<![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @Mark Miller, tenbeers:


I just wanted to tell you good luck...

A Merkur for under 500? Wow, that is...actually, pretty reasonable. Clearly the West Coast is home to far more interesting machinery than us New Englanders.

bzr

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @hootjigga: I hope Murilee isn't getting the fish.

I'll save everyone else the trouble: [larry.teamoverkill.com]

Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Also, click it to view the YT page, and hit "View in high quality", makes thing purtier

TexanIdiot25 could use some of that bail out money

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @Starlton Heston, Gushing post-mother: @Novaload: Yes sir's!

TexanIdiot25 could use some of that bail out money

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @TexanIdiot25: You made that yourself? You rock!

NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @TexanIdiot25: BRILLIANT!!

om Bronx de Mowgli

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @Strega07:

+ Watch video

Amen.

TexanIdiot25 could use some of that bail out money

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Reluctantly crouched at the starting line...
Engines pumping and thumping in time.
The green light flashes, the flags go up.
Churning and burning they yearn for the cup.
They deftly manuver and muscle for rank,
Fuel burning fast on an empty tank.
Reckless and wild they pour through the turns.
Their prowess is potent and secretly stern.
As they speed through the finish the flags go down.
The fans get up and they get out of town.
The arena is empty except for one man,
Still driving and striving as fast as he can.

Strega07

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @DoctorNine: Told ya, they're everywhere.

FuzzyPlushroom

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @FuzzyPlushroom: Well shit.. now DFW too.

DoctorNine makes tires squeal in terror

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @DoctorNine: [flemcomics.com]

FuzzyPlushroom

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @tenbeers: Yes, they're flying on instruments, also.
[upload.wikimedia.org]

hootjigga

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> hmm, I might have to find a cheap cherokee to run in toledo...

nsjames

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> I have been in contact with the Aliens under Denver International, and they inform me that your chances of winning are slightly better than 10:1. Still, I never trust their judgement after one or two cocktails of High Test, despite their telepathic abilities.

Ge dem ett helvete, pojkar!

DoctorNine makes tires squeal in terror

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @tenbeers: Comment of the Year

Morphine

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> I just wanted to tell you good luck, we're all counting on you.

;-) @tenbeers

Mark Miller

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @ViergangFuchs: Actually, crew chief is Hellhammer.

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Tell them they need to head to the Midwest, there is plenty of guys who wish it was around.

Best of luck and keep the rubber side down!

lilwillie

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Shouldn't they all be painted that "special" paint that everyone loves?

Bee1

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @ViergangFuchs: When push comes to shove, which means 10+ times per lap at LeMons, think two-faced, type A, titillatingly treacherous, Valerie Malone, 90210-era, T-AT.

Actually, from all accounts, the real thing is pretty inspiring, too. Any woman who'd actually name her production company "Tit 4 Tat" scores pretty high on the Black Metal scale.

Some parting words from your chosen (Altamont) Speedway Junky to send you off - winners never lose and losers never win. Gødspeed, Necrobutcher, Blöödwrënch & Count Chocunakh.

The Kid

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]>

OK I see Gulf livery. Now we need JPS, Marlboro and of course Martini Racing.

[farm2.static.flickr.com]
[www.comparestoreprices.co.uk]
[www.blogmotori.com]

Oh! And Jagermeister too!

[i21.photobucket.com]

OG_

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> I'll see you jackhats in the morning. And yeah, I'll be wearing orange.

[bp3.blogger.com]

Davey G.

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @Bumblebee: No...

Not all its glory.

Let's put it this way -- we didn't leave the V8olvo at the track.

Though you sucks are going to have to wait about 8 more hours... and then you'll see some friggin' glory.

Trust me.

Jonny Lieberman

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Good luck. I've enjoyed following the progress of the car. I'd love to participate in a LeMons event, I wonder where the closest one to Minneapolis is? Have fun guys, I look forward to reading the reports from Altamont.

newport413

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> bon chance! may the pride of Alameda do our fair internet-constituency proud. i will put on a cassette of Manowar and think about you guys this weekend.

akier

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Think I can talk Mrs. PatFromGundo into giving me a weekend furlough to buzz up there to cheer you on? If I leave right now...

@danio3834: For you, I'm thinking 454 Cimarron.

PatFromGundo

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> blast them fools!

tenbeers

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> I believe I will have the honor of being the first h00n to drive the V8olvo in anger tomorrow afternoon, and I hereby pre-dedicate the blood of my first avoidable contact victim to:

* the men and women cheering us on via Jalopnik;

* the fine assortment of mechanics, led by "Mr. Bloodwrench", who have prepared this vehicle;

* Tiffani-Amber Thiessen.

Thank you for your time.

