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$2000 Challenge: A twin-engine, wide-body Ford

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David S. Wallens Editorial Director
12/18/24 12:47 p.m.

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Entrant: Little Lamb-orghini
Event year: 2012
Budget spent: $2011.95

Mustang tri-bars, box flares and a healthy dose of flat-black primer. The secret hidden inside this 1986 Ford Ford Econobox? Not one but two engines: a 2.0-liter Zetec up front with a V8 from a front-drive Lincoln Continental out back.

Chris Moore, the fabricator, and Paul Blaylock, the electrical guru, drove …

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Tony Sestito UltimaDork
12/18/24 4:37 p.m.

I remember this thing vividly. It was NUTS. And the guys actually roadtripped the thing to the event! Note the severe lack of windows and the fact that there was a LINCOLN V8 IN THE HATCH.

Again, NUTS! Too bad that it let them down in the event, because we all wanted to see what it could do.

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