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Like teenage acne, taxes and encroaching baldness, it had to happen eventually. The Concours d’Lemons, that visual assault on wheeled good taste that started as a welcome counter to all the perfection of Monterey Car Week and Pebble, has made the jump to cyberspace.
“Not content to ruin Concours worldwide, the Concours d'Lemons ruins the virtual car show with the Virtually Awful Concours d'Lemons,” founder Alan Galbraith said.
Surely you know Lemons? It was an offshoot of the original 24 Hours of Lemons car races started by former car-writer Jay Lamm in 2006 for $500 “Crap Cans,” as Lamm