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    The Top 123 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Fall 2009

    11:00 AM Leaderboard Update: GT$500 Continues To Dominate, Others Puzzled

    Three Hours In, SCHWING Corolla FX16 Leads!

    The Race Is On!

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    Image of Fishflinger Fishflinger
    10/31/09

    In reply to The Top 123 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Fall 2009
    Too many of the entries don't look like $500 cars. Lots of BS on the sales slips. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/02/09

    @Fishflinger: You and all the other experts who call BS on these cars should come to a race sometime and look at them up close. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    10/31/09

    In reply to The Top 123 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Fall 2009
    nice fender repair on pic 27?

    pic 30 - toilet seat scoop

    pic 35 - patina perfect

    pic 61 - it coulda sold alotta miagra!

    pic 65 - two wheels off or just pissin

    pic 72 - WOWZER

    pic 77 - was that thing attached to the cage

    pic 96 - camber whaaaaaaat

    pic 119 - scary

    pic 123 - how'd they get a 2000 bs penalty

    what was the dangerous homemade technology award?!?!?!

    i'm late to work - but it was worth it.... #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    FTGDWolverineEdition'09 promoted this comment skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube was starred skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/01/09

    @skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube: Dangerous Homemade Technology went to the 38th-place Mustang for its leaf-blower supercharger. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube
    11/02/09

    @Murilee Martin: but, it seems so harmless....

    was the throttle linkage for the blower connected in line with the gas pedal with zip ties?

    (a searchable database should be made)
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/02/09

    @skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube: No, the driver had to reach over and turn on the blower manually.

    We would have given the DBT award to the guys in the Sensory Assault RX-7, who rigged up a generator/household-air-conditioner setup to blow cold air into the throttle body, but they'd already won DBT at their last race and were getting Judges' Choice at this one to boot. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    11/04/09

    @Murilee Martin: ..... .. .. .... ..... .....

    note to self: install steering wheel mounted control switches for blower activation #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of KTown_WhiteBoy KTown_WhiteBoy
    10/31/09

    In reply to The Top 123 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Fall 2009
    No way, I'm calling BS on the Mk3 Supra. I priced some around me a while back, and you can't find one with a straight body like that and fixable engine for $500. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Murilee Martin promoted this comment KTown_WhiteBoy was starred KTown_WhiteBoy was unstarred
    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/01/09

    @KTown_WhiteBoy: OK, LeMons BS Call #2,521 duly noted.

    You might not call that car's body "straight" if you saw it in person, but who knows? #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of jbh11126 jbh11126
    10/31/09

    In reply to The Top 123 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Fall 2009

    My entry didnt pass tech inspection.

    ...Balls. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    10/31/09


    @jbh11126: Did the Poly Orchid team relegate their racer back to street status? #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    11/01/09

    @Rockford Brodie and the Masters of the Hooniverse: yes. it seems they dud. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    10/31/09

    In reply to The Top 123 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Fall 2009
    Still way too many BMWs, Hondas, and Mazdas. There seems to be a creep of Supras and MR2s and Mustangs as well.

    However, its nice to see a couple of Mustang IIs, A Pinto, FWD Grand Prix, 3 Air Cooled VWs, and a Fairmont Wagon (of all things!) #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/01/09

    @UDMan: The IOE was there for the taking for the Gremlin, the Brava, or any one of the air-cooled VWs. They just weren't able to match the Triumph's reliability! #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    10/31/09

    In reply to The Top 123 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Fall 2009
    One of these days, I wanna see a Geo Storm enter. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    10/31/09


    @underwear-ninja: may I direct your attention to this?

    [jalopnik.com]

    why yes, yes it does have a motorcycle engine in it. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    10/31/09

    @skulldriveshaft picasaweb and youtube: I've seen that one before, but I'm talking about a Geo Storm. I see some one driving a beat-to-hell-and-back Storm around town, and keep thinking how interesting it'd be to have one in LeMons. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    10/31/09

    @underwear-ninja: There has been Geo Storms entered, or they could have been Isuzu Impulse (Basically, the same design after the Impulse went FWD) #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    10/31/09


    @underwear-ninja: Today's your lucky day. This one came in 28th. Okay, it's actually an Impulse, but as UDMan said, it's pretty much the same car. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    10/31/09

    @Rockford Brodie and the Masters of the Hooniverse: Oh jeeze how did I miss that? Thanks for pointing it out. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/01/09


    @underwear-ninja: We've had a LeMons Storm before. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    11/01/09

    @Murilee Martin: I am now a happy camper #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/01/09

