By Jonny Lieberman
April 8, 2008 - 3,989 views
As the 24 Hours of LeMons May 10 race date draws closer, my teammates in Northern California continue to clang, weld and bleed all over our Volvo 244 with a Ford V8 stuffed into the bay. Despite the audacity of our entry, we're quite fortunate to have two "veteran" hotrod builders on staff, Wayne and Dave. You know what they say, old guys rule. According to reports from the garage, these two can fabricate, fix or bend anything to their will. Amazingly, Wayne made the Volvo's throttle components work with our Holley carb. Awesome. Other progress notes of note include a completed fuel filler system Sawzalled right through the trunk lid using the factory Volvo cap, a hood scoop (adds several hundred horsepower, no doubt), the majority of the wiring plus the gauges and the brakes are (mostly) assembled. Now all that's left is a series of Herculean tasks that will keep their knuckles bloody red and their dreams filled with terror right up until race day. Pray for Black Metal.
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April 8th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
I’m guessing this runs on E85 and is towed to the race by a Prius in order to pacify TTAC regulars that believe no one needs a truck/SUV.
April 8th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Mj0lnir:
Actually I think most TTAC regulars really like when trucks are used as trucks. I know I do.
I did however just haul a 52″ lcd tv in the back of my VW GTI. But that was only because my Expedition was in the shop.
April 8th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I guess you missed the part where most of the TTAC readers are against E85.
I say drive the car to the track. If it’s not street legal then there’s half the fun getting there. *evil grin*
April 8th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
MjOlinr: I’ll second Justin’s comment. We loves our “real” trucks at TTAC:
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/auto-biography-26-theres-a-future-in-your-ford/
April 8th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I surrender.
I posted that after reading the comments below the “SUV” question of the day.
More than one person gave a flat “no”, despite the fact that a generalization that broad is almost guaranteed to be wrong.
I apologize for casting unwarranted aspersions.
April 8th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
We’re thinking a Volvo C303 would do nicely. Preferably the 6×6 hard top.
http://www.real4×4.com/Volvo303.shtml
We’re calling ours the “UniHorgh.”
April 9th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
quoting from Chuck Berry:
Go, go, go jonny go go
go johnny go go
go johnny go go
go johnny go go
johnny be good
July 17th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
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