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Neal Losey’s amazing, life-changing year full of Lemons

Neal Losey had a year to remember, racing 37 cars, competing at 18 tracks across the country, en route to a 24 Hours of Lemons national drivers' championship.

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lemons | Low-Buck Tech
The $500-Ish, Viper V10-Powered Rolls-Royce

You’re seeing this correctly, that is a Dodge Viper V10 dropped into a 1970s Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow for the 24 Hours of Lemons.

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lemons | Low-Buck Tech
What Do You Get When You Cross a Radio Flyer and an Oreo? A Race Car, Apparently

As recovering auto journalists, the 24 Hours of Lemons staff appreciates a good pun. Case in point, the Honda del Sol-based OREO Speedwagon.

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lemons | Low-Buck Tech
Low-Buck Tech: Frankenstein's Metro

Few people can match Lemons team Charnal House Racing in pure junkyard ingenuity. Their mid-engined Geo Metro includes parts from 67 different vehicle models.

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Borgward | lemons | Low-Buck Tech
Low-Buck Tech: Why Not a Borgward Isabella?

We’ll forgive you if you’ve never heard of a Borgward Isabella, but 24 Hours of Lemons veterans A Fistful of Cotter Pins turned up to Arizona’s Inde Motorsports Ranch in …

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lemons | Low-Buck Tech
In Hindsight, Perhaps a Ford 302-Powered Porsche 944 Wasn't the Best Idea

One 24 Hours of Lemons team was fearful enough of Porsche-wrenching hell that they swapped a trusty Ford 302 V8 into their homemade wide-body 1987 Porsche 944, thus creating the …

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lemons | Low-Buck Tech
How Dumpster Diving, Junkyard Parts and an IKEA Hack Make a LeMons Winner

How a team of engineers built a Lemons winner with dumpster diving, junkyard parts and a few IKEA bits.

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lemons | Low-Buck Tech
How to Get Downforce on a Lemons Budget

What do you do if you want a fancy wing but your team doesn’t have the money? If you’re competing in the 24 Hours of Lemons, you improvise.

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lemons | Low-Buck Tech
When Your Lemons Race Car Transmission Blows Up

Plenty of 24 Hours of Lemons endurance racers run automatic transmissions, but like all mechanical components in Lemons racing, however, automatics can fail.

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