Members of the MR2 Jihad generally refer to the creature on the hood emblems of their cars as the “Screaming Eagle,” but I say it’s a stoic, tight-beaked Robot Eagle. I hadn’t paid much attention to this emblem, since it’s quite small and mounted on a car snout that sits quite close to the pavement, but then a 24 Hours of LeMons team composed of Toyota engineers created a gigantic Pontiac Trans Am-style decal version for the hood of their MR2. Robot Eagle! (Read More…)
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Tagged as 1980s, 24 Hours Of LeMons, decals, MR2, screaming chicken, Toyota, Toyota MR2
Tagged as 1980s, 24 Hours Of LeMons, decals, MR2, screaming chicken, Toyota, Toyota MR2
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