Jack Baruth
aka
ViergangFuchs
aka
Count Chocunakch

ViergangFuchs

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Good luck TRVE KVLT BLACK METAL RACE DRIVER WARRIORS!

I'll be following along as updates are posted...

pitchpitch Type-Я

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @Murilee Martin: You mean you'll be touching up your makeup, you saucy minx.

Lettuce no what sort of oddball entries show up. I've been trolling Craigslist for potential LeMons cars and am always curious to see what shows up.

Anyone want to start a pool on the number of Fox-based vehicles that show up? Would not a 302 -T5 equipped Fairmont be an ideal LeMon?

I'm betting at least 4 Foxes show up.

Bret

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Hey, so there's the finished V8olvo in all its glory! I can't wait to see more of it, with the hood down and screaming by on the track.

Bumblebee

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Good luck guys! I'll try to follow your progress as much as I can.

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @CeRuLeaNBLu: The number of posts I manage to get out tomorrow might be small, since I'll be, like, driving and applying duct tape and stuff (plus the wireless internet at the track is a bit funky). But will post a wrap-up in the evening if nothing else.

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant: Damn Firefox spellcheck doesn't work inside HTML tags.

We like the Make guys and are rooting for them to finish (though we sure wish they'd found a manual-trans-equipped Escort- I'm not optimistic about that FWD slushbox setup).

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @TexanIdiot25: We have in-car video, including a much-admired GrilleCam.

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @junkman: Well, of course YOU do...

I look forward to seeing the Black Metal V8olvo 284 in person tomorrow. Should I bring beer? What kind? Are you going to beat the crap out of that Make Magazine Escort?

By the way, I was going to call you out on a typo in the article, but I think "safey equipment" is more in the LeMons spirit than "safety equipment." You know, you've got a roll bar and harnesses and all that safe-ey stuff...

Armand Bengle

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> I'd love to use any of those LeMons cars as a daily driver, really.

FuzzyPlushroom

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> @danio3834: I know where there's a race-prepped Volvo just waiting for the right Jalopnik commenters to attack Toledo...

junkman

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> I was walking through the city today and I saw quite a few old Volvo's, each time triggering a fit of jealousy. Good luck guys! Keep the rubber side down!

facingtraffic

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> So what did tech think of the radiator-through-hood mod?

Or the fuel-filler-through-trunk mod?

something_unique_and_descriptive

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> I hope I'll be there to cheer you bastards on in person, but I might as well send my internet-ular blessings anyway. So in my best Gotherburg accent: Lycka Till!

anaxomander

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Hey, a Merkur wouldn't be a bad race car; it's certainly cheap enough to get under the line, has rear drive, a good chassis...I expect its
Achilles heel is its turbo. (The US ones had a turbo'd Pinto engine, right?)

Olyoop

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> In car video is a must!

TexanIdiot25 could use some of that bail out money

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Those fins give #32 a real Heckflosse look--tho' it's hard to imagine putting all that bondo effort into something that's going to get beat to hell by the third turn.

anaxomander

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Good luck!

I'm kinda at odds about what vehicle to choose for LeMons Toledo, or whether Ill have time to make it at all.

Maybe there's a Jalopnik poll in order...

danio3834

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Make us proud or I'm gonna start reading the Winding Road blog instead.

tяs

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> I'm looking forward to your race report(s), it will be interesting to see how all of the V8olvo mods work out.

Schweppes - Now with more beard

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Good luck, all, and remember to put those giant, malaise-era bumpers to good use!

I know intentional contact is frowned upon, but hey, it's gonna happen....

If only SpeedTV would televise LeMons on instead of reruns of Barett-Jackoff, I mean Jackson... I mean, they'd be able to sell tons of commercial time to JB Weld, Bard's Stop-Leak, any duct tape manufacturer...

Kelly

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]>

I just wanted to tell you good luck, we're all counting on you.

tenbeers

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> You gotta' love the fins and Gotti race tires on the 244!

junkman

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Wow, I finally worked my way to the top of the post--and what a treat there is here.

Gentlemen, start your internetz for the weekend!

NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Keep the posts coming guys and do us proud!

CeRuLeaNBLu

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Thanks Murilee for giving us this delightful window into the Altamont event through Jalopnik... your posts have made me feel as involved as if I were part of the crew, in spite of the fact that I am not even qualified to fetch you your beers of choice. This is so much better than any televised motorsport I have followed before. Win, lose, or draw, may you all have a fabulously fun and memorable weekend. Rock on, team V8olvo...!

Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Oh yah, what's up with the sock suspenders and pyth helmet dude?

prndl

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> Yeah, best of luck. Though I do like those fins on the back of that 32.

prndl

]]> <![CDATA[24 Hours of LeMons Early Birds Get Set Up At Altamont]]> So, they didn't dink the BMV8LVo about money issues? I know those guys scraped everything they could . . .

Morphine

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