    @underwear-ninja: You Storm fans should be happy that Timothy McVeigh's Storm got wrecked the week before he blew up that building- otherwise your favorite car would be forever associated with one of the worst murderers in American history. Fortunately for the Storm's rep, McVeigh replaced his with '77 Mercury Marquis. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/31/09

    In reply to The Top 123 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Fall 2009
    That is a primo Lemons sampler of junk, funk, and stunk! #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of skitter skitter
    10/31/09

    In reply to The Top 123 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Fall 2009
    Four different penalized cars lost to cars that didn't even finish the first lap.
    That's justice.
    But where was the people's curse? #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Mary Elizabeth Harris Mary Elizabeth Harris
    10/31/09

    @skitter: There wasn't a people's curse. No one sucked enough. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/31/09

    @skitter: The People demand a Curse. And I have a hungry, hungry sledgehammer. Besides, it's the only thing that will keep the rain away during the race, and ensure a good harvest. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/01/09

    @skitter: Because of the debacle at Nelson Ledges (the Curse "winner" got 9 votes out of a possible 136), we've started counting abstentions as a "no curse" vote. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    11/01/09

    @Murilee Martin: The people have spoken. Perhaps LeMons needs range voting, or some other alternative method? Of course, the sheer number of cars is likely to always split the ticket, unless someone is really asking for it. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/31/09

    In reply to The Top 123 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas Fall 2009
    Umm, I thought IoE winner was the Black Knights TR7. But good show, Mini, at least you got pipped by a countryman!

    The gallery is just full of wonderfully stupid machinery. My browser can't take the onslaught! #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    10/31/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Read again. The link to the IoE winner is the Triumph. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    10/31/09

    @LTDScott: The mention of the Mini in ellipsis immediately following confused me. I thought it deserved some clarification. I checked the link before posting, too. If you'd only looked at this post, your impression would be that the Mini had won IoE. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Silvrt01 Silvrt01
    10/25/09

    In reply to 11:00 AM Leaderboard Update: GT$500 Continues To Dominate, Others Puzzled
    The box on it said 5+ years to finish, so if they get done in under 1 hour they must be smart. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    10/25/09

    In reply to 11:00 AM Leaderboard Update: GT$500 Continues To Dominate, Others Puzzled
    In celebration of these top machines' country of origin, I have translated the first sentence of this post into Japanese and back to English over and over until equilibrium is reached!

    "After the meal, Shubingukarora team yesterday, was destroyed, the top slot, Doruserika 500 gt power consumption is refusing to allow the acquisition of the team."

    Juicy! #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/25/09

    In reply to 11:00 AM Leaderboard Update: GT$500 Continues To Dominate, Others Puzzled
    They need more kids to help with the puzzle. That is a cruel punishment, because it's such a tough environment for concentration, and knowing that each second is ticking away...

    Bravo, Murilee. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/25/09

    In reply to 11:00 AM Leaderboard Update: GT$500 Continues To Dominate, Others Puzzled
    I'm disappointed that it's not a puzzle of dogs playing cards. C'mon guys - corners, borders, then infill. Get to it!

    BTW, is that Karmann Ghia running an illegal fuel cell? What's so fascinating about it. Or is it the hinge that VW's offer for Karmann hangs on? #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Zachary Fox Zachary Fox
    10/26/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Naw, they thought we had a fuel leak, but it turned out to be brake fluid splashing out of the reservoir. Jay said he didn't mind if we lost our brakes and drove off the track, as long as we weren't going to catch on fire! #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment Zachary Fox was starred Zachary Fox was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/26/09

    @Zachary Fox: Hope you didn't need to do either! #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Zachary Fox Zachary Fox
    10/27/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Luckily no, other than fighting fuel pump issues all weekend, and running on 3 cylinders Saturday, we had a good race. Stayed on track and out of trouble. Gunning for IOE in Feb. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of Evil_Genius Evil_Genius
    10/25/09

    In reply to 11:00 AM Leaderboard Update: GT$500 Continues To Dominate, Others Puzzled
    Where is the screen shot of timing and scoring? We need to see how the IOE contenders and some of the other cars are doing #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    10/25/09

    In reply to 11:00 AM Leaderboard Update: GT$500 Continues To Dominate, Others Puzzled
    WTH is everyone doing in that last pic? Adding some sparkly stuff to the hood? #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of solracer solracer
    10/25/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09:
    It's a jigsaw puzzle of one of the 24 Hours of LeMons posters. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    Image of jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms
    10/25/09

    @FTGDWolverineEdition'09: No chucklehead. That's the puzzle. Murilee was actually being literal for once. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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    10/25/09

    @jewce is fueled by sour gummy worms: Forgive me. I've been a bit too puzzled myself and have been trying to figure out my school football team. #24hoursoflemonstexas
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