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Attempting to prove once and for all driving cross-country quickly doesn’t require a trust fund, an ego or a BMW M5, Top Gear magazine set out this weekend to drive from New York to San Francisco — 2904 miles — on just $2904. And yes, that does include the car. More used to spending the spoils of British TV License fee payers on Dodge Challenger SRT8s , the Beeb had to enlist a little expertise in making big things happen on a small budget; Jalopnik ’s own Ben Wojdyla. He’s live-blogging the drive for them from the back seat of the ’94 Caprice over on TopGear.com as we speak. [The tag page for "2904" doesn't appear to work, so just head over to the US blog: Top Gear US Blog ]
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Before all you statistics freaks start screaming "small sample size," relax and accept these graphs for what they are: the result of many hours of painful labor trying to extract meaningful data from official race results from a year of races cross-referenced with our LeMons Über Gallery posts to determine car make/model. What we learn is quite interesting: Japanese cars tend to do the best (RX-7, CRX), but the Chevy Caprice comes out on top as the LeMons car most likely to take the checkered flag. Mercedes-Benz, VW, and Porsche? Bottom-feeders! Make the jump to learn more, and be sure to check in this weekend for our coverage of the New England LeMons event! [ WastingTimeWithMikeAndAri ]
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Welcome to Project Car Hell , where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! We had what may be our all-time closest vote yesterday, with the 4x4 Econoline beating the lowrider Econoline 202 votes to 200. Today we're going racing! We've had Arse-Freeze-A-Pa-Looza LeMons PCH and the LeMons San Francisco PCH , and now tradition dictates that we have a LeMons South Edition PCH. Just in time for teams still hoping to make the deadline for the Yeehaw It's Texas LeMons event! With Mazda RX-7s taking the first two places at LeMons South (not to mention three of the top ten at the Arse-Freeze-A-Pa-Looza ), you've got to figure you're looking at one of the all-time great budget race cars. Light, simple, and powered by a wailing rotary that's sure to give your competitors a migraine by the time the race is over... and you can get 'em for peanut shells! Say, this '85 RX-7 with an asking price of only $200. Two...
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You know what the problem is with ordinary Caprice wagons? Yep, the ride height! Those of you looking for a very, very low early-90s Caprice wagon need search no more, now that we've found this "Carpice" for you! The intriguing thing about this car (other than the engineering design behind that 3-link rear suspension) is the fact that the owner "must sell soon for the holiday." What holiday? Is he or she tuned into some set of holidays the rest of us don't get to experience? Thanks to Zweirad for the tip! [ Craigslist Raleigh (go here if the ad disappears)] galleryPost('BaggedCarpiceWagon', 3, 'Bagged Caprice Wagon On Craigslist');
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Remember Autorama last spring? Remember the insane Caprice/Rolls Royce Phantom mashup that sported 30-inch wheels? Now, nearly a year later, we can show you photos of how the creation was created. Seems the fellows at Spate--and here comes that word again--Creations are master sculptors, as the entire nose was preformed in closed-cell foam then skinned with fiberglass. Translation: That's some goddamn creativity! We also get details on exactly what kind of money went into creating this one-of-a-kind...ahhh yeaaahhh...creation! galleryPost('phantomdonk', 6, 'Spate Creations Phantom Conversion'); Plastic surgery is never cheap, and this is no exception. Putting a Rolls nose on a Chevy seems to have had an impressive price tag. Rumors place it in the neighborhood of $150,000. But what's above the bottom line on that total? A $23,000 572 cubic-inch supercharged Merlin marine engine, for one thing. And those flashy TIS 30s run up to about $20 large. Candy-apple paint...
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newVideoPlayer("Raising_Arizona_Chase_476.flv", 475, 376,""); The Hermanos Coen film Raising Arizona isn't usually thought of as a serious car-chase film (though it has some cool cars ), but this Nicholas Cage/Holly Hunter sequence features plenty of tire-squealin' action from a '72 Impala, a later Impala cop car, and a '66 Chevy pickup. Thanks to this YouTuber , we can all enjoy it on this fine Wednesday.
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After seeing the somewhat wretched DOTS '70 Chevy the other day, it's hard to imagine such a car appealing to sharp-dressed businessmen (who apparently keep the car parked in the living room). Tufted cloth! Rich-looking trim! Yes, the '70 Caprice was pure class.
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