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    Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance

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    Image of estheme estheme
    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    I love the photo gallery, but for the benefit of those of us born after 1950 could you take a few shots of an entire vehicle? I'd love to recognize one of these one day.
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    05/16/09

    @estheme: I was born in 1991, and I recognized more than half of these cars.


    Just sayin'.

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/17/09

    @estheme: I tend to get mostly detail shots, since whole-car shots are so commonplace. I should probably do both, though.
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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    I've always loved the minty little seashell grille on ol' Dutch's namesake. Not as much as I love the sliding doors, though.
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    05/16/09

    @FstrPssycw: When I was a little kid, I would sometimes see a Kaiser Darrin driving around my hometown. No, really. It was that same light green color, so it's not out of the question that the same car was at the concours. Sadly, I never got to meet the owner, and I haven't seen the car driving around in at least ten years. I've loved the Kaiser Darrin ever since then, even if it does have a wheezing flathead straight-six.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    Oooh! 57 Olds? Those are so less common than their other 57s from Chevy MoPar and Ford.


    Also some wicked Tuck & Roll upholstery--it appears to match the Darrin?

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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    I heart Chevolvo. Still.
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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    What's with the reddish V-dub? I understand the gold one with the luggage rack, but the other not so much.

    Great shots--the Imperial--but the Scimitar? Hello 63 Chevy + Edsel wagon ass.


    I'd certainly do a gawk through the elegant part, and then I'd be out in the parking lot where the working' cars are.

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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    I'm now a fan of beater Aston Martins. I'm already an AM fanboy, now I'm just moving a little down the scale. That is awesome. I would buy that then move into a fancy trailer park in a heartbeat.
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    05/16/09

    @engineerd: Surely there's at least one trailer park on the French Riviera, right?
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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    Usually I'm immune to this stuff, but a beater Aston Martin? That individual makes the world a better place.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/16/09

    @John Krewson: Cars like that are commonplace when you hang out with LeMons/Melee dudes.
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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    Must.Have.Scimitar.Wagon.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    05/16/09

    @flyingstitch: No doubt- I haven't seen something that goofily awesome (and vice versa) since I crashed FuzzyPlushroom's family reunion! (just kidding dude)


    Wish there were more pics (though arty detail shots are always good) and some detail about these things.. I just did some searching and found this writeup quoted on somebody's Flickr page:


    [www.flickr.com]


    1959 Scimitar Station Wagon: "Three Scimitar vehicles were designed and developed to suggest functional and decorative applications for aluminum use in automobiles. The Scimitar project was sponsored by the Olin Matheson Chemical Corporation and was designed by Brook Stevens Associates and Reutter & Company.


    A two-door Scimitar convertible was representative boulevard-type sports car, having a hard top that retracted automatically into the luggage area. A four-door Scimitar town car phaeton could be driven as a fully enclosed formal sedan, a town car with partially retracted roof, or an open convertible with both roofs retracted into the luggage area. The Scimitar station wagon shown here has an automatic sliding roof.


    All three models were derived from the same basic design and tooling, using a 1959 Chrysler New Yorker chassis. The body utilized removable aluminum anodized quarter panels for aesthetics and reduced maintenance. The grille bumpers, trim, wheel discs, and many interior treatments are of brushed and anodized aluminum, substantially reducing vehicle weight. The car´s name was derived from the shape of a scimitar, a saber with a curved blade."


    Totally fitting that it's an Exner Mopar underneath, too.

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    05/16/09

    @Exner built my hotrod: It also reminded me immediately of the '53 Caddy-based Die Valkyrie, which makes sense:


    [auto.howstuffworks.com]


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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/17/09

    @Exner built my hotrod: The big grin and huge beak tell me that it just successfully defended a client.
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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    The parking lot? Next year I bet they rush the main lawn....Snooty Bastards.
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/17/09

    @marc2068: Jay was discussing the pros and cons of having the LeMons cars run a rally stage on the grass.
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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    V. glad to see the Faster Farms Belvedere there. I don't know why, 'cause I'd never seen the commercials before hearing about it, but that is my favourite all-time LeMons theme, hands down. The execution is nothing short of perfect.
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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    I want a shiny stick-on version of that "two liter" text so bad. That's a horrible thing to say, I know, but I said it.


    Also, why do rich guys wear polo shirts so often?

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    05/16/09

    @SDA: Ooh, hell yeah! I wish I could get an emblem just like that that says "one point five". That would be so perfect.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/16/09

    @A stʁolling playeʁ: Or "two point three".


    If I can find a "4.9" script I can claim "it's in pints!"

