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Type44 wrote:

Is it really that hard to put a manual from an Escort in one of these?

The tempo is rare for a reason. Might not have enough supply let to be picky about drivetrain...

Lends a larger sense of urgency for the one that was a mere 30 miles from you about a month ago, eh?

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http://www.roadkill.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/LemonsWishList_OldsFireenz.jpg

More Lemons Wish List: Crappy GM Hatchbacks. You probably won't touch an Aerocoupe for Lemons money (CHALLENGE ISSUED), but you can probably make a perfectly Lemons one out of a hammered old V6 Cutlass.

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28 (edited by Maverick74 2018-05-17 06:37 PM)

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What? No love for the '78 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon? Edit: Err, nevermind. Turns out these aren't hatchbacks oddly enough.
http://motorbase.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/pictures.ubh/2007/04/20/fs_1978_Oldsmobile_Cutlass_Salon_Aeroback_fvl.jpg

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'87 Manual Topaz... 

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https://24hoursoflemons.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/mercury_comet_1.jpg

MORE WISH LIST.

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Not on the official wish list, but we're working on a new-to-Lemons car to debut this fall.

Well...….at least a specific generation of a car with a 24 year run. smile

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Dacia Sandero?

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33 (edited by DirtyDuc 2019-04-03 05:14 PM)

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So, to recap:
VW type 4 - done
Datsun F10 - ??
AMC Matador - ??
Plymouth cricket - ??
Renault Fuego - x2
Peugeot 604 - ??
Hyundai scoupe - done
Hyundai Excel - done
Triumph stag - done
Mazda 929 - ??
Maserati tc coupe - done?
Fiat Strada - ??
Jaguar Mark 2 - not yet
Anything by Kaiser, et.al. - ??
Mazda RX-4 - ??
Audi fox (1st Gen) - ??
Mercury topaz - not yet, but this car sucked donkey balls in 94.
Suzuki esteem - ??
Mercury comet/Ford Maverick - not yet
Dodge diplomat - not yet
Pontiac G6 gtp/etc. - not yet
Mitsubishi precis - not yet
Acura vigor - not yet
VW phaeton - not yet
Aerocoupe - ?? Probably not
Chevy Corsica 5-door - ??
Chevy Malibu Max - ??
J-body hatchback - ??
Geo storm hatch - ??
Geo prism hatch - ??
Suzuki aerio/Liana - done
Audi a8 - ??
Dkw anything - not yet
Oldsmobile lss - ??
Packardbaker - not yet
Pontiac aztek - done
Chrysler Cordoba - done
Ford exp - done
Cadillac catera - done
Cadillac allante - done
GM dustbuster - done?
Sterling 8xx - done?
Subaru XT - ??
Dodge b-body Magnum - ??
Eagle medallion - ??
Honda cvcc (1st Gen) - done?
VW Dasher - ??
Edsel - not yet
Rover sd1 - done
Tvr alphabet soup - not yet
Jensen-Healey - not yet
Toyota corona - not yet
Pontiac/Daewoo LeMans - not yet (these things are horrifically bad)
Opel manta manta - not yet
Mitsubishi sigma - ??
Honda prelude (1st Gen) - not yet
Volvo pv544 -x2
Merkur Scorpio - not yet
Jaguar s-type - not yet
Ford five hundred - not yet
Olds Alero - not yet
Saturn ion - not yet
Buick rendezvous - not yet
Chevy HHR - not yet
Dodge caliber - not yet
Dodge nitro - not yet
Dodge Magnum (the wagon) - not yet
Daewoo nubira - done?

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There's a Chevy HHR coming up for auction on Friday at my favorite tow yard. Anyone interested, I can proxy bid for you.

So far, I'm 3 for 6 on my purchases there: 3 reasonably successful purchases and 3 not-so-successful. Not lost $ on them yet, but not as great a deal as it seemed like initially.

35 (edited by BigBird 2019-04-03 05:29 PM)

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There will be an HHR at this weekend's race @Autobahn....

The Supranos did run (and win IOE) a Toyota Corona....

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BigBird wrote:

There will be an HHR at this weekend's race @Autobahn....

The Supranos did run (and win IOE) a Toyota Corona....

And an Esteem.

FYI, the list goes back not far enough.  We brought a Dustbuster minivan specifically because it was on like a 2015 list.   Not regretted it...much.

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Jensen-Healey has been done.  2 of them, one of which was driven by former Rush drummer.  Chrysler/Maserati TC has been done.

