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  • Honda’s California City Test Track For Sale, Commence Scheming!

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    Ohmanohmanohmanohmanohmanohman this is big. Certainly literally the physically largest and likely the most expensive thing we’ve ever featured, at least until the whole state of Rhode Island comes up for sale. Located just north of the failed master planned community and Hooniverse playground, California City, is Honda’s  huge vehicle testing facility. The property features a…

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  • Team Police Brutality T-Bird Hits Craigslist, Dubious Value Propositions Ensue

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    The ’63 Ford Thunderbird wasn’t exactly known for its deftness as a sporting car. Boulevardier is the best term we’ve heard for it. Of course, some number of decades in a shed (that then collapsed) can change a car’s character. In the case of this T-Bird, it’s become a track monster with a reputation for…

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  • God Help Me…

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    I’m a lucky man. I’m lucky to have a great little family (Junior’s 6 months as of yesterday!) and the opportunities to play the way I do. But most of all, I’m lucky this car’s in the opposite corner of the country. If it weren’t I’d be picking it up on my way home from…

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  • At Least Four People Will Want to Kill Me if I Buy this Car

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    In case you didn’t catch the updates from last weekend, the Uberbird needs a new motor. Funny thing about the BMW M30, the motors tend to outlast and out-value the cars they’re stuck in. Thus, buying a running but beat-to-Hell 5-, 6-, or 7-series can be cheaper than just buying a used motor. This is…

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  • I'm your ice cream man, stop me when I'm passing by…

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    Ok, so what we have here is a retired, righthand drive Postal Jeep (which could be a great LeMons theme by itself) but here in the Great Northwest, these typically end up as repurposed, earworm-spawning, change collecting machines of mass-parent-irritation.

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  • This Celica AllTrac Will Go to The Crusher if You Fail to Act!

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    We’ve been told by more than one reputable source that the Turbo Celica AllTrac isn’t the most reliable car out there. Shocking to think that a late-80s Toyota with a rare drivetrain and turbocharged 190hp motor wasn’t fully optimized for longevity. Regardless, it’s a rare bird and an example of the kind of awesome risks…

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  • One-Up The UberBird with this Stick-shift 735i

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    Never has a car so begged for LeMonization. Sure, the extra size might put you at a little disadvantage over the more nimble e30s and Sentras on track, but we need to remember: this is an endurance race; driver comfort is paramount. When it comes to comfort, nothing delivers like a 7-series. Just look at…

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  • $600 1965 T-Bird: LeMons or What?

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    The problem with searching for LeMons cars is that it’s too easy to come across potential daily drivers. For instance, we’ve got the 65 T-Bird sporting a 300ish HP 390ci, but with a blown transmission. The good news is, usable C6s are like $9, and rebuild kits go for half of that. 390s are easily…

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  • You Have No Excuse: Toyota Celica Alltrac for $3500

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    The Celica Alltrac was one of Toyota’s last grasps at awesome as the 80s came to a close. After that, it was all champagne front-drivers and reliability. Humbug! The seller’s managed to write an ad that may have the highest insight/dollar of any Craigslist ad we’ve ever seen. The spelling, capitalization and grammar are all…

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  • Get your Corvairs in Pairs

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    Two ’62s, in fact. It’s the classic “make one out of two” scheme: the 150hp turbo car has a lousy interior, and the brown one with the pretty blue interior has a shot motor. All you need to do is swap the motor to the brown one. Of course…the orangred is a much better color…

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