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    Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!

    The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England 2009 Ãœber Gallery, Part 5

    The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England 2009 Ãœber Gallery, Part 4

    The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England 2009 Ãœber Gallery, Part 3

    The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England 2009 Ãœber Gallery, Part 2

    The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England 2009 Ãœber Gallery, Part 1

    The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England 2009 Ãœber Gallery

    The Top 56 Lemons of the 24 Hours Of LeMons New England

    And The REAL LeMons Winner Is... UDMan's Team Trailing Throttle Oversteer Corvair!

    And The Winner Is... The Kielbasa Kids Honda Civic!
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I would wear these with pride only equaled by a high schooler with a rented prom tuxedo. #tshirt
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!

    I have two suggestions for your T-shirts:

    l. Tape or pin them to your garage walls.

    2. Have some quilts made from them. Then you could raffle them off and donate proceeds to charity. #tshirt
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/14/09

    @skaycog: Whoa, a quilt would be pretty damn cool. #tshirt
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    Image of sardonicbastard sardonicbastard
    11/15/09

    @skaycog: Clearly it needs to not only be a quilt, but then turned into a snuggie, so that you could comfortably wear that much awesomeness and not get cold reaching for the remote. #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/16/09

    @Murilee Martin: Old t-shirts get stretchy and stretchy stuff doesn't work well on quilts. I had an old collection of 60s/early 70s Fender t-shirts--Fender has brought back some of them, but not all of them, strangely enough. We tried various ways to save them but the only one left is "The World's Favorite Love Machine" with some cartoonish birds and bees on it--after seeing the rest fail as pillows, throws and such, I can tell you that this kind of material is really made for t-shirts, period and I'm glad I didn't risk the "Love Machine" one, which is currently in hiding in the bottom of a drawer. #tshirt
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I am sad to say I lost my Faster Farms T-shirt somewhere when I moved :( #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/14/09

    @LTDScott: Have you looked in a mirror? Are you wearing it? If not, wow, you should never have taken that off. Way too cool. With "cool" meaning of course "clever, neat, and demented." #tshirt
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/14/09

    @LTDScott: I'm sure Adrian will be selling them at Thunderhill. #tshirt
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    Oh man - can I buy a copy of #61 (Frogmasters) anywhere?

    You could probably start an internet T-shirt business with these designs and do handsomely with it. #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    This, my friends, is why American will never fail. #tshirt
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    Image of BlueBomb BlueBomb
    11/14/09

    @Novaload: Hahaha - don't you mean CHINA will never fail? #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/14/09

    @BlueBomb: No, no, this is homegrown talent, regardless of the fabric its on. #tshirt
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    Image of BlueBomb BlueBomb
    11/15/09

    @Novaload: I'm starting a sweat shop in Manhattan like the good ole days of manufacturing. Using sweat shops abroad is killing our GNP. #tshirt
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/16/09

    @BlueBomb: That's very patriotic of you, sir. We have to start re-building our economy some damn where!
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    Edited by Novaload at 11/16/09 9:01 AM Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    11/14/09

    In reply to Shabbat Shalom, M*****F****R: Team T-Shirts Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons!
    I have seen Heaven, and it is good. #tshirt
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/26/09

    In reply to The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England 2009 Ãœber Gallery
    Great collection of photos. It really captures the feeling of the race.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/26/09


    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/26/09


    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: This may, or may not, be a member of team Trailing Throttle Oversteer.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    07/26/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I'm really not ashamed anymore..... that photo is me, serving out a penalty. I had to get lunch for the infield fire brigade.... and yes, the threw a yellow flag so I could bring it to them, thus compounding my humiliation...
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    07/26/09

    @UDMan: However, I like this one better....
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    UDMan was starred UDMan was unstarred
    Image of UDMan UDMan
    07/26/09


    @UDMan: As I said, I like this one better:
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/27/09


    @UDMan: I thought you took it well and with good humor. More fun than just getting a time out in a penalty box, anyhow.

    In fact, let me compliment you again for putting together such a great team, and pulling off what has to be one of the most improbable feats with that Corvair. Who knew it could be that bulletproof?

    Not to mention your generosity in sharing your BBQ with Chard Beef and all the other teams.

    Keep that ass end out in the wind!
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    07/27/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Hmmm...does this comply with the new rule about exhuasts? 3.24 I believe? Even if it does meet the letter of the law, somehow I feel it flies in the face of the spirit. But then, it does look damn cool.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    07/27/09

    @mechimike: Actually we were just trying to keep hot exhausts away from fuel tanks and lines. I guess the roof-mount works....just watch where you lean....
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/27/09


    @mechimike: I was told it was an homage to Carlson, who ran like this in a desert race or the Panamerica. The other SAAB ran a similar rig.