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DirtyDuc wrote:

So, to recap:
VW type 4 - done
Datsun F10 - ??
AMC Matador - ?? One ran at the 10 anniversary race.
Plymouth cricket - ?? NSF Racing bought one years ago, but I think they deemed to to rusty to build or something?
Renault Fuego - x2
Peugeot 604 - ??
Hyundai scoupe - done
Hyundai Excel - done
Triumph stag - done
Mazda 929 - ?? One ran at CMP last year.
Maserati tc coupe - done? Gingerman last fall.
Fiat Strada - ??
Jaguar Mark 2 - not yet Didn't the Continental Drifters build one? Or was that a Mark 1?
Anything by Kaiser, et.al. - ??
Mazda RX-4 - ??
Audi fox (1st Gen) - ??
Mercury topaz - not yet, but this car sucked donkey balls in 94.
Suzuki esteem - ??
Mercury comet/Ford Maverick - not yet
Dodge diplomat - not yet
Pontiac G6 gtp/etc. - not yet
Mitsubishi precis - not yet
Acura vigor - not yet
VW phaeton - not yet
Aerocoupe - ?? Probably not
Chevy Corsica 5-door - ??
Chevy Malibu Max - ??
J-body hatchback - ??
Geo storm hatch - ??
Geo prism hatch - ??
Suzuki aerio/Liana - done
Audi a8 - ??
Dkw anything - not yet
Oldsmobile lss - ??
Packardbaker - not yet
Pontiac aztek - done
Chrysler Cordoba - done
Ford exp - done
Cadillac catera - done
Cadillac allante - done
GM dustbuster - done? Gingerman 2015

Sterling 8xx - done? Sears Pointless 2017
Subaru XT - ?? Utah 2014
Dodge b-body Magnum - ??
Eagle medallion - ??
Honda cvcc (1st Gen) - done? Texas 2014
VW Dasher - ??
Edsel - not yet
Rover sd1 - done
Tvr alphabet soup - not yet Pretty sure one is being built
Jensen-Healey - not yet Utah 2014
Toyota corona - not yet Sears Pointless 2015
Pontiac/Daewoo LeMans - not yet (these things are horrifically bad)
Opel manta manta - not yet BFEGP 2014
Mitsubishi sigma - ??
Honda prelude (1st Gen) - not yet
Volvo pv544 -x2
Merkur Scorpio - not yet
Jaguar s-type - not yet
Ford five hundred - not yet
Olds Alero - not yet
Saturn ion - not yet
Buick rendezvous - not yet
Chevy HHR - not yet
Dodge caliber - not yet
Dodge nitro - not yet
Dodge Magnum (the wagon) - not yet
Daewoo nubira - done? Road Atlanta 2018

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Two nits to pick; the Vigor has a longitudinal 5 cyl.

And there has already been a Diplomat. Believe the theme was the PBR PD?

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Maverick74 wrote:
DirtyDuc wrote:

So, to recap:
VW type 4 - done
Datsun F10 - ??
AMC Matador - ?? One ran at the 10 anniversary race.
Plymouth cricket - ?? NSF Racing bought one years ago, but I think they deemed to to rusty to build or something?
Renault Fuego - x2
Peugeot 604 - ??
....
Dodge caliber - not yet
Dodge nitro - not yet
Dodge Magnum (the wagon) - not yet
Daewoo nubira - done? Road Atlanta 2018


The BEST person to answer this would of course be Eric Rood, given that he seems to be the only person gifted with all the old data from the past 11+ years of Lemons.

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I think I sent Maverick74 the spreadsheet a few years ago and he's clearly kept up with it. If anyone wants it, just email me. It's not a big secret or anything.

There's also a huge list of cars beyond DirtyDuc's "checklist." There are a lot of GM products left if you want to find a first-to-Lemons car.

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Everything Bagel, 24 Hours of Lemons
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Type44 wrote:

Two nits to pick; the Vigor has a longitudinal 5 cyl.

And there has already been a Diplomat. Believe the theme was the PBR PD?

I have a really bad habit of messing up transverse/longitudinal when I write about weird cars.

There was a Diplomat at one of the 2007 races, I was corrected on that. But that's ancient history and we need more Diplomats. And we especially need more Diplomats with steelies and 190/65R15 tires with a 900+ TW rating.

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I didn't really expect the list to get that long... I just made it off the articles and my memory of the wrap up videos.

That guy

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therood wrote:

I think I sent Maverick74 the spreadsheet a few years ago and he's clearly kept up with it. If anyone wants it, just email me. It's not a big secret or anything.

There's also a huge list of cars beyond DirtyDuc's "checklist." There are a lot of GM products left if you want to find a first-to-Lemons car.

Wait, you have a spreadsheet!?

Err...I mean...yes...I too totally have a spreadsheet with this information. I totally haven't spent several years and countless brain cells memorizing the more notorious cars and races that have happened in Lemons like some deranged lunatic...

Fourteen time loser. You'd think I'd know better by now.

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Anyone good at web databases? I think it might be time to take a step into the late 90s with this data set.

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2018 Route Sucky-Suck Rally Miata, 2019 World Tour Of Texas 64 Newport

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$150 Kaiser!

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HHR and Esteem can be officially crossed off the list.

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Guildenstern wrote:

Anyone good at web databases? I think it might be time to take a step into the late 90s with this data set.

A Google Docs sheet would be the quickest/easiest way to share this data.

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https://24hoursoflemons.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Buick_Skyhawk_TType.jpeg

FORGOT TO ADD THIS LIST OF AMERICAN CARS WITH FORN ENGINES

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AND HERE ARE SOME CARS YOU CAN DRIVE THROUGH A MILE-WIDE CLASS C LOOPHOLE (PROBABLY)

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