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ALSO, I TRIPLE DARE SOMEONE TO DO A MOCK UP OF THE "CORVETTE SUMMER"
CORVETTE. MARK HAMILL AND ALL.
If you bring enough Bond Girls, even an e30 running a Gulf colors/cop theme would be fine. Slinky broads are the Lemons trump card.
Point taken...we may have to bring the girls...for cryin' out loud I don't think many people will get our Yuji Ide theme 
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Gilligan's Island...70's Eldorado as the SS Minnow with Ginger and Mary Ann in the backseat...where was my creativity 2 mos ago :S.
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(though I've sort of slowed down as I slog my way through the Baroque Cycle)
Amen, I say, amen to you sir. I think I finally went down for the count somewhere in the middle of Book 5 of The Confusion. I pre-ordered Anathem from Amazon and have now made 4 different attempts to get through the start of that one, but I just don't have it in me.
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I keep saying it, and everyone keeps ignoring me, but turning 1959-75 Detroit 2-door cars into NASCAR replicas would be pretty damn cool. If you go with the 70s, your team could wear appropriate sideburns.
We actually thought about this but figured it was too easy. I mean, you're already in fire suits, right? What more to a "costume" would there be (except the sideburns, good point). We figured that going for a completely whacked, non-sequiteur, semi-secret theme was a lot more fun.
I don't think many people will get our Yuji Ide theme
My wife has told me that no one will get our theme, which is loosely based on "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" ... sigh.
I'm making the Animal House Deathmobile if it was filmed by Rob Zombie instead of national lampoons.
Anyone done the Dumb & Dumber van yet?
That would be pure gold. 
Lightning McQueen has been beat to death, as has cop cars, cabs, pirate ships, and Lemons. Like said above, if you do one of these themes, do it way over the top. Check out the Police Brutality cop car. Holy freakin crap is that over the top!
Anyone done Rocky Horror? It'd be pretty badass to have have the crew done up as Franenfurter, Riff-Raff, Brad, Janet, etc.. Time-warp dancers etc... The tough question for the team that does it: who's going to be Rocky and wear the tight gold-lame' shorts?
I haven't been around for too long, but there seems to be a surplus of "pimp" cars.
These are a few themes I passed on because they are just too good and I thought for sure that they had been done before. Tell me if I am wrong.
-Mystery Machine
-Mutt Kutts van from Dumb and Dumber
-Delorean time vehicle (I even have the JVC camera)
-Pimp caddy from Escape From New York complete with chandeliers on the fenders
-Mad Max interceptor (Road Warrior version)
-Wienermobile
-Any car from Death Race 2000
-Star Trek shuttlecraft
-Space shuttle
-Conestoga wagon
-A House
-Chia
-Fake NASCAR with rediculous sponsors
-shoe
-Car that looks like 2 motorcyclists riding in tandem or you in a fake sidecar
-Miata aircraft carrier with model planes on flight deck
-A dessert with a fork sticking out
I have been told there have been a few Delorean's.
If we would have found a Kia, I wanted to do the Chia Kia
-Mystery Machine
Done a few times
-Mutt Kutts van from Dumb and Dumber
Not that I know of
-Delorean time vehicle (I even have the JVC camera)
Done very well at least once
-Pimp caddy from Escape From New York complete with chandeliers on the fenders
Not that I know of
-Mad Max interceptor (Road Warrior version)
You'd think so but none pop out in my mind
-Wienermobile
The judges have been begging for one but I dont know of any yet
-Any car from Death Race 2000
Not that I know of
-Star Trek shuttlecraft
Not that I know of
-Space shuttle
I remember one from BABE rally but I dont think I've seen any in Lemons
-Conestoga wagon
Been a few
-A House
Not that I know of
-Chia
Not that I know of
-Fake NASCAR with rediculous sponsors
yes, alot
-shoe
Not that I know of
-Car that looks like 2 motorcyclists riding in tandem or you in a fake sidecar
Not that I know of
-Miata aircraft carrier with model planes on flight deck
Not that I know of
-A dessert with a fork sticking out
Not that I know of
You have some GREAT ideas.
You can check out Judge Martins writeups on Jalopnik for a history of some of the cars to see if I've missed some
I have been told there have been a few Delorean's.
If we would have found a Kia, I wanted to do the Chia Kia
I knew of a Kia - I should have mentioned it. Then again you guys wanted to go all fast and shit...
-Miata aircraft carrier with model planes on flight deck
The Enterprise did this at CMP with a Ford LTD. It was fantastic.
there's the Chia Neon from the Latch-Key Kids. pretty mediocre theme, but awesome drivers/team. I haven't seen them since the detroit/toledo race in 08 though.
military, cop, pimp, poop and "race" themes seem to be really all overdone.
Chia Neon is a perennial Detroitish entry,
I have gogo boots for my role in the Scirocket's first theme of the year. We will decide whether to keep it based on the responce at GingerMan.
And purple hair. And no, I'm not going to be Lady Gaga. This is way way way way the hell cornier.
Purple hair? Gogo boots? If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were going with a Zlad theme...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKO9h-gG4Qg
No, that one is later in the year. We do have plans for a crappy 80s band theme. Our programmer is working on our soundtrack for that, but he's being a wanker and didn't get it done yet.
Our substitute theme is really stupider. My 9YO is very proud of it.
One idea: The Missing Link....between a Car and a Turd.
(idea of a rolling piece of shit)
Paint the car flat black and do a skeleton on it. If someone has access to some good material for 3D effects put a spine over the top.
Latin name would be volubilis fimus congeries (rolling dung pile).
The solid colored car with a number on it has been done to death. Sometimes even changed up with performance parts stickers. I'd say that's the most popular theme. Seriously, how do these guys get in?
Gulf colors have definitely been done to death.
how about a dodge caravan in gulf colors? with wing, splitter, louvers and rain-lights?
I'm going to do the dumb and dumber van ! Hope it does rain that would be heavy !
Judge Phil wrote:Gulf colors have definitely been done to death.
how about a dodge caravan in gulf colors? with wing, splitter, louvers and rain-lights?
Minivans are always welcome, regardless of theme. However, I'd rather see a Gulf-ized GM Dustbuster, since we've had a couple of Caravans.
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