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PatFromGundo
09/19/09

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An E12 won IOE? This might be the happiest moment of my life.
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Novaload
09/19/09

@PatFromGundo: Wow, I don't know whether to feel good about that or sad.
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InternationalSuperspy
09/19/09

In reply to And The Real LeMons South Fall 2009 Winner Is...
I have now been featured in a Jalopnik post. Anyone got any ideas as to what I should do with the rest of my life?
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skitter
09/19/09

@InternationalSuperspy:
Your mission, should you choose to accept:
Kill the non-offroading SUV, rescue the proper manual from the clutches of 'sporting' automatics, bring diesels safely across the Atlantic to the US, and slap anyone who calls a four door a 'coupe'.
This message will self destruct in five seconds.
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JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2
09/19/09

@skitter: you continue to earn my heart click post after post. If no one else takes up on this mission I humbly offer my services in the bitch-slapping of all four-door coupe marketeers, automated sequential shift slinging techno-jargonists and diesel hating SUV owning city dwelling commie pinko bastards!
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skitter
09/19/09

@JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2: As always, if you or any member of your team is caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.
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Mobius
09/19/09

@InternationalSuperspy: Stick around and look at Megan Fox pictures.
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mechimike
09/19/09

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Sure, gotta three-up us on the Heroic Fix award. :-)

Seriously, these guys were amazing- even more amazing was the story of the work they did on the car pre-race. I don't think they laid down their wrenches in a week. And the car was pretty fast, to boot.
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Murilee Martin
09/19/09

@mechimike: You don't get the Heroic Fix twice after you've already won IOE!
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mechimike
09/19/09

@Murilee Martin: I know, and these guys deserved it the most. We came away with a trophy, anyway, and some sort of love and respect and we all still have our wives/ SO's, so really, it was a pretty stellar weekend.

I gotta ask: We've won the IoE, the "Fastest Swervin' Swede" award (somewhat by default), the Most Heroic Fix and the Fastest 70's or Earlier Car. Are we the most award-winning team in LeMons history?
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mechimike
09/19/09

@mechimike: I forgot we won the Best Moonshine or Apple Jack trophy, too!
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Novaload
09/19/09

@mechimike: I'm just in awe. Even if you haven't won the most trophies, I declare you awesome.
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UDMan
09/19/09

@mechimike: Just make sure you drag your ass up to New England Next year.

I'll make a bet with you. If you do that, I will commit (as if I need to be committed) to coming to Kershaw in the Spring with the 'Vair.
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dculberson
09/20/09

@UDMan: Are you coming to Ohio? I'll be there, running the Chevonda. Team Surround Castle to Stay Alive.
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UDMan
09/20/09

@dculberson: You know DC, I'm still recovering from being axed right when I was running New England. I should just show up, and cover it for this blog or another one.

One of my team mates has her own team at Nelson Ledges, and that's Kathy Helmetag. She is running a VW Scriocco. Hmmmm, time to book my flight to get to Ohio I guess.
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UDMan
09/20/09

@dculberson: Besides, I need to see the progress you're doing on the Ambulette...
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mechimike
09/20/09

@UDMan: I wish we could, sir. Alas, we're a CMP-only LeMons team. It was through a sheer miracle that we even managed to have our car ready for this race- we had one team member who got shipped off to Korea for a month, another who's family obligations kept him from working on the car at _all_, and all of us have 50+ hour/ week regular jobs. And the expenses of doing even two races a year were pretty tight, even spread among 6 drivers.

I hope to see you at CMP next year though, but that's all we'll be able to do.
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dculberson
09/21/09

@UDMan: Progress is for people that don't overcommit!!

If you do come to Ohio, we'll be Surround Castle to Stay Alive, running the CRX with the GM engine. Say hi! I'm not [quite] as crazy as my profile picture suggests.
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
08/23/09

In reply to Every Fiberglass Hood Scoop In The 1975 JC Whitney Catalog!
#10 is especially gay.

