Lemons don garlits

I just saw this on the lemons Facebook page listed on don garlits tribute car and I have to say I think it’s the coolest lemons car ever done.maybe next there could be a tommy ivo tribute car

Honestly that picture just reinforces my already unhealthy curiosity in 80s Cadillacs.

If you like this, you would love the Don Garlits Museum south of Ocala, Florida, which is packed with his legendary Swamp Rat dragsters and many other historic racers. You might even catch "Big Daddy" himself working in the shop.

It's cool, but is it wrong that I think it would be cooler if the supercharged V8 on the roof was real and the builder devised a clever way to get that horsepower to the ground?  Though I suspect that all that mass on the roof would have a somewhat negative impact on handling.

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

I don't think you can negatively impact the handling of a 80s Caddy. Once you reach the bottom, there really isn't anywhere to go but up. 

Heck, I just want to make a streetable version of one of my dad's old Fuel Altereds. While his later cars were slicker, I love this earlier incarnation with the still open cockpit. (That's Pops shooting Super 8 at the track in the firesuit)

Danny Shields said:

If you like this, you would love the Don Garlits Museum south of Ocala, Florida, which is packed with his legendary Swamp Rat dragsters and many other historic racers. You might even catch "Big Daddy" himself working in the shop.

+1 for this!

Went through a few years back. I could have easily spent the whole day there. After a couple hours, SWMBO was whining and reminding me that we still had a long way to go before our day was done.

plan on spending as much time as you possibly can, you still won't see everything.

In reply to MotorsportsGordon :

This is the Tommy Ivo car to tribute.  4 engines, 4 wheel drive.

In reply to Cooter :

Dude! That is bad ass! Alterd  drivers were all a little nuts.  You need to start a thread with more stories and pictures. 

wlkelley3 said:

In reply to MotorsportsGordon :

This is the Tommy Ivo car to tribute.  4 engines, 4 wheel drive.

In reply to Appleseed :

I'll see if I can start one.  There are so many stories, but I feel like a tool talking about myself or my family. One from that photo is the fact that the "Zoomies" on that car were 90° 2" EMT conduit bends.