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    A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes

    So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?

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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    I've had a suprising number of LeMons candidates flow through my hands at Benz Towers of late, a 230TE and an Omega 3.0 (nee Cadillac Catera), Need LeMons UK NOW. And bagsy us the "Suckers" style car salesman theme....
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    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    I'm strangely drawn to #14.

    Girls who work on cars and race them AND have a sense of humor? Be still, my beating heart...
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    The really great thing about Lemons is that it actually does restore my faith in human nature--the creativity, the humor, the lunacy, the ultimate kindness and cooperation--seriously, it may become the route to world peace. At the very least there will be (someday!) a Lemons International.
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    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    Wow, the D&D guys built 20-sided fuzzy dice? I never though LeMons would change the world, but there ya go.

    D&D, Mooks on Dyno Fresstyle bikes, and the team that looks like they just walked out of Monty Python's Holy Grail are my new Favorite People. I am glad that Crazy German Guy got some deserved coverage here, too.
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    Image of DON_BOT DON_BOT
    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    I can see a future where this will be more popular than even F1 and nascar.....

    "closes eyes and smiles"
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/19/09

    In reply to A Treasury Of 24 Hours Of LeMons Team Costumes
    Should I enter, I doubt I have the creativity necessitated to pull off such costumes...

    Not having a good theme, I think, might be a bigger problem than not having a race car.

    At least if you have a good theme, you have a chance to win.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    @fuzzy plecoroom: Having a good car (e.g., Fiat Strada, Rover 3500, Omni GLH, etc) is just as good as having a good theme.
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    Image of I was drivin' that Model A I was drivin' that Model A
    07/19/09

    @fuzzy plecoroom: That makes two of us.

    I'm plenty creative with JB Weld and parts which shouldn't go together, or even be used, but costumes...not so much. The Corporate Machine took the only idea I had, Cadillac and all...though I was shooting for a different Caddy.

    I have another idea for a Cadillac, but, shhhh, y'never know... I might hit a big lottery...if I should "play".

    Funny how "running the numbers" has changed?
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    Image of I was drivin' that Model A I was drivin' that Model A
    07/19/09

    @Murilee Martin: It just occurred to me, is it possible to be both winning and be voted something by the people, I'm thinking The Curse, so even though you lead the field, you lose? Just wondering with my fingers....

    It's likely in the rules, but I can't be bothered with all that readin' and whatnot. Bah!!!
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    07/19/09

    @can't find no job, that's why I ain't go no...: I'm sure I could think of a good team theme for you.

    Lets see. . . European Stereotypes, Sacha Baron Cohen Characters, S and M Harry Potter Characters, Vampires, Max Mosley Impersonaters (Complete with Nazi hookers). . I could go on.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    @can't find no job, that's why I ain't go no...: The First Blood truck got both the People's Curse and the People's Choice at last year's Toledo race.

    Several Curse victims were the race leaders at the time of their destruction, too.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    07/19/09

    @Murilee Martin: Listen to Ms. Martin. Look at my team, no theme, except fo the car. I won't be able to get away with that again.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/19/09

    @UDMan: Sure you will. LeMons cars that are 40+ years old, Italian, British, or French don't need themes.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/20/09

    @Murilee Martin: What if you entered a Hearse?
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    06/14/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    I think I might deliberately enter a car that's rusted to shit with the theme of tetanus and billetproof.


    You know, something completely unsafe looking and badass, that looks like someone probably did build it for $500, mostly out of scrap they found lying in some farmer's field somewhere.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @Plecostomus needs GALVANIZED SCREWS: We've seen at least one rusty car (Neon) with a tetanus theme.
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    Image of Jim Hubert Jim Hubert
    06/14/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    Muri, I dun care if these guys are neo-Nazi skinheads, destroying their car three times, for the amusement of all the peopple whose cars weren't destroyed, is over the top.


    These guys may not be loveable, but they worked just as hard on their car as anyone else, putting in (most likely) hundreds of hours to build their car, and while the Curse can and should be liable to fall upon anyone at least once, three times...especially out of 90+ different competitors...makes a good case for "If your car was previously Cursed, it is ineligible for a second such...:ahem:...award."


    You may not be able to vote on the Curse, but your failure to protect these guys from persecution places you squarely in the "conspiracy" seat, and deservedly so.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/14/09

    @Jim Hubert: No, failing to protect them places me in the "executioner" seat; I'd be a conspirator only if I'd worked to disregard the ballots in order to crush some other car (e.g., the Cajun Jihad, who would have enjoyed being the curse). And you know what? I have no problem pulling the Destructo switch on a 3-time or even 10-time Curse winner, if that's how the vote goes (though actually you give me credit for too much influence on the process; Jay Lamm tends to make such decisions singlehandedly, though in this case we were all behind him 100%).


