Interest in a 24 hours of Lemons build?

[Fat Brian]

I've been thinking about a build that would be appropriate for the 24 hours of Lemons races and figured it might make an interesting community build.

Basically the rules are the car must be obtained for under $500. There is an unlimited safety budget and all cars must have at least a six point roll cage, racing seat and harness, and a fuel cell. There is a tech inspection process to confirm the cars safety and access penalty laps for cars that have been modified beyond the spirit of the rules, this is supposed to be a cheap build.

For the purposes of this build I would say just be able to come up with a reasonable explanation for the mods you've made, the story of the build is a part of the project. 

Subject matter is pretty open, there are classes for RWD, FWD, V8, 4 cyl, essentially any configuration. 

If this gets any traction we'll pin down a start and end date and maybe a judging criteria. 

[afx]

A Google image search for some sense of the cars entered:

 https://www.google.com/search?q=24+hours+of+Lemons&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS545US550&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi41IDToOXsAhUplXIEHQBUAYYQ_AUoAnoECCcQBA&biw=1920&bih=969

[otherunicorn]

Maybe limit the build to junk from your parts box?

 

[Russell C]

Been thinking of doing this combo myself, but on a Toyota S2000 GT, and a bit more sectioned on the Chevy part and with the truck's taillights on the back ...

[Fat Brian]

1 hour ago, otherunicorn said:

Maybe limit the build to junk from your parts box?

 

This is an interesting idea.

[disconovaman]

2 hours ago, Fat Brian said:

This is an interesting idea.

Great Idea!!  That's hilarious! my local Modelers club (ACME) just did this as a monthly build challenge back in September! It was a blast. The goal was to take a Junkyard or (really cheap) model and turn it into a drivable build. We had alot of fun with this challenge... Hope you don't mind that I shared the results here... for inspiration of course ? 

[disconovaman]

Here are a few others club members builds...

[Tom Geiger]

I’d go for it! Gotta start with an old glue bomb!

[Jantrix]

I might be able to find something as well.

[Fat Brian]

All of those are great, yeah, just as long as it looks dumpy and home built it should fit the bill.

[Fat Brian]

I got this in the mail yesterday, the Lemon is strong with this one.