharp.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    12/26/08

    In reply to What Does A Race Belvedere Need Most? Bowling Ball-Actuated Active Aerodynamics!
    BRILLIANT!
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    12/26/08

    In reply to What Does A Race Belvedere Need Most? Bowling Ball-Actuated Active Aerodynamics!
    This is off topic, but it is worth mentioning in this post nonetheless.


    The Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys (The Index of Effluency contenders with a Peugeot) won't be making it to Thunderhill. Looks like the team captain, and the car were involved in a serious accident on the way to the event. Everyone is fine, if not a little shaken up.


    It looks like the weather has taken it's toll with a lot of teams that were heading to the event from the great Northwest. One can only hope that the remaining teams from Oregon and Washington state have a magnificent time at the race. We should all offer a praise of "well done" for making it there, and hope that the Peugeot Team makes it to a future event, with high expectations of garnering a win (in any category).

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    12/26/08

    @UDMan: Their site with pictures:

    [teamlemon.blogspot.com]
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    Image of solracer solracer
    12/26/08

    @UDMan:

    What was interesting was that the truck was totaled, the trailer was totaled but while a bit banged up the Peugeot drove 30 miles home *and* the Peugeot's roof took the impact of the trailer rolling over without the roll cage taking any of the impact. That's one strong car!


    I tell you it was darn scary (I was in the back seat of the truck) but thankfully none of us were injured which is the most important thing.

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    Image of Armand Armand
    12/26/08

    @solracer: Peugeots are tough, badass cars driven by tough, badass people. Had the 505 been towing the truck, all would have been well.

    Seriously, glad to hear everyone's okay, and I look forward to meeting the Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys at the next race. We can drink cheap red wine and talk smack about all the Japanese and German cars.
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