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  • Craigslist: Lancia Flaminia stokes my flamed-out fire

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    Lancia is one of those brands that will always be welcome in my heart, even if the car in question is a rusted heap formerly known as a Beta. While perusing Craigslist (like the lunatic that I am), I came across this poor Flaminia. Pre-Stratos, the Lancia that comes to mind for most is the…

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  • Fastback Friday: 1968 Ford Mustang is a turbocharged monster in the making

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    Fairly recently I was up in Los Angeles for the launch party of the new West Coast location of Gotham Dream Cars. While there I met a young chap named Jason Connor. Mr. Connor is what you might call a motoring enthusiast, like the rest of us here in the Hooniverse, and he started telling…

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  • FX32 Lemons Build Update: Only Two Weeks Left

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    March 22 is coming at us like a freight train, and the new Lemons car needs a lot more work before it is ready for the track.  That said, a ton of work has already been done.  So far, the guys over at the asylum known as Volatile Ram/Stick Figure Racing have cut two cars…

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  • Adorable 1949 Mercury Is Adorable

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    There are people out there who build hot rods, and then there are people who build hot rods.  Ernie Adams is one of those people who builds hot rods.  This Mercury looks like an ordinary hot rod until you realize that it’s miniature.  It’s actually an 11/16th scale replica of the original…and it’s brilliant. Click…

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  • FX32 Lemons Build Update

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    The guys at Stick Figure/Volitile Ram Racing continue to amaze.  They have the (Mr.) FX32 right on schedule to make it to Sonoma in March.  For anyone who isn’t familiar with this project, it boils down to this:  Weld the back half of an MR2 to the front half of an FX16 to make a…

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  • The Dilapidated Duo: Northeast Snowpocalypse Edition

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    What do you do when the headlights on your Bentley Turbo fog up and then short out? Replace them? Pfff, not worth it, not for what the dealer charges per hour. Makes more sense to just upgrade to a newer car. But what do you do with the old one, trade it in or sell…

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  • MR FX: Dual Drivetrain Lemons Build Update

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    When last we left our group of idiotic racing enthusiasts, they had just taken a dull sawzall blade to a rusty MR2… It’s at this point of a project that many ambitious and enterprising folks take a step back, assess the situation, and realize they this thing will never run and that they were morons…

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  • Teaser: The MR4…Or FXR2…

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    [image: naption.com] The guys over at Stick Figure Racing built one of the coolest Lemons cars of all time –  The MRolla, which is the back half of a Toyota MR2 and the front half of a Toyota Corolla.  It’s mid-engined, it’s front engined, it’s rear wheel drive, it’s front wheel drive, it’s an automatic…

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  • Weekend Edition – A 1990 Saab 900 SPG Project Car on Craigslist – Another 24-Hours-of-Lemons Candidate?

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    Here is another Craigslist Quick Hit, this time featuring a rare Saab 900 SPG that has seen better days. We owe a Hat-Tip to Alex (Thanks Man!) for bringing it to our attention. So, would you be brave enough to tackle this particular project?

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  • Weekend Edition – 1980 Datsun 280-ZX on Craigslist… Tempting 2+2 or Not?

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    Welcome to another Craigslist Quick Hit. This time we received this tip from Marcal (Thanks Man!) and it is a Nissan S130 2+2 with some engine problems. So, would you tackle this, or just pass?

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