The LeMons Forum readers discovered it first, then the story got picked up by my erstwhile colleagues at Jalopnik. 24 bids and $4,494 later, the eight-wheeled, twin-Wankeled sports car is LeMons-bound!
Yes, after LeMons Chief Perp Lamm announced a waiver of entry fees (and the LeMons Supreme Court announced that we’d suspend budgetary disbelief) for this fine race car, LeMons Legend and double IOE winner Speedycop lurched into action. How will he get it from Iowa to Maryland? How will he keep his neighbors from running him out of town with pitchforks-and-torches rage when they see this thing show up? What’s his wife going to say when she finds out? They don’t call him “Clearly Stark Raving Mad And Going Into The Poorhouse” for nothing!
Greatest LeMons Candidate of All Time Bought By Speedycop!
November 16th, 2010
November 16th, 2010 - 6:43 pm
“Where does he get all those wonderful toys???”
November 16th, 2010 - 6:46 pm
Let me be the first to point out that this monstrosity will need video once it groans into action.
November 16th, 2010 - 7:18 pm
This is the worst/best thing to ever happen to LeMons.
November 16th, 2010 - 7:19 pm
Anything powering this other than 2 engines, preferably either both rotary or one rotary and one small block will just not be right.
November 16th, 2010 - 7:38 pm
I’m torn. It’s awesome that Speedycop won the auction and this thing is going racing, but I happen to know one of the guys that he was bidding against, and had that person won, the car would have still made it to LeMons, and I would have gotten to drive the beast. The aforementioned bidder was my crew chief, and the real reason that the Double Jeopardy Fiero made such a valiant attempt to keep racking up laps with ever fewer cylinders. He informed me of his intention to bid on it this past weekend.
So I’m disappointed that my crew chief didn’t win it, but I look forward to seeing it turn some laps at the hands of Team Police Brutality.
November 16th, 2010 - 9:19 pm
Bob, the answer to that question is “the internet.”
November 16th, 2010 - 9:26 pm
Someone needs to make a documentary about this car racing in Lemons!
November 16th, 2010 - 11:32 pm
The trick will be getting Sly Stallone and David Carradine to appear on the team.
November 17th, 2010 - 1:37 am
Surely this is cheating. Two of everything means it will be twice as reliable!
To compensate, I think they should be forced to have two drivers, each with steering for one axle, throttle for one engine and control of half of the brakes.
November 17th, 2010 - 2:50 am
In true TPB fashion, the car will not be touched until the week of the race, and it will not move under it’s own power until at the track and going to tech…
November 17th, 2010 - 8:27 am
As one of the future hopeful drivers of this thing, I am speechless. As was my girlfriend when I showed her a picture of the thing. I think her first question was if I had life insurance.
Jeff, we’ll be driving through around Christmas. Any chance we might pop by for a visit?
November 17th, 2010 - 11:15 am
This is a huge leap forward for rolling chicane technology.
November 17th, 2010 - 11:30 am
Might be enough to talk me into pulling the Wartburg out of retirement to go heads up against that beast 😉
November 17th, 2010 - 7:04 pm
When are where will the next Lemons be? Thanks in advance.
November 17th, 2010 - 9:54 pm
http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/events.aspx
November 18th, 2010 - 12:52 am
Brilliant.
BTW, is this where All Jalops Go when we die?
Whether its PCH(ell) or PCH(eaven) is left as an exercise for the reader.
/helloworld
November 18th, 2010 - 12:26 pm
As one of the future drivers of this thing, the very first mention of this to my Fiance was as we were going to a meeting at the local church to use it for our wedding. I asked if it was alright, she still with me and we’ve go the church 😀
Crappy part is we’re In Iowa… Maybe we can link up with speedy when he picks it up for delivery…
November 19th, 2010 - 2:26 pm
Needs more turret!
November 27th, 2010 - 3:13 pm
Roger,
My s/o was thrilled when she found out that I was driving it, and that when the race was over, it wouldn’t be living in our yard! (We already have a wrecked Amazon courtesy the 2010 Fall CM event)
November 27th, 2010 - 9:07 pm
Two rotarys connected with the correct E-shaft timing can be a potent little machine. Worst case scenario even if the engines are stock 12a’s with the correct exhaust and intake setup can push 400hp to the flywheel. This will be awesome!
December 3rd, 2010 - 7:32 pm
12 A’s they are, with Dellorto carbs, Racing Beat intakes, and one MSD box and coil PER plug.
December 3rd, 2010 - 11:35 pm
http://ronman.org/pics/speedycop/
http://www.speedycop.com for the writeup!
December 7th, 2010 - 12:03 pm
Death Race 2000 theme.
W/ 2 rotaries, 20 Lb/ft torque!