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    05/16/09

    @FstrPssycw: I could grab the "3.2" off a vee-dub and assemble a hodgepodge "PINTS" badge... maybe find a Pinto??
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/16/09

    @A stʁolling playeʁ: No no no no no. Letters have to match.


    "Sprint".


    Or... alternatively, Volkswagen vehicles have the following letters available, all in standard font:


    A (Jetta, Passat, Cabrio, Phaeton, Routan, etc.)

    B (Cabrio, Bora*)

    C (Cabrio, Scirocco*)

    D (Caddy*)

    E (Jetta, Phaeton, Eos, Touareg, etc.)

    F (Golf/Golf Plus*, Fox*/CrossFox*/SpaceFox*)

    G (Golf, Touareg, Tiguan, GTI/GLI, Gol*)

    H (Sharan*)

    I (Cabrio, GTI/GLI, Parati*, Pointer*, Saveiro*)

    J (Jetta)

    L (Golf/Golf Plus*, Polo*, Lupo*)

    N (Tiguan, Eurovan, Sharan*, Touran*, Pointer*, Vento*)

    O (Golf, Touareg, Cabrio, Eos, Phaeton, Routan, etc.)

    P (Passat, Phaeton, Polo*, SpaceFox*, Parati*, Pointer*, Lupo*)

    R (Touareg, Routan, Cabrio, Bora*, Sharan*, Touran*, etc.)

    S (Passat, Eos, Saveiro*, Sharan*, Scirocco*)

    T (Touareg, Tiguan, Passat, Jetta, Touran*, etc.)

    U (Touareg, Tiguan, Routan, Touran*, Suran*, Lupo*)

    V (VR5*/VR6, V6/V8/V10, Eurovan, Saveiro*, Vento*)

    W (W8)

    X (Fox*/CrossFox*/SpaceFox*)


    I've probably omitted a few, but the short version is, we can get every letter except K, Q, Y, and Z out of 'em. And a couple of those might be obtainable from large vans and such that I didn't count here.


    This excludes commercial vehicles such as this as I have no idea how they're badged. For instance, the Kombi could give us a K.


    tl;dr: All you need is a Passat and a Tiguan with intact badging.

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    05/16/09

    @FstrPssycw: It may be tl, but I dr the whole thing. As I doubt there'll be any Tiguans yet in junykards, I just need a Passat, a Eurovan, and a Cabrio. Or, you know, I could just go for "3.2 pint" and find a pinto anyway.


    /oh god drunk

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    05/16/09

    @FstrPssycw: Also: you are clearly forgetting the Quantum (American-market mk. uhh II or III Passat). Yeah, it ain't exactly the modern typeface, but it's a VW with a Q, innit?
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    05/17/09

    @A stʁolling playeʁ: I'm not forgettin' nothin'. It just don't match.


    You could probably find a Cabrio and use half of the I and the O together to do horrible things.

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    05/17/09

    @FstrPssycw: Not that I actually need a Q, hey. Unless I'm doing quarts, at which point I may as well stick to litres, anyway.
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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    Is that the same "beater" Aston Martin that ran the California Mille in bare aluminum?
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/16/09

    @Armand: Yes.
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    05/16/09

    @Murilee Martin: I think.
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    05/16/09

    @Murilee Martin: Now that I think about it, it's probably pretty unlikely that there was more than one Aston Martin DB2/4 without paint in the greater Bay Area.
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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    Must... buy... beater Aston Martin.
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    05/16/09

    @skitter: If I chip in can I Auto-X it occasionally? Pretty please, I promise to take extra special care of it, I'll drive it everyday, and fill it up with gas and oil, and wash it, and clean after any oil leaks.. pleeeeaaaassssse?
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    05/16/09

    @Fej - it's not good, it's extreme good.: You sound like me whenever my Studebaker-owning roommate leaves town.


    Wait--he's leaving town Monday! :party:

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    05/16/09

    In reply to Someone's Gonna Get Fired: LeMons Cars Invited To Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance
    When I bought it, they said all the women would love my car. I didn't think they meant it like this.
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    05/16/09

    @CoЯiolis Eff Smites You With The PoweЯ of BuЯbeЯЯy: Show it your

    !
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    05/16/09

    @CoЯiolis Eff Smites You With The PoweЯ of BuЯbeЯЯy: I was just gonna comment that the Scimitar is one rare - and UGLY - machine!
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    05/16/09

    @bygeorge: There were three Scimitars made and all still exist in very much original condition. Whether you love or hate these (or any of) Brooks Stevens' special designs, you've got to admire his willingness to take risks while still working with the realities of material and budget limitations. I still feel he's greatly underrated.
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