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OK Lemons car #3 if you dont count the first failure. Thanks to Frito we have a 77 New Yorker being converted to an Imperial. Theme will be the Green Hornet show with Kato and the Black Beauty. The bad news is every hard line and rubber component has to be changed. Motor runs but freeze plugs bad. So we just pulled it for a spare and dropped in a 53k mile RV TE 440. This motor is an RV TE 440 as well with 83k miles. Swapped tranny as fluid was black, new brakes, lines, hoses, radiator, Shooting (pun) for Barber MP near Birmingham in Feb. with 3 cars. Come on down Larry. KATO

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I’ll definitely come over to Barber for that. For those who’ve never been Barber has an amazing motorcycle museum there as well.

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Hey Bucky!!!! My first paint job, nothing to it. LOL

Love me some Lemons 24. 2.5 weeks to Barber. Phish

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Man, I'm lovin' your masking job, phish.

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You have too much free time Big Phish. God bless!

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I've thought the same thing over the years.............

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Just got these miniguns from an abandoned NM movie set. KATO

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Big thank you to Vic Custer @ East Texas Race Cars. He had his crew came in over the weekend and knocked out the Lemons 24 cage to spec. Very high quality work and followed Lemons instructions to the T. SO Barber Friday week. Thanks again Vic and staff. KATO

PS Larry, this car is in your wheelhouse as long as you don't expect to pass anyone.....

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Just got a new helmet Sooooo when and where is the race?

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Barber closed last Monday as race is in a week. You could spectate that one. NOLA at end of March and Bowling Green end of Sept. That is the one we should talk about since your close by. Should have 5 cars by then so may stash one at your place. Tarp cover good enough. Just unloaded the NHRA junk. Love me some $500 cars......Phish

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Won Organizers Choice at Barber and IOE (Grand Prize) at NOLA last weekend. Find you a 500 dollar Hooptie and join us. Phish

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Me too!

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BG sounds good. Let me know what I need for safety gear.

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3.2 MANDATORY SAFETY GEAR

3.2.1 Driver’s Helmet. Undamaged, full-face Type SA helmet, Snell SA2015 or newer, mandatory. FIA 8860-2000 certification is also acceptable. No open-face or hybrid helmets allowed. Complete, closable, working visors must be intact and in place. Type M (in other words, any motorcycle helmets) and other non-SA helmets are not allowed. Don’t know if your helmet qualifies? Gently peel back the inner padding to find the Type stamp; if it doesn’t have an original, orange-letter, hologram-backed “SA” or FIA sticker, you’re boned.

3.2.2 Head and Neck Restraint. All drivers must wear SFI 38.1-rated or FIA 8858-rated head-and-neck protection. Multiple drivers can share a single unit, but fit, adjustment, mounting, and connections must be correct for all drivers. Foam collars (and all other non-SFI- or FIA-rated devices) are not allowed. All head-and-neck system bodies, tethers, and other components must be in sound, undamaged, un-frayed condition and must be inspected, recertified, and/or replaced on their manufacturers’ recommended schedule. (The schedule for bodies and tethers is typically but not always once every five years.) Make sure you learn and follow your devices’ particular schedules!

3.2.3 Fire-Retardant Clothing. Full SFI 3.2A-; or SFI 3.4-; or FIA 8856-2000; or FIA 8856-2018-certified fire-retardant driving suits must be worn by all drivers at all times while inside the car. If using a single-layer SFI 3.2A/1 or 3.2A/3 suit, driver must also wear fire-retardant SFI- or FIA-certified long underwear. Multilayer suits rated SFI 3.2A/5 or higher (including SFI 3.4/5) are highly recommended and may be worn without long underwear. Fire-retardant FIA- or SFI-rated racing gloves, shoes, and socks are required. And yeah, while they may very well be superior, military-spec or firefighter suits are not FIA- or SFI-rated, so we can’t accept them.

3.2.4 Other Undergarments. Shirts and other undergarments made of synthetic material (including nylon, orlon, Spandex, etc.) will melt to the skin in a fire and are strictly forbidden.

3.2.5 No Holes. If your safety gear has holes in it, fire and heat can get in. We don’t want you to get crispy, so gear with rips, tears, or holes will not pass tech. Buy your cheap *** some new stuff.

3.2.6 Arm Restraints. Arm restraints are required when driving an open T-Top or convertible.