    But what's even cooler was the totally homemade hoopty header.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    07/26/09

    In reply to The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England 2009 Ãœber Gallery
    That's not engine failure...it's merely letting you know it needs a coupla quarts of Motor Honey!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Top 56 Lemons of the 24 Hours Of LeMons New England
    Lemons was easily the most fun I've ever had at a race.

    So, who has a collection of free Yugos lying around?
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    Image of NoBudgetRacing NoBudgetRacing
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Top 56 Lemons of the 24 Hours Of LeMons New England
    Well done No Budget Racing, after seeing the hand grenade that went off in our pumpkin 90% of the teams would have packed up and gone home, not us, with a 2.73 open diff, a little love with a hammer, some boogered parts, a few old shims and a little prayer we finished the race. the best part was tearing out our cross bar for the roll cage to use as a pinion bearing press. Try to explain that one to jay.....



    Well done all

    Chuck



    P.s To schumacher taxi service, Sonny apologizes for any contact that may or may not have happened in the last hour of the race.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/17/09

    @NoBudgetRacing: You guys made a truly heroic fix to your rear end, and returned to the field in style. And your diorama display of home-sintering that you left by the pits was quite impressive.

    Thanks also for testing the new Veyron's styling.
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    Image of NoBudgetRacing NoBudgetRacing
    07/21/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: the veryon styling was more function before style, in 2008 we made an "aerodynamic" modification with a sawzall and we decided to run with it... and as for the basket full of gear teeth, roller bearings, metal shavings, and assorted carnage, the pinion is soaking in parts cleaner awaiting its next life as a paper weight/discussion piece.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Top 56 Lemons of the 24 Hours Of LeMons New England
    Wow, look at all the Volvos! Regional differences in sub-$500 cars are amazing. here in the South, of the 2 races we did at CMP so far, there was only one Volvo- ours.

    _3_ Italian cars in the top 10??? How is that possible? The odds against that must be....*calculating*...1,986,235,543 to 1!

    Love that pic of the golf with each wheel making a different decision as to which direction the car should be traveling. And the 3-wheeled Fox. Hey, corners just as well, right? ;-)
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/17/09

    @mechimike: That's 3 Milano's in the top 5. Finished 2-3-4.

    And they all hung out together in a very classy corner of the paddock. Makes you wonder.
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Top 56 Lemons of the 24 Hours Of LeMons New England
    With all the beater Lawn Monuments we have here in Tombstone we should be able to get a team together, no problem at all. I'm going to try to shoot for next year's Reno or Las Vegas events. As Hunter S. Thompson said, "When the going gets weird, the Weird turn Pro." Time to get going on this. I need a whole trunkful of uppers, downers, screamers and laughers.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/17/09

    In reply to The Top 56 Lemons of the 24 Hours Of LeMons New England
    Murilee on a THURSDAY?

    Perhaps good times are here again.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    07/17/09

    @fuzzy plecoroom: By the way, a coworker of mine has a 94 Thunderbird with a blown up motor (4.6L V8 needing head gaskets IIRC) but totally complete for $220, contact Glenn @ Classic Industries, for those of you in SoCal needin a Lemon.
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    Image of AlienProbe AlienProbe
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Top 56 Lemons of the 24 Hours Of LeMons New England
    Mannnnnnnnnnn...... I shoulda been there.
    But I didnt have a team... or any money.

    Just a car. heh. Maybe next year!
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    07/16/09

    @AlienProbe: You could have just come to the track, and hung around with us....
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    UDMan was starred UDMan was unstarred
    Image of AlienProbe AlienProbe
    07/22/09

    @UDMan: I should have... dammit... Now i feel like a tool.
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    Image of ummagumma82 ummagumma82
    07/16/09

    In reply to The Top 56 Lemons of the 24 Hours Of LeMons New England
    Anyone know which engine the Cougar (43rd) has? My first car was a '93 with the base V6. It was painfully slow, but the lightweight engine made it one of the best-balanced cars I've ever driven. Four-wheel drifts were absolutely effortless.

    My Mark VIII is on the same platform, it has exactly twice the horsepower, but it's considerably more nose-heavy. It takes a lot of throttle to counteract the understeer, plus the stupid transmission loves to shift down (or up, you never know) at the worst possible time, making it more of a straight line car. But still, 0-60 in ~6.8 seconds, versus twelve. So I always wanted to see how the two would compare at LeMons.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    07/16/09

    @ummagumma82:I'm not sure what the actual engine used in the cougar was, but I can tell you it's a V8, with a manual that every once in a while, one of the drivers missed a shift, with a particularly horrifying grinding sound.
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    Image of ummagumma82 ummagumma82
    07/17/09

    @UDMan: Ahh.. A manual was available with the supercharged V6, and the 5.0 used the same bellhousing, so that'd be my guess. Thanks!
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