From Junkyard To Racetrack: Exploring The World Of $500 Race Cars And Automotive History
About this episode
Exploring the quirky world of $500 race cars, Richard Tomlin from Apex Auto Works shares insights on the 24 Hours of Lemons, a unique motorsport event where participants race budget-friendly cars. The discussion covers the event's history, the types of cars involved, and the camaraderie among teams. Richard highlights the challenges of building safe, competitive vehicles while navigating the fun and chaos of racing junkyard finds. With tales of unusual cars and the spirit of competition, this episode captures the essence of grassroots racing.
We gear up with Richard Tomlin from Apex Auto Works, located in Alvin, Texas. Along with being the Regional SCCA Executive, he's the genius behind transforming junkyard obscurities into race-worthy machines for the 24 Hours of Lemons, a unique race series that has gone global. Richard unveils the intricacies of this race, where the contenders need to enter a $500 car equipped with a roll cage, fire system, and other safety gear.
In our Feature Segment, it is Konrad's Car Clinic, and we're taking a look at the evolution of mufflers from the 'Cherry Bomb' of hot rod culture to the 'Thrush' roadrunner face stickers, and the Cut Out - a factory option from Pontiac and Chevrolet.
Plus, we take a look at the Fremantle Highway, a car carrier that met an unfortunate fate off the Dutch coast.
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Toyota Corolla
"... broke down. The joke became I could buy a Toyota Corolla for $500 in stock trim and go out there and beat ..."
Ford Taurus
"...e Miata's, there's the Corollas, there's the Ford Taurus, shos, that stuff's out there. But we just finish..."
Mazda Miatas
"So they give an award at this one called Index of Affluency and it's really about trying to find the most weird, obscure, cool car that you can. Yeah, there's all the Miata's, there's the Corollas, there's the Ford Taurus, shos, that stuff's out there. But we just finished one Alancia Delta, or not Delta, alancia, beta, zonda, something like that, 800 of May, and it's like how did you find this thing?"
Lancia Delta
"...uff's out there. But we just finished one Alancia Delta, or not Delta, alancia, beta, zonda, something li..."
Lancia Beta
"...inished one Alancia Delta, or not Delta, alancia, beta, zonda, something like that, 800 of May, and it's..."
Ford Mustang
"...o the police package car. So basically it'll be a Mustang drivetrain with a piece 71 body that we can play ..."
Chevrolet Corvette
"...is point. When is a good time for me to bring the Corvette down there to find that errant Electrical drain t..."
Dodge Challenger
"...I'm just saying about you've gone viral with your challenger hell cat Well there's that, but you've been ident..."
Dodge Road Runner
"...the for lack of a better phrase the little Thrush road runner face on it. Pretty popular sticker back in the da..."
Pontiac Gto
"You know who was? No, 1969 Pontiac GTO had a factory cutout option. Wow, where, literall..."
Delorean DMC-12
"I did not know that. Was that a John DeLorean? yeah, it was a John DeLorean thing trying to cre..."
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