http://blog.caranddriver.com/spirit-of-lemons-how-a-1956-cessna-airplane-became-a-road-racing-lemons-car-w-build-photosvideo/
:o ??? ::)
The man behind the radial engined MR2 was always destined for greatness...
Gold! And with an Alfa theme: http://blog.caranddriver.com/lemons-alfa-romeo-throws-a-rod-into-orbit-heres-a-photo-of-it-in-mid-air/ (http://blog.caranddriver.com/lemons-alfa-romeo-throws-a-rod-into-orbit-heres-a-photo-of-it-in-mid-air/)
Love the thrown rod pic,
this was interesting in the comments about the LeMons races...
>Bait83
>Bringing an Alfa to an edurance race is like bringing a hooker to church.
--> Parkwood60
--> They do surprisingly well. When Murilee compiled a spreadsheet they were one of the most reliable cars. The top 3 were Saturn, Volvo and Alfa, but I don't remember the exact order.
--> That was all the races up to January 2010. They are still in the top ten of all time.