They still sell most of these fucking things.
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alexander_the_car_salamander
08/23/09

In reply to Every Fiberglass Hood Scoop In The 1975 JC Whitney Catalog!
You forgot this one.
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alexander_the_car_salamander
08/23/09

@alexander_the_car_salamander: And who could not like this very "frugal" hood scoop.
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smalleyxb122
08/23/09

In reply to Every Fiberglass Hood Scoop In The 1975 JC Whitney Catalog!
Most of these would still be grossly overpriced if the listed price were in 2009 dollars.
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UmayMedusa
08/23/09

In reply to Every Fiberglass Hood Scoop In The 1975 JC Whitney Catalog!
Even Classier than JC; If you have ever cut the end off of a paint roller-tray, fliipped it over, and pop-riveted it over a hole in your Chevy Nova's hood, you might be a redneck from Walled Lake.(I have seen this before)
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tonyola
08/23/09

In reply to Every Fiberglass Hood Scoop In The 1975 JC Whitney Catalog!
When I was 12 in the late '60s, my parents bought me a subscription to Motor Trend as a gift. MT being the whores that they've always been, they obviously sold their address list because I began receiving JC Whitney catalogs in the mail seemingly as often as I got the MT magazines. My buddies and I would peruse these for hours picking out all the goodies we'd put on our future cars. Somehow, the rear-shelf kitty with the blinking turn-signal eyes never made it to our dream list. However, the scoop in picture #10 always seemed to be a favorite.
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bdon
08/23/09

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#19 kinda looks like an old subaru hood. YEAH.
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MushyHeirloom
08/23/09

@bdon: About to scale, too!
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MushyHeirloom
08/23/09

In reply to Every Fiberglass Hood Scoop In The 1975 JC Whitney Catalog!
As for #18, it's making me wonder whether I'd be better off hollowing out an old clothes iron rather than paying $120.
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I was drivin' that Model A
08/23/09

In reply to Every Fiberglass Hood Scoop In The 1975 JC Whitney Catalog!
I see #4 pretty regularly, twice, yesterday, in fact, on Dodge pickups, the generation before the current one.

Sigh.

At least Winky the Wonder Cat has a purpose...
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tempesjo
08/23/09

@I gotta job, I'm gonna pay the rent: Here's what appears to be a more modern version of #4 on a Fiero, for your viewing pleasure.
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Murilee Martin
08/23/09

@I gotta job, I'm gonna pay the rent: I prefer Wanky The Safety Cat.
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I was drivin' that Model A
08/23/09

@Murilee Martin:

That's it...I see a winter project.

Thanks, Murilee!
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I was drivin' that Model A
08/23/09

@tempesjo:

I 'hood' scoop on a mid-engined car, and it's not hanging over the passenger compartment.

/face palm
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thunder; now eta-powered
08/23/09

In reply to Every Fiberglass Hood Scoop In The 1975 JC Whitney Catalog!
Wow; if I had a nickel for every time I saw one of those scoops on a car back in the day...

Just the other day my son & I stopped by a dealership that had a clean-looking '70-ish Ford Granada on the lot. It had a scoop on the hood (looked like #21) and while I was checking out the interior, my son piped up & said something about the scoop not doing much good; black fiberglass in the place where air should be going in. Bet that adds a good 50HP.
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Flathead Smith
08/23/09

In reply to Every Fiberglass Hood Scoop In The 1975 JC Whitney Catalog!
I recognized that page as soon as it popped up on the screen, I think that I saw number #8 in use the most often. These never really appealed to me that much. The only "hood scoop" that I ever used was on a 1949 Willys I had. I had installed a newer F-Head engine into the original L-Head bay and the carburetor and air cleaner were higher than the hood, so a hole was cut in the hood hatchet style, and an aluminum bowl about 16 or 18 inches in diameter and around six inches deep was screwed upside down to the hood to cover the hole for weather proofing. I’ve got some old pictures, I need to hunt them down and scan them.
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discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
08/23/09

@Flathead Smith: Was it blue? I've seen a Jeep around here with a similar treatment, although I think it was actually a paint can.
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Flathead Smith
08/24/09

@discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch!: No it was a Jeep of many colors, but not blue.
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Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
08/23/09

In reply to Every Fiberglass Hood Scoop In The 1975 JC Whitney Catalog!
I've considered picking up a spare hood for my xB, to have a mural painted on it (my sister has to use her art degree for something); I should probably add a hood scoop, and plumb my intake to make it functional.
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Novaload
08/23/09

In reply to Every Fiberglass Hood Scoop In The 1975 JC Whitney Catalog!
What a great collection--#11 looks like a UFO from a cheap sci-fi flick and #19 appears to also toast bread, which is a handy feature. I do believe I've seen #17 on a 70 'Cuda.
JC Whitney. The Frederick's of Hollywood for cars!
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