Racing a 1950 Dodge Truck Was the Easy Part
When people build a race car, they usually start off with a car. Not a rusty, wrecked heap of bolts that’s roughly in…
This Janky BMW E36 Camper Van Race Car Is The 24 Hours Of Lemons In A Nutshell
Get a rolling BMW E36 shell for $200, add the V8 from a Chevrolet Suburban and cobble together parts you can’t afford…
This Crusty Fiero-Based Ferrari F40 Replica Is A Race Car And That's Probably For The Best
Pontiac Fiero-based replica cars talk a lot of visual smack with their racy bodywork, but rarely back it up.…
HooptieCon Is Finally Proof You Can Have A ComicCon For Cars
For years, I’ve been telling anyone who will listen that there really ought to be an annual automotive convention in…
This Lifted Corvette Became A BMW-Powered Race Car For Way Cheaper Than You Think
“What in the hell?” That was 24 Hours of Lemons race organizer and ex-Corvette Magazine writer Nick Pon’s reaction…
This Team Racing Daytona Started In The 24 Hours Of Lemons
Many of us who race in cheap-car amateur endurance series have wild fantasies of running like the pro teams we watch at…
This Is What Happened To A Honda Prelude Engine Flooded In Hurricane Harvey
The acres of flooded cars for sale after a major hurricane can be temptingly cheap, but as the POS Racing team is…
No One Expected Snow On These Tracks But Racers Are Running Them Anyway
No words in the English language suck more in racing than “event cancelled.” It’s even worse if you’ve gone all the way…
My Stupid Volkswagen Annihilated My Clothes And I Hate Everything
There are few things I loathe more than shopping for clothes. Maybe dental work and gynecological exams, but that’s it.…
Here's What Happened Inside My Badly Overheating Volkswagen 411
Fortunately, it looks as though the engine in my Lemons-racing Volkswagen 411 wasn’t damaged as badly as we may have…
I Slept In A Volkswagen Atlas And It Was Better Than Most Tents
Old Volkswagens are known as excellent camping vehicles. Westfalias! Type 2s! Fear not, for Volkswagen finally made…
Everything Wrong With My Free Race Car
I am now the proud owner of a free, rare air-cooled Volkswagen race car, and I may or may not be completely over my…
I Now Know What Winning Tastes Like Because I Drank Out Of My Shoe
Running 104 laps in an almost bone stock 1971 Volkswagen 411 earned us the 24 Hours of Lemons’ highest award: the Index…
I'm Racing A Volkswagen 411 And Towing It Home In The Ultimate Act Of Vehicular Masochism
Back in Ye Olde Days of Jalopnicke, editor Murilee Martin—bless our Saucy Minx—had a feature called Down On The Street.…
Awful Homeowners' Association Hassles Man's Street Legal Upside-Down Camaro
We can’t say we’re big fans of homeowners’ associations around here, as they tend to be garbage busybodies who insert…
Lemons Legend Speedycop's Amphibious Racecar-Helicopter Burns Down
The wildly creative and prolific builder of bonkers racecars for the 24 Hours of Lemons races, Speedycop, had a bit of…
This Sideways Microbus Out Road Racing Will Reinvigorate Your Entire Being
Race cars are great. Quirky race cars, whether that be by accident or on purpose, are even better. Just look at this…
LeMons Bonkers Car-Building Legend Speedycop Will Race A Sideways Microbus
The 24 Hours of LeMons shitbox racing series is, arguably, one of the three pillars of modern society, along with the…
McLaren's Catastrophic Formula One Car Is Nearing 24 Hours Of Lemons Bad
It sounds odd that Jenson Button will not drive McLaren’s Formula One car before he fills in for Fernando Alonso at the…
This Is The Best Quick, Cheap Fix To Bad In-Car Video Sound Yet
Onboard cameras are all but ubiquitous in race cars now, yet the audio that comes from them often isn’t so great. You…