It's only been three weeks, but we're changing up the format of this here LeMon of the Week thang. Finding a beaten, rust-laden nightmare for sale on the internets is all fine and good, but what we want to do is give you some insight into how the LeMons brain trust works. In other words, these are cars we want to see resurrected and battling it out around a race track. This … [Read more...]
LeMon of the Week III
Back to France in just two short weeks? Is Nicolas Sarkozy's wife double-barrel smoking hot? And why you ask? Because this week our LeMon is a rusty 1973 Citroen SM. According to some of those car cognesceti types (hi mom!), the Citroen SM is one of the very greatest cars ever made. If not the greatest. To more rational, reasonable and logic-based types, the Sport Maserati by … [Read more...]
LeMon of the Week
Last week we explored the infinite joy inherent to all French LeMons race cars. Today we hop the Chunnel and head to the land of boiled monkfish, Joe Lucas, and the birthplace of this 1969 Triumph GT6 MkII - jolly old England. Known to hopeless, bloody knuckled types the world round as the "poor man's E-type," the MkII was able to cough up a stunning 104 hp for the 12 days … [Read more...]
LeMon of the Week
Do you know what the biggest problem with the 24 Hours of LeMons is? Exactly, not enough French cars! Well friends, for the low, low price of just $700, you can help change that. And this particular Renault has so much going for it. First off, it's in Benzonia! Located in Ted Nugent country (Northern Michigan), this car is shockingly free from both bullet holes and moose vomit. … [Read more...]