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Blue Play-Doh Car

Posted on June 7, 2011 by El Maniaco

A life-sized replica car made completely from world record amounts of Play-Doh modelling clay has hit the road. But it’s not going anywhere fast. Using 1.5 tons of the children’s putty from 10,000 pots – costing around £6,000 in total – the hand-crafted sculpture was created by a team of eight model makers over a two-week period. It was created to mark the UK launch of the new Chevrolet Orlando family-friendly seven-seater car. At those prices, you could have nearly three Play-Doh version for the cost of the real thing. The vehicle, in a bright blue shade of aquamarine was pictured parked up in the bohemian Clerkenwell district of London where startled commuters and traffic wardens looked on. A spokeswoman for the project said:’We’ve pretty much exhausted the UK supplies of aquamarine Play-Doh.‘

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24 Hours Of LeMons

Posted on March 29, 2011 by AirChe

24 Hours of Lemons, March 26-27 2011, Infineon Raceway.

Epic. Winning. Totally frickin’ amazing. Overflowing with awesome. These are some of the phrases I caught myself saying over and over again as I witnessed my first 24 Hours of Lemons this past weekend at Infineon Raceway. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that cars worth $500 or less could be so legendary.

Throughout the race it was easy to see some teams really went above and beyond doing big things (that’s what she said) when it came to setting a theme for their car. Standouts included the Back to the Future car (sorry, no DeLorean) equipped with the pole and hook used to send Marty back to the future, a VW Rabbit with a top hat on the roof of the car that, when the brakes were used, had a pair of rabbits that would pop out of the hat, a 1 of 1 Molvo aka a Mazda Miata fabricated within an old Volvo station wagon, and the crown jewel of them all, a Ferrari 250 GTO replica.

I think the best part of the entire race though, were the pits. Hearing the banging of sledgehammers straightening out a fender, the staunch smell of gasoline, reciprocating saws going to town on the undercarriage, and what I thought best epitomized the whole 24 Hours of Lemons experience, a midrace engine swap. The people were funny, posed for pictures and gave their insight as to what they think is the key to victory (don’t be fooled by the shenanigans, racing is serious bidness!).

Though this was indeed my first Lemons, it certainly, without a doubt, will not be my last. Watch out for team CarGods at the August race!

By: Ben Jackson, Editor at CarGods.com