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  • 1962 Ranchero Makes a Predictable Entrance to the Hooniverse Fleet

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    Please welcome my new 1962 Ford Ranchero to the fleet! The image you see above marks the fourth vehicle that’s been towed to my driveway in the last four years. This fine example of the Falcon platform’s versatility sports a 170ci straight six, a three-on-the-tree and…not much else. Power nothing, non-functional window rollers, rusted-out floors…

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  • Car 322 CRX: Currently the Worst Team at LeMons

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    [ED: While working the penalty Box at LeMons, Team Sunday Funday managed to rack up enough infractions to incur the wrath of the Hooniverse Slave Labor Penalty, writing this post] “THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!” It was a drunken New Year’s Eve that spawned our horrible decision. 1 a.m. talk of Canon Ball Run, rental car…

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  • Hooniverse Slave Labor Penalty: The GM Banned Words List

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    [Ed: Back in 2008, “Old GM” employees were instructed to keep their commentary when filing reports on vehicles to purely matter-of-fact technical terms and avoid terms with emotional connotations. “New GM” says they’ve changed their ways. Proprietor of Evil Genius Racing, LeMons tech and safety boss guy and generally kickass fellow John Pagel thought it would make…

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  • Tiny Car Tuesday: Metropolitan Deserves a Fate Better than The Crusher's Appetizer

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    While Suburbans, Travelalls, Wagoneers and malaise-era wagons doom themselves with high scrap values from their size, this Metropolitan ought to do the opposite with its diminutiveness. Still, today’s craigslist find has the feeling of a last-chance sale, so don’t think it won’t go to the yard. We’ve got the craigslist staples: “Ran when parked”, “selling for…

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  • Car 300 Loves Coming into the Penalty Box, here's their Story

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    For a Lemons team like ours, it’s not hard to see the obvious benefits of having a garage space next to the penalty box. Unfortunately, our presence  here is no longer welcome by our esteemed race safety officials, AKA the Greatest Racing Judges Assembled in the History of Motorsports. Why are we here, typing on…

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  • Car 300 Loves Coming into the Penalty Box, here's their Story

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    For a Lemons team like ours, it’s not hard to see the obvious benefits of having a garage space next to the penalty box. Unfortunately, our presence  here is no longer welcome by our esteemed race safety officials, AKA the Greatest Racing Judges Assembled in the History of Motorsports. Why are we here, typing on…

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  • Car 322 CRX: Currently the Worst Team at LeMons

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    [ED: While working the penalty Box at LeMons, Team Sunday Funday managed to rack up enough infractions to incur the wrath of the Hooniverse Slave Labor Penalty, writing this post] “THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!” It was a drunken New Year’s Eve that spawned our horrible decision. 1 a.m. talk of Canon Ball Run, rental car…

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  • White LeMon: Datsun 280ZX by Nissan

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    Few cars epitomize the late-70s and early-80s like the Datsun 280ZX “by Nissan”. We’ve got Japanese cars coming into their own as high-end machines, but still incapable of a cohesive branding scheme. (See also: Toyota’s Tercel Corolla.) This unit’s L28 has Bosch L-Jetronic fuel injection with turbocharging right around the corner. I’ll confess that most…

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  • Introducing the 1926 Willys Knight LeMons Racer Project, or: What the Hell Have We Gotten Ourselves Into?

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    There were hints and even leaks, but here it is in all its…umm…glory: the 1926 Willys Knight future 24 Hours of LeMons racer project. Originally a four door powered by the Knight sleeve valve engine, it’s been shorted down to a two door and graced with a 4-linked axle from a Camaro. It’s also got…

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  • The UberBird Flies the Coop!

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    Yup, after almost exactly two years at Chez Mad_Science, the UberBird’s relocating to new base of operations in San Diego. Before you get all “awwww” on me, trust me: this is a good move. Like I said earlier, I’ve got enough on my plate these days, so former roommates and gearheads extraordinaire Graham and Aaron…

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