It’s been my experience with electrical things that if they’re going to break it will be in the first few hours of operation. Unless it’s electrolytic caps. Those fuckers wait till the warranty is expired.

Welp, take the post down guys, it’s not that funny.

Holy crap, I just spotted the Cadillac taillight there above um, the muffler? Awesome touch!

Me too.

Interesting. You still failed. The correct answer was Lancia Stratos. The answer is always Lancia Stratos.

With the Star Trek conversion kit, you'll be banging green chicks in no time!

Desert racing is more Jalop than most people realize. Love these stories. Thanks for sharing. I grew up watching races in Baja, and will always love the personalities involved with this type of motorsport.

SHOTGUN!

I need a Class 11 Beetle at some point. NEED!

~ you had me at Raoul Duke !!!!!!!!

It wasn't all bad being stranded out there in the desert. Having food would have been ideal, but we managed to get a nice campfire going and had the company of a couple other stranded teams to help pass the time.

"A couple hundred yards down the course we caught the truck again, stalled behind another buggy stuck in the silt."

We worked Road Crossing #2 at the Mint this year. Always excited to see a Class 11 go by.

Taking into account the car you were driving, and the obvious danger of the sport...

Class 11 is great, but let's not get crazy.

Class 11, real men! #VintageVW

Love it! You crazy Class 11 bunch...sounds like (mostly) a good time. Shame about the transaxle though...

Pictured: A worse beater than an International Harvester, as voted by you lot.

I'm very disappointed that this process doesn't involve fossilized mosquitoes, the only real way to make a raptor.

Stage Pace Notes (Revised for Mk2 Ford Escort RS1800):