Have you heard of the 24 Hours of Lemons? No, not LeMans, the city in France, lemons, the citrus fruit, or in the vernacular, horrible cars that can’t be fixed and nobody wants. Years ago an automotive magazine writer with a sense of humor created a race for cars that don’t belong on a racetrack, […]
Yesterday was the day to take apart the blown 200 straight six motor from our Billy Beer 1979 Ford Fairmont Futura 24 Hours of Lemons racecar. My first indication that we hadn’t blown the motor in a normal way was the condition of the spark plug on the right. There was also this extra lump […]
In short we were having the best race of our careers, blew the motor Sunday morning, did a 4 hour engine swap, only to be done in by bad freeze-out plugs in the back up motor. Friday we rolled out of Van Nuys later than expected, and had some traffic and some tow vehicle trouble […]
No pictures, sorry. But I finally finished pulling apart our Ford 200 six motor from the Billy Beer Racing Futura we raced at Buttonwillow last year. Quick recap, our first race we ran pretty good, but slow all day Saturday, Sunday we started smoking and gradually lost power until a few hours until the end […]
Well, in short our second race went even better than our first. The car is still not as fast nor does it handle as well as I hoped, but its getting better. Our Ford 200 six from a tow yard Mercury Comet, that we bought for $200 from the driveway of some guy in Orange […]
Was trying to get the race report update up earlier but I’m having issues with formatting and stuff. Here’s a teaser of our exploits.
Okay, its been a while, but now I’m back. There was a 24 Hours or Lemons race (we did okay), a trip to Europe, Christmas and New Years. I’ve been busy with all those things plus hunting for a motor for the Lemons car (200 Ford six, email me if you have one) and putting […]
Saturday night the If Its Not Punk It’s Junk team had their friends “The Mice” come to that track and play a free punk rock show, but it was so cold I passed on it and we all went out for steaks instead. When in Buttonwillow the place to go for dinner is The Willow […]
So yesterday brought you part I of our first ever racecar build for the 24 Hours of Lemons, and it ended with us sailing thru tech and BS inspections as the darling of Judges Phil and Jay. The next day was race day, but first we had to survive the night. Everyone else on the […]