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  • FX32 Lemons Build: It Lives!

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    That’s right folks, the dual drivetrained, half MR2, half FX Lemons insanity is up and running.  There were a few bugs that needed sorting out with the transmission and fuel delivery systems, but once it ran right, it ran right!  This post is mostly pictures – about 9,000 words worth.  Click past the break to…

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  • FX32 Lemons Build Update: Only Two Weeks Left

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    March 22 is coming at us like a freight train, and the new Lemons car needs a lot more work before it is ready for the track.  That said, a ton of work has already been done.  So far, the guys over at the asylum known as Volatile Ram/Stick Figure Racing have cut two cars…

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  • Adorable 1949 Mercury Is Adorable

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    There are people out there who build hot rods, and then there are people who build hot rods.  Ernie Adams is one of those people who builds hot rods.  This Mercury looks like an ordinary hot rod until you realize that it’s miniature.  It’s actually an 11/16th scale replica of the original…and it’s brilliant. Click…

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  • FX32 Lemons Build Update

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    The guys at Stick Figure/Volitile Ram Racing continue to amaze.  They have the (Mr.) FX32 right on schedule to make it to Sonoma in March.  For anyone who isn’t familiar with this project, it boils down to this:  Weld the back half of an MR2 to the front half of an FX16 to make a…

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  • (MR.) FX32 Lemons Build Update

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    Previously called Mr. FX, the name is changing to FX32.  Whatever the name, the car is coming along nicely.  Click through for several pictures of the madness.

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  • 1970 Plymouth Products: Through The Eyes Of A Returning Soldier

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    Gary had served two tours in Vietnam during the late 1960s.  He was a crew chief and a door gunner in a helicopter unit for his entire stint in the war.  Truly harrowing and heroic stuff.  For those three years, he saved his military pay, hazard pay, and combat pay.  Then, a few months prior to…

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  • MR FX: Dual Drivetrain Lemons Build Update

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    When last we left our group of idiotic racing enthusiasts, they had just taken a dull sawzall blade to a rusty MR2… It’s at this point of a project that many ambitious and enterprising folks take a step back, assess the situation, and realize they this thing will never run and that they were morons…

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  • Wagon Wednesday: Safari Gold Datsun 510

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    Some of you may have seen this 510 listed for sale about a month ago.  Well, the buyer was unable to follow through with the purchase.  (For the record, he was not a typical deadbeat bidder; he just came across some unforeseen circumstances.)  So, it’s up for sale again and the reserve is already met. …

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  • Teaser: The MR4…Or FXR2…

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    [image: naption.com] The guys over at Stick Figure Racing built one of the coolest Lemons cars of all time –  The MRolla, which is the back half of a Toyota MR2 and the front half of a Toyota Corolla.  It’s mid-engined, it’s front engined, it’s rear wheel drive, it’s front wheel drive, it’s an automatic…

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  • In-Car Lemons Highlights: Thunderhill 2012

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    What’s better than more posts about the 24 Hours of Lemons?  More posts featuring me, that’s what.  After the break, you’ll find what amounts to a highlight video from my (first-ever) stint in a Lemons car.  The car?  Why, the 2011 HCOTY, the Killer ZomBee, of course.  Don’t click though if you don’t like self-indulgence.

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