LeMons Update: Black Metal V8olvo Wows 'Em at the Car Show
Well friends, tomorrow is the big race (my birthday as it turns out). Yesterday, Speed:Sport:Life's own Jack Baruth and I assisted our lead mechanic Dave (aka Hellhammer) put the final touches on the V8olvo. And I'm proud to report, she's beautiful. So beautiful in fact that we simply had to take it down to an every-other-Thursday type car show to let the vintage domestic aficionados know what some seriously grim and frostbitten Gothenburg steel looks like. Surprisingly, they loved it. Actually, it's not so surprising. I mean, what's not to love about a 1984 Volvo 244 stuffed with a Ford 302 and a five-speed? Plus a radiator from a 560SEL. Springs and sway bar from Thunderbird. Oh, and fans. Lots and lots of fans. We figured we might as well show our LeMons racer off to the public before it gets t-boned by a Corrado and appears less, um, shapely. Sigh. Wish us luck, we're going to need it. Or not (evil laughter goes here). Check back here Saturday and Sunday for updates on the LeMony action!
Cleanup driver for Team Black Metal V8olvo.
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Go get 'em Snidely Whiplash, I mean, Lieberman.
Or the ad for the last gen Impala SS: "Lord Vader, your car is ready." Whoda thunk that spying a Volvo in your rear-view would send a chill up your spine? ;-)
http://jalopnik.com/389296/tragic-death-reported-at-altamont-24-hours-of-lemons-race ????????
Andy D : I've pinged Mr. Lieberman about this. His report should be online soon.