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Started 2 years ago by michaelcoyote
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michaelcoyote
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So a man buys 1991 BMW 318i for $500 off Craigslist and by the grace of the FIA and meticulous combing of the rules for loopholes enters it in the Mexico leg of the World Rally Championships.

He proceeds to take his 20+ year old, $500 car, weld his own FIA complaint roll cage, drop an untested E30 engine in and with the help of a co-driver who spent no time with the car before the race took off to Mexico to race against $400k factory rally cars.. They placed a reputable third in their class.

This story is "holy shit" awesome, and I'll be smiling about this for weeks I think.. If I'm not off somewhere welding a roll cage :-)

http://jalopnik.com/5497042/how-a-500-craigslist-car-beat-400k-rally-racers

http://jalopnik.com/5500013/i-co+drove-the-500-craigslist-rally-car

Here's one of my favourite photos:

and some fan video:

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Posted 2 years ago #
Snarf
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Incredible!

Posted 2 years ago #
Nitsud Regnifloh
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YAY for the little guy! The Beemer that could.

Posted 2 years ago #
JonMyers
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Fn awesome. I'm such a sucker for these kind of stories. I hope the guy gets a movie deal.

Posted 2 years ago #
Twixlen
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JonMyers wrote >>
Fn awesome. I'm such a sucker for these kind of stories. I hope the guy gets a movie deal.

I was totally picturing it on the big screen - it's a perfect story.

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JonMyers
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No doubt, it seems like a natural story for a movie.

Posted 2 years ago #
michaelcoyote
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To top it off, he put the car together in his mom's garage.

http://jalopnik.com/5498157/gallery-bill-caswells-500-bmw-318i-world-rally-championship-car

Twixlen wrote >>

JonMyers wrote >>
Fn awesome. I'm such a sucker for these kind of stories. I hope the guy gets a movie deal.

I was totally picturing it on the big screen - it's a perfect story.

Movie deal or no, I think the story is awesome.

He also got an offer from someone to pay his transport fees and entry to the next rally. Having known some of these backroad rally guys, that offer alone is worth more than a movie deal.

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JonMyers
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So cool. Thanks for sharing the story Michael.

Posted 2 years ago #
Rockmastermike
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this is not quite what I was thinking the story was going to be when I saw the topic...

Posted 2 years ago #
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Rockmastermike wrote >>
this is not quite what I was thinking the story was going to be when I saw the topic...

Glad I'm not the only one ;-)

Still, very cool.

Posted 2 years ago #
manticore33
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That is quite neat. Reminds me of the 24 Hours of Lemons race.

And vintage BMWs are FTW.

Posted 2 years ago #
LBOWACC

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This is cool, but doesn't 500 get you a model type prostitute and 2 ounces of cocaine in mexico?

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michaelcoyote
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manticore33 wrote >>
That is quite neat. Reminds me of the 24 Hours of Lemons race.
And vintage BMWs are FTW.

Yeah, Jalopnik loves those guys too.. I have thought about doing that race more than once, but rally racing around Mexico sounds like hella more fun.

Posted 2 years ago #