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    Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!

    1983 Jeep DJ-5

    Abomination or Not? Poker Edition DJ-5 on eBay
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    02/16/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    I had to vote for the Buick from a hell standpoint.


    I'm thinking it wouldn't be too hard to shoehorn in a 500 V-8 in the Caddy though.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    Hey, that's not a "Careavan". That's an "I Don't Give A Stainless-Steel Shitavan".
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    While all fine/insane choices, I'm going to have to go with the Buick here. I'd think that it would be the best shot an American car could possibly have at the Index of Effluency, what with being 61 years old, and appearing to have sat for 56 of those years. Not to mention, the giant straight 8 alone would probably be a nightmare to race simply on the basis of parts availability.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    Renault GTA Convertable, simple because I'd never heard of it until today!!
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    Image of squablow squablow
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    It would be a damn shame to kill that Fairlane or Buick in a LeMons race. Even that Toyota wagon seems like it deserves better.


    The turbo woody Caravan would be my choice, potential for lots of power and lots of room to fit the cage.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    02/15/09

    @squablow: Most LeMons races (i.e., all those that aren't at Altamont) don't beat up the cars too badly. Probably more than half the cars at Thunderhill avoided body damage and/or blown engines.
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    Image of junkman junkman
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    So many cars...so few days.
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    Image of Xargs: LeMonaider Xargs: LeMonaider
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    And yes, I could make a reasonably convincing case that it's a $500 car. But the penalty laps wouldn't matter anyway, 'cause it would end up on its roof before the end anyhow...
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    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    Here's my DJ5, now moldering in a field- waiting for enough people with a deathwish to join the team (ONSET, the guys with the Cavalier wagon.)


    I got it for free around 2001 with no 2nd gear in its useless Borg-Warner T35 automatic. Lots of swapping and screwing around, including rolling it over directly because of the dumb solid axle front end and non-drag link steering.


    Before the rollover:



    After a big ol' Sawzall party with my girlfriend, and a cheap Chinese replacement CJ5 windshield frame:




    It has a 1977 Pacer front suspension subframe so its LHD and has real suspension/brakes.


    Yes, that's a (now removed for being too bloody loud) Ford T-Bird SC supercharger bolted to the front of it. 6 pounds of boost = about 260hp. This picture is when I was still figuring out how to keep the belt on. Yes, this wasn't it. Don't put the tensioner on the tight side of the belt run. Err.



    It was fun, but my VFR800 in a '72 Z600 project is keeping my underemployed behind busy at the moment, and after putting 15000 miles on the Jeep, it seemed time for something else.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/15/09

    @Xargs: You just earned a heart.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    What an embarrassment of...riches.


    I'd have to go with the Eldo. For the primary reason thatyou could block th entire track without trying. Get in front. Let nothing pass. Win. And I'd keep the left blinker on the whole time. Those cars had good seals and sound systems, so I wouldn't be disturbed by all those horns behind me. Plus the AC can keep it icy cold at the pilot's seat. Even better, there'd be a ton of crap I could pry off and Ebay.


    The Renault and the Jeep are attractive, but lack a certain je ne sais quio. And the Geo seems far too practical.

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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    Crown wagons are sweet.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    The Jeep and the Blatro will put you on your roof in minutes, and that's no fun. Otherwise, sure.


    For just the right amount of that's-just-wrong, without going Crown-style overboard with it, I'd go for the Buick. It's big, it's angry, and it's a Buick.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    I'm going in the "Size Matters" tradition and voting for the minivan--I guess the Soccer Mom theme is too easy but the "free candy" motif is still viable.


    Or the Buick. Good god, just look at it! That grille is just begging to become teeth--but that's so trite. How about a Fellini "Super 8 1/2 " theme?


    But every single car in this 10-pack of horror deserves to roll in LeMons!

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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    I wish I had grandparents with a barn. That fairlane would be a handful on the track, scaring both driver and competition. The postal jeep would make a better pit bunny than track master. I'm gonna have to go with the Pacer, just to have an AMC product representin'.
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    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    I'll take the straight-eight please. Especially if you take off the front fenders and fit it with this great comb-over exhaust:
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    02/15/09

    @discontinuuity: God damn it, I really don't need to own one... but it's becoming harder and harder to tell myself that.
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    Image of 413wedge 413wedge
    02/15/09

    @discontinuuity: If Honda or BMW built a straight 8, most of the dudes on Jalopnik would ejaculate in their pants.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    02/15/09

    @bigblockautoX: "..If Honda or BMW built a straight 8, most of the dudes on Jalopnik would ejaculate in their pants..."


    Umm... you say that like it's a bad thing.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    02/15/09

    In reply to Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory!
    Best. Weekend. Ever. Trifecta of DOTS Maximus, LeMons and now 10, count em, TEN PCHs.
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