Of all the cars at the ‘Shine Country Classic, none inspired more speculation than the ’75 LTD of the Tunachuckers and ’79 W116 of NSF Racing. So many questions! Would either car be ready for the green flag on Saturday morning? Which one would be quicker around a road course? Could an ungodly complicated Teutonic flagship even make one lap on a race track after 32 years and a 99.97% value depreciation? Could Grandma’s long-abandoned big Ford roar into life and survive on the race track with little more than a cage installation and a hasty tune-up? Each team had joined the elite of LeMons veterans, with one Index of Effluency win apiece, so expectations of horrible failure were high. (Read More…)
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Tagged as 1970s, 1975, 1975 Ford LTD, 1979, 1979 Mercedes-Benz 450SEL, 24 Hours Of LeMons, 24 Hours of LeMons South, 24 Hours of LeMons South Spring, Don't Try This At Home, Ford, Ford LTD, Malaise Era, Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz 450SEL, Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9, Mercedes-Benz W116, Racing, South Carolina, W116
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