    Without the People's Curse, the only safety valve for the racers who get pissed off about some other team that they hate is whining. At us. All weekend long. Without the Curse, hair-splitting paddock lawyers would be creating and/or exploiting endless loopholes and gray areas in the rules (even more than they are now), and the best lawyer's team would run away with the race... which would make the race much less fun for 90% of the racers.


    Now that we have a "nobody" option on the Curse, we may well have many races in which no cars get crushed. But when a team wins the Curse vote, we expect to see them accept it with dignity and humor.

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    Image of 3304HL 3304HL
    06/13/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    Let's see if I've got this straight.
    When the gvm't pays people to crush old cars, it's evil
    When a bunch of drunken hoons wants to do crush one, that's cool.


    riiiiight

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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/13/09

    @3304HL: You're overlooking the condition/nature of the car being crushed.
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    06/13/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    -20 here if I go by the exact scorings, but on some questions we didn't fit any of the answers
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    Image of DoctorNine's D9 Cat DoctorNine's D9 Cat
    06/13/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    "..like a cheetah among echidnas..."


    Force them to wear a t-shirt sayng that.

    I think it's kind of an obtuse badge of honor.

    But it reminds all of the douche-baggy-ness.


    Yep.


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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/13/09

    @DoctorNine of the Dangerous Dickery: I picked the echidna because who doesn't love the echidna?
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    Image of Ralph Wiley Is Poised Ralph Wiley Is Poised
    06/13/09

    @Murilee Martin: The Echidna is also one of the coolest American road racing specials. Three guys got together and cut down 57 Chevy chassis, mounted fiberglass Scarab-flavored bodies, and went road racing--complete with steel wheels instead of Halibrands.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/13/09

    @LucidRalphWiley misses live F1 broadcasts: Plus "Echidna's Arf" is a pretty good Zappa song.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    06/13/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    Can the Team Makeup section have multiple entries? Because any team I field would fall into a couple of them.


    There's about a 95% chance we'd be "Mechanically inept dingbats who clog up the track with repeated breakdowns" but at the same time be Amiable Tool lenders, who cook for everyone and are willing to share parts / hand you tools (probably wouldn't want our help wrenching do to the mechanically inept bit).

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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    06/13/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    My team's score stands at -170. How the hell did I come up with that you say? Easy:

    Car Type: Corvair: -50

    Age: 1963: -50

    Theme: Rusty Bucket (with tetanus shot theme): -10

    Team: We are throwing a BBQ / Clam Bake: -60

    Car Performance: Slow and moving out of the way: -100


    There you have it. All those teams with Miatas and BMWs can just go suck it!

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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    06/13/09

    @UDMan: Hey, did you ever get my message on FB? I found you free Corvair pats.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    06/13/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    I think there should be a new rule that a team can't get crushed more than 2 times. Unless they are being real dickheads and "really" deserved it.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/13/09

    @Formerlythegreatestdriver: Which these guys did.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/13/09

    @Mad_Science: They weren't being dickheads, but they failed a crucial intelligence test by not changing a single thing in the formula that had gotten their car crushed twice before.
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    Image of Smells_Homeless Smells_Homeless
    06/13/09

    @Formerlythegreatestdriver: So some smart team would build two lightly-cheating elcheapos, drive like cockburns, and get crushed then come back with a prepped 911 without fear of reprisal?
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/13/09

    @Smells_Homeless: No, they'd give up on the Miata and drive a 626 or Spitfire or something.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    06/13/09

    @Murilee Martin: Yeah, I guess I didn't mean the dickhead thing so much as "really deserve it".
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    06/13/09

    In reply to So What's The Deal With This People's Curse Business?
    I already know my car is safe... I mean, would you REALLY crush this little guy?


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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/13/09

    @TexanIdiot25- needs a edit buton... EDIT: Needs an edit but...: Shouldn't that hood scoop be mounted sideways?
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    06/13/09

    @Murilee Martin:


    Oh, clever. But air induction would be tricky.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    06/13/09

    @TexanIdiot25- needs a edit buton... EDIT: Needs an edit but...: Not so! High pressure area in front of the windshield. Anyway, the .035 horsepower that you'd get from the ram air effect wouldn't be particularly meaningful.
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    06/13/09

    @Murilee Martin: Hey, I take what I can get when I've got 95 hp.
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    Image of TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
    06/13/09

    @Murilee Martin: OH and to take advantage of the cowl area's air, we'd need to mount it back wards..
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    Image of felis_concolor felis_concolor
    06/13/09

    @TexanIdiot25- needs a edit buton... EDIT: Needs an edit but...: Cool; that's an old Mr. Gasket Street Scoop, isn't it?
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    06/13/09

    @felis_concolor: Yup. It works too, open and closes off of manifold vacuum with a vacuum motor...


    Murilee's idea.

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