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    KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!

    What Does The Billetproof Chief Perpetrator Drive?

    What Color Should Junkman Paint His Olsen Eagle For The Concours d'Lemons?
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    08/23/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    Need more pics of #12! You can't show us the dashboard of a '61-3 Rambler American and just mosey along like it's all okay, NEED MOAR PICS!!!!
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    Image of The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd. The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd.
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!

    Mike @ clunkbucket has more images and full interview with the "proud" owner.

    The drive is quite literally grind stone friction rollers on top of the rear wheels.

    [clunkbucket.com]
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd. was starred The Dead Inside Grp. Co. Ltd. was unstarred
    Image of joneez wants the clunkers he paid for joneez wants the clunkers he paid for
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    I love that two of the prize categories are "Ass-Engine Sled, Hessian" and "Ass-Engine Sled, Non-Hessian."
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was starred joneez wants the clunkers he paid for was unstarred
    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    It drives the rear wheels you say?

    Does it have one of those newfangled differentials I've heard so much about?
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment Dhillaz 2.0 was starred Dhillaz 2.0 was unstarred
    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    I must say that these are very interesting vehicles, some are unlike anything I've ever seen. I like the old Nash (#35) and the ratty VW pick-up (#10).

    Can anybody enlighten me as to what that extremely ugly #2 is?
    Also, anybody know if #23 is covered with tiny tiles of chrome or mirrors? Weird.
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    08/22/09

    @skaycog-live,love,laugh!: Think disco ball. He had the windows covered as well..gotta roll em down to drive.
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    08/22/09

    @Bad Juju: They both make perfect Lemons! Thanks!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    Wow, the Pintos are seriously representin'!
    Also, the Rambler dash is to die for, and WTF with the Citro missing its ass? Certainly Citros have almost no ass as it is, but still...and is #32 and old Renault?
    What a treat, thanks for the pix.
    Oh, and using your MGB to tow your bizarre KV Mini--that must be the definition of both "weird" and "optimism."
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    Image of .357 .357
    08/22/09

    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: Pintos are the shit.
    (Also, the Jez 9 are back.)
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    skaycog-live,love,laugh! promoted this comment .357 was starred .357 was unstarred
    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    08/22/09

    @.357: Welcome home.
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    skaycog-live,love,laugh! promoted this comment Dhillaz 2.0 was starred Dhillaz 2.0 was unstarred
    Image of .357 .357
    08/22/09

    @Dhillaz 2.0: Thanks. It feels great to be back.
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    08/23/09

    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: The car is a friend/customers (all Citroen owners become my dad's friend [jalopnik.com] ) that got rearended on the freeway when he was on the side of the road after running out of gas. The owner was fine. The car, not so much. Parts will live on in other great Citroens. No Cash for Clunkers here! Thanks for the awesome event and the great award. I'd like to see those stuffed shirt wearing Pebble nerds make as nice of an award!
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    Image of .357 .357
    08/22/09

    In reply to KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
    Was the Zed 4 500 quid?
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    05/04/09

    In reply to What Does The Billetproof Chief Perpetrator Drive?
    You see the Pacer juxtaposed next to the GT and your eyes inexplicably flick to the GT, then away again. The GT, for all its sinuous beauty, has been done. It hearkens to the genes of Lamborghinis, Ferraris it was born in defiance of, and of course the GT 40 that came before. In a quest for speed, the GT's form must follow function. Your brain knows this. We've been ogling fast cars with decreasing fascination since we were old enough to know that not all cars are the same.


    But the Pacer's function was a bit woolier. Big car feel, small car economy, and distinctive appearance were all on the playbook. So it's wide like a big car, short like a small car, and it definitely looks distinctive. It's not the same, to be sure.


    If I had to choose between the two, I might have to flip a coin. GTs are fabulous cars, no mistake. But they're new and were carefully crafted by a gigantic corporation with deep pockets and every example sold is usually lovingly cared for and tucked away in an air conditioned garage. Pacers, well...aren't. Seeing one moving under its own power grabs my attention at least as quickly as spotting an exotic car in the flesh.

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    05/04/09

    In reply to What Does The Billetproof Chief Perpetrator Drive?
    I almost hate to admit it, but back in '75 when I was buying my first brand new car, I actually test drove a new Pacer X. I'm quirky enough that I really liked it. Then I went to the Chevy dealer and saw a new '75 Chevy Laguna Type S-3 and bought it right off the showroom floor on the spot. It was silver with black trim and a much better choice.
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    05/04/09

    @K5ING:


    No one here is going to criticize you for making that choice. At least you gave the Pacer its due, that's all anyone can ask.


