The 24 Hours of LeMons has been coming to MSR Houston since 2008, and it has become one of the toughest, most competitive tracks in the series. Out of the 80 or so cars at the third annual Gator-O-Rama inspections today, at least four are former winners and another half-dozen have multiple top-three finishes.
TTAC’s own Sajeev Mehta served as a judge on the LeMons Supreme Court bench and helped us bust numerous cheaty Miatas and Fox Fords. Here we see him wearing a costume celebrating his Indian heritage, a gift from the very culturally sensitive Brian of the Property Devaluation Fairmont wagon team.
The bunny-themed VW Type 3 has an all-woman driver lineup and at least 150 pounds of stuffed animals on the car. Like the Property Devaluation car, this is a former Index of Effluency winner.
The always-in-contention Cajun Coonasses have switched their Saturn SC from a Speed Racer theme to a Rolling Stones “Beast of Burden” theme. We’re all wondering how long those lips will survive on the track.
Looks like Keith needs to get his blood changed again!
The Lambo-doored E30 was a hit with the crowd.
Here’s tomorrow’s pace car! Don’t worry, it’s not racing.
I’m too beat to write much more, so here’s the traditional BS inspection timelapse video. Check in tomorrow for race updates!
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Nice headgear Sajeev! I can’t believe some of those rides only cost $500. Strange math.
Every car has a $500 story, some are less believable than others.
Love the Edsel. It’s too nice to abuse in something like this, though. I love the Zephyr station wagon, what’s in it? And, is that the SHO powered Mustang Sajeev had on the site a while back?
The same one. Bugs are still being worked out on it, in true LeMons fashion. But that car absolutely rules.
Agreed, the Edsel is too nice for this kind of punishment.
Too nice for the “punishment” of driving three 35MPH laps as the pace car?
Love that extremely pornographic shot of the Edsel’s famous “horse collar grille” that has also been compared to a certain part of the female anatomy.
to paraphrase Freud. Sometimes a grill is just a grill
And should that vehicle with “horse collar grille” have a head on collision with <name your favorite sports car… how about the Ferrari FF?>, what happens? Do you get a Mini Cooper? Har har.
Love the shot of Sajeev! Love the bunny car! Love the Edsel!!! Edsels rock! Murilee, is that a Pacer???
Anyone who wants an Edsel shirt–short or long sleeve, with a beautiful Edsel covering the chest, just go to my website, motorlegends.com. That’s me on the home page with the big ’58 on my chest.
This article…may I ask…WHY?
Why? Because it is better than yet another debate of if the plasitic interior of my X is better than the plastic interior of your Y. Bring on the junk cars!
That’s it! I knew someone would tell me! Agreed 100%! Yeah, it looks like an awful lot of fun, too. I guess my first reaction was due to my not being in a position to do that sort of thing antmore – too much else going on, plus, my friend whom I diddle around with cars on lives in Missouri and we only get together to kitbash once a year. Boy, do I miss the days when I did a lot of that stuff!