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Re: The Lemons Supercar

yay taillights
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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Celica?

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Omnilith wrote:

Celica?

nope
http://hooniverse.com/2012/05/17/our-ca … aillights/

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Gator-O-Rama 2012 "Organizers Choice" -2 laps 1 trophy, but i still finished ahead of an E30
Yee-Haw 2013 No trophy -26 laps, I think I see a pattern here
Gator-O-Rama 2014 "Waiting for the Last Minute Call from the Governor Award" -who's counting? John

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Nice.

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Judge Phil wrote:
Hoonatic Racing wrote:

Did you know the Jag XJS suspension is direct bolt in to the Aston Martin?

Based on my experiences with bad information provided by British car freaks, I'll bet it's a 95% direct bolt-in, with the other 5% requiring three YEARS of fabrication.

FTFY

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

working a deal to be a 2 car team
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/603850_513880668647764_1274568542_n.jpg

Yee-Haw 2010 "Most Heroic Fix" & "I Got Screwed" -2 trophies for 1 lap, but I took checkered on my lap.
Gator-O-Rama 2012 "Organizers Choice" -2 laps 1 trophy, but i still finished ahead of an E30
Yee-Haw 2013 No trophy -26 laps, I think I see a pattern here
Gator-O-Rama 2014 "Waiting for the Last Minute Call from the Governor Award" -who's counting? John

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Omnilith wrote:

Celica?

I was going to guess MR2

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

I'm pretty sure any awesome(ly bad) idea I could have had has just been topped.

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

how about I just leave this here for motivational ideas...

http://cnj.craigslist.org/pts/3724467946.html

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

While it may break your budget, I think you guys should find the grille from a recent year Ford car and slap it on the Aston.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2013-13-FORD-FU … mp;vxp=mtr

Surely you can find that somewhere for far cheaper.
-g

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111 Reply by deadparrot (edited by deadparrot 2013-04-30 03:27 PM)

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Long time across-the-pond lurker and all-round Lemons fan here - the genius this race breeds is fantastic!

I've have been following this thread with much anticipation and trepidation, now I have come to plead on behalf of my countrymen; do justice by this poor DB7 who has clearly been mistreated in its past life. If you have not had the opportunity to appreciate one in its proper condition, then I suggest you do so at the soonest available opportunity.

An Antrim Blue 2001 DB7 Vantage is a much loved member of my family (though not as long standing as the '71 TR6 PI) and as such I have had the opportunity to visit the DB7's birthplace at Newport Pagnell some months ago. I thought you folks might enjoy seeing where this future Lemon's life truly began:

http://s21.postimg.org/okhcsza9z/photo_1_2.jpg
http://s21.postimg.org/wnfj4auvb/photo_2_1.jpg
http://s21.postimg.org/pqlcrrykn/photo_4_1.jpg
http://s21.postimg.org/lp49m469z/photo_3_1.jpg
http://s21.postimg.org/3ov2hqe2v/photo_2_2.jpg

I can confirm that the DB7 does indeed use the Jaguar IRS, and I believe it is a direct fit. If you need any parts I may be able to help source them, but I doubt you could get much at all in a Lemon's budget. IIRC a replacement wing mirror cost us £200 (~$300), not including the painted cover!

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

That Smart Car is bad ass!

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

It is so clean. How is that possible? Are all the little parts lost immediately? Do you have magic cats that organize things in a magic bin room? Paralegals who organize the tool chests? WHAT IS THIS SHOP!?

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Scotty wrote:

That Smart Car is bad ass!

Bah!  Smart Cars are RETARDED.

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115 Reply by deadparrot (edited by deadparrot 2013-05-01 12:37 PM)

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

CaptainCardigan wrote:

It is so clean. How is that possible? Are all the little parts lost immediately? Do you have magic cats that organize things in a magic bin room? Paralegals who organize the tool chests? WHAT IS THIS SHOP!?

The first 2 shots are of the main service area of Aston Martin Works Service. The other three are the restoration workshop, to have your car (or box of parts to be rebuilt) spend time there is a minimum of £300K ($465K)!

