@Murilee Martin: Nah, that's been done. I'm thinking something rarer, with even more unobtanium parts. Anyone have an old aircraft radial engine laying around?
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@RadioFlyerPartDeux: Absolutely correct, sir. My sanity is now in question. And yet, for some reason, I can't wait to find some even more random, obscure, infuriating, unlikely motor to swap in!
Nice article, Murilee! Thanks!
@Schaefft: Why? Because it didn't get shredded 4 years ago and sent to China? This car is gonna win overall soon. If we hadn't had an unfortunate welding-related fire Friday night, it might have been this race! I ran it on the local dirt track before LeMonizing it, but now it's destined for greatness, and it just…
I love those guys. They are like my team, they never give up either. Way to go, guys!
Hmm. How hard is it gonna be to find a 1972 Bizzarrini Manta?
@Maxx Cracker — sponsored by Peniston Oils: Yes, I'm the captain and car owner/builder. Thanks for the compliment! You NEED to get involved in LeMons—-it's the most fun you can have with your clothes on, and the most fun you can have legally!
The Thunderbird's big-block 390 V8 ran like a champ once we tuned it up, but the car handled like, well, an old car that needed the suspension rebuilt. Our Delco Pleasure-matic shocks were probably 40 years old, and the rear leaf springs sagged badly, probably because of the weight of the shed that had fallen on the…
@Maxx Cracker — sponsored by Peniston Oils: You just did. Thanks!
Murilee, you DA MAN! Thanks for the write-up. Loved the LeMons-O-Matic bit!
I was a little faster than that Camaro on track in my Lincoln, but not much. As LeMons/Chumpcar Camaros go, it was pretty stout, and well-driven. We beat Tony and his crew, though, and finished fifth. I'd love to race him again in such a venue, and maybe do a little driver-swapping to see if he's faster in my car, or…
@Serajadeyn: Pound? Try over a gallon on each side! Some of it fell off on the way home in the trailer. Oh well. Lasted long enough for our purposes.
@Cooluser23: My '63 Thunderbird was $300, and we think it was the best-looking LeMons car ever! Sure, it was all Bondo and patch panels, and some of the Bondo fell off on the way home, but still...
@LostAmerica: Thanks!!!!
My hand-painted whitewalls and International Harvester tractor paint ($33/gallon) looks DAMN good from 200 yards, doesn't it? And while the only local place with wire wheel hubcaps (cheapie plastic fakes) charged me $20 each for them, I still say they MADE the look. I just used chrome paint on the steel 15" wheels I…
@OrangeBoss9: Right you were on all counts. If you ever need a welded-up CruiseOMatic locked in Drive, I have one that still sort've works. ;)
@buzz killington, uplift mofo party planner: Thanks. You Schumacher guys are okay yourself. You missed a good time at VIR. With you two, we'd have finished in the money, instead of 5th.
@Comrade Teargaskov: Thanks. I'm still trying to figure out how I was seeing flames through the FIREwall, but I was out of the car in 3 seconds, extinguisher in hand, and the car will be rebuilt and race again.