    What happened to the Laguna? Those cars are awesome. Didn't they have swivel bucket seats?

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    05/03/09

    In reply to What Does The Billetproof Chief Perpetrator Drive?
    Pacer > R8. Know why?


    When you drive a Pacer as nice as this one, people give you the thumbs up because they like it, too.


    When you drive an R8, people extend a different finger, eventhough they secretly want one.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    05/03/09

    @Uncle Bo, piston forger: I have the same obnoxious reaction to both, actually, except to different extents.


    If I see a Pacer or a Fairlane or any such thing I shout and whoop and shake my arm out the window and all that jazz; if I see an R8 or Lamborghini I keep my whoop down and my arm in the car, but I still do it in relative privacy. The Lambo drivers don't need any more ego boosts, anyway.


    Special dispensation: Ford GT drivers get the full whoop and shake because they're awesome.

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    Image of Impalamino mkIV Impalamino mkIV
    05/04/09

    @A pistonforging player: I spotted an example, within the last week, of every car you mentioned above.


    Living near Detroit/Ann Arbor has its perk.

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    05/04/09

    @Impalamino mkIV: Oh, I see all kinds of stuff. Tending toward the former, but New Orleans is kind to old cars. I can recall a Fury, a Valiant, a pair of Comets, and others within two blocks of my workplace, for example.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    05/03/09

    In reply to What Does The Billetproof Chief Perpetrator Drive?
    The most Jalopnik of all cars, the Pacer. This is why all the other "mainstream" car blogs don't get it. The love of something from Kenosha, Wisconsin can never be explained.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    05/04/09

    @UDMan: You can initiate many, many people who might not otherwise get it, if you just hand them a bag of cheese curds.


    Mmm, cheese. Wisconsin's answer to potato chips.

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    05/03/09

    In reply to What Does The Billetproof Chief Perpetrator Drive?
    Do my eyes deceive? I believe those are Cragar's. Either way, nice. Also the paint job is fun but subtle.
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    05/04/09

    @Marywithoutu: They certainly look like 'em. You definitely don't see Cragar S/S wheels as much as you used to, but they aren't as rare as Keystone mags these days.


    Why is that?

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    05/03/09

    In reply to What Does The Billetproof Chief Perpetrator Drive?
    Those things were hideous when new, but they've aged well in my opinion and gone on to become "quirky" instead. I'd love to get one and put a modern turbo 4-banger under the hood. There was a nice one in Hot Rod a couple of years ago too that a guy built for/with his 16 year old daughter and they put a newer Jeep 4.0 I6 in it, I thought it would be a neat daily driver. As someone else noted, the wheels on this one really pull the car together. It's definitely not a look for everyone, but I really like it.
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    05/04/09

    @despisethesun: I saw that car. It's on the web.


    And dang, it actually looks pretty darned good.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/03/09

    In reply to What Does The Billetproof Chief Perpetrator Drive?
    Is this the closest the US came to a Citroen?


    The Spacer looks very nice--really well done.


    But it looks a little apprehensive next to that wicked Audi, which clearly is thinking about something evil.

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    05/03/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: Alan's Pacer is very cool but I would really be impressed if he did the phantom Hurst treatment on the R8.
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    05/04/09

    @junkman: "phantom Hurst" -- what a great phrase to describe this!
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    05/03/09

    In reply to What Does The Billetproof Chief Perpetrator Drive?
    When my daughter was a senior a couple years ago, our '80 Pacer was in the rotation of cars for her to drive to high school. She complained that it was too mainstream.
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    05/03/09

    @junkman: Ah, the apple has not fallen too far from the tree, then!
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    05/03/09

    @junkman: Possibly because Clarissa (of the nickelodeon tv show of the early 90s) wanted a Gremlin?
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    05/03/09

    @cq is experimental: Actually, she was a big fan the show when she was young. The reality was the Pacer was the most mundane of her choices. My wife was driving a Gremlin when we first met, but it wasn't her choice.
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    05/03/09

    @junkman: Probably because, thanks to Wayne's World, everyone knows what a Pacer is. I grew up with that movie, and since your daughter is apparently my age, she probably did too: it kind of defined our generation, in a way.
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