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We are building a 1980 Spitfire for the December Race at Buttonwillow California. Please ignore the loud punk rock music, mohawks and body piercings.
View our progress at http://www.hubgarage.com/mygarage/SexPistons
GOD SAVE OUR SPITFIRE
Good music and a car destined for spectacular failure? Win.
The only way it could get any better is if you installed a Ford flathead.
Good music and a car destined for spectacular failure? Win.
The only way it could get any better is if you installed a Ford flathead.
Well if we can't get the 1500cc engine running, and we can find a flat head or tractor motor cheap enough, it might happen.
What a nightmare to cage! I love it!
TeamDFL wrote:Good music and a car destined for spectacular failure? Win.
The only way it could get any better is if you installed a Ford flathead.
Well if we can't get the 1500cc engine running, and we can find a flat head or tractor motor cheap enough, it might happen.
If you can find a Minneapolis Moline Model Z, grab the engine....the valve train alone is worth the effort....
Awesome team name!
If the Sex Pistons aren't cranking "Oh Bondage Up Yours" at some point on Friday: 100 penalty laps!
Best of luck!
With that car, how could you go wrong?
Welcome! The car looks awesome and Phil's always whining about more british cars, so WINNER!
If the Sex Pistons aren't cranking "Oh Bondage Up Yours" at some point on Friday: 100 penalty laps!
While the X-Ray Spex are good, I believe given the name of the team, the age and mileage of the car, and the impending "epic-failness" inherent in all British cars let alone a spitfire, there's only one song you can truly, truly expect to be cranked from such a fine specimen....
My Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCucKIGUwM
Having stepped away from the computer for more than two minutes, thought about it, smacked my forehead, and then accepted it, there *must* be a second team that follows closely behind this first team....
They will have to procure any year Ford LTD to race close behind Team Sex Pistons but never pass.
And that team name shall be Team Public Image.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BGi8u8BtaA
-=Tom
Well, it goes without saying that they'll be cranking the Sex Pistols.
Their car looks AWESOME-- far tooo good for Lemons. They did a really really nice job with it to theme it up.
Kudos to them. I think the judges are going to like it.
It makes me cringe to remember the drama I gave my parents in the 70's about becomging a Punk rocker over night and wanting safety pins all over my school jacket and I wanted to paint Sid Vicious RIP on my bedroom wall! I did a paper round to buy Never Mind the Bollock, here come the Sex Pistols - but I wasn't allowed to put it in the family record collection - apparantly, Herb Albert and the Tijuana brass deserves its own place! Still some great songs though......God Save the Queen!!!
apparently, Herb Albert and the Tijuana brass deserves its own place!
of course They do, you PUNK!
but I like the pistols too. Violent Femmes also!
fixed some spelling there for you also.
Good luck with the Spitfire. They are cool and I have always liked them but never owned one.
We BWOKE it. The hub spun on the axle during Friday practice and did not start the race Saturday.
That sucks out loud.
Will you be back for more torture next year?
Will you be back with lots more spare parts for more torture next year?
Fixed.
First you lost 2 drivers the week of the race.
Then you lost an axle.
So Lemons is still officially waiting for it's first Spitfire.
Glad Colin could get a couple stints in the sChitroen at least.
The moral of this story is: bring a parts car when you go British Leyland!
The moral of this story is: bring a parts car when you go British Leyland!
And a spare one! :-)
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