Team Sensory Assault wrote:
Scotty wrote:

That Smart Car is bad ass!

Bah!  Smart Cars are RETARDED.

Not a Smart. That's an "Aston" Cygnet... Some horrid thing built on the Toyota IQ that costs £30K (~3x more than the Toyota). Its only purpose it to lower AM fleet emissions to comply with new EU regulations, basically it's existence allows them to keep building V12s. Other manufacturers (Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bugatti, Bentley) don't need to sell things like this because they are counted in their parent company's fleets for emissions.

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Hoonatic Racing wrote:

working a deal to be a 2 car team
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/603850_513880668647764_1274568542_n.jpg

How did anybody miss this?

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Team Sensory Assault wrote:
Scotty wrote:

That Smart Car is bad ass!

Bah!  Smart Cars are RETARDED.

And so are their owners!!

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Where do I sign up?

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Team Sensory Assault wrote:
Scotty wrote:

That Smart Car is bad ass!

Bah!  Smart Cars are RETARDED.


hey now!   Smart cars are special needs cars.

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

scottyd wrote:
Hoonatic Racing wrote:

working a deal to be a 2 car team
[pic of not a lemon]

How did anybody miss this?

Obvious troll is obvious.... but funny.

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

almitydave wrote:
scottyd wrote:
Hoonatic Racing wrote:

working a deal to be a 2 car team
[pic of not a lemon]

How did anybody miss this?

Obvious troll is obvious.... but funny.

Yeah, we all know you can't get a Veyron for Lemons money unless it has visible pelican damage.

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

cpchampion wrote:
almitydave wrote:
scottyd wrote:

How did anybody miss this?

Obvious troll is obvious.... but funny.

Yeah, we all know you can't get a Veyron for Lemons money unless it has visible pelican damage.

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/3200260/bugatti-crash-o.gif
I don't see no pelicans...

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

deadparrot wrote:

Long time across-the-pond lurker and all-round Lemons fan here - the genius this race breeds is fantastic!

I've have been following this thread with much anticipation and trepidation, now I have come to plead on behalf of my countrymen; do justice by this poor DB7 who has clearly been mistreated in its past life. If you have not had the opportunity to appreciate one in its proper condition, then I suggest you do so at the soonest available opportunity.

An Antrim Blue 2001 DB7 Vantage is a much loved member of my family (though not as long standing as the '71 TR6 PI) and as such I have had the opportunity to visit the DB7's birthplace at Newport Pagnell some months ago. I thought you folks might enjoy seeing where this future Lemon's life truly began:

http://s21.postimg.org/okhcsza9z/photo_1_2.jpg
http://s21.postimg.org/wnfj4auvb/photo_2_1.jpg
http://s21.postimg.org/pqlcrrykn/photo_4_1.jpg
http://s21.postimg.org/lp49m469z/photo_3_1.jpg
http://s21.postimg.org/3ov2hqe2v/photo_2_2.jpg

I can confirm that the DB7 does indeed use the Jaguar IRS, and I believe it is a direct fit. If you need any parts I may be able to help source them, but I doubt you could get much at all in a Lemon's budget. IIRC a replacement wing mirror cost us £200 (~$300), not including the painted cover!

That shop looks better then most showrooms I have ever seen!!! We want to do this car as right as we can since it is probably the only time in our lives that we will ever own an Aston. Finding reasonably priced parts has been a hassle but we are starting to round some stuff up.

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

We are a passenger side fender and a rear bumper away from having all the body panels. If it wasn't for the guy giving us the storage lot full of crap with the shell we would of blown out our budget.

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Re: The Lemons Supercar

Judge Phil wrote:
Hoonatic Racing wrote:

Did you know the Jag XJS suspension is direct bolt in to the Aston Martin?

Based on my experiences with bad information provided by British car freaks, I'll bet it's a 95% direct bolt-in, with the other 5% requiring three weeks of fabrication.

I am very happy to say absolutely no fabrication was needed in bolting up either the front or rear suspension!!! The Aston is now setting on four mounted tires and rolls very well with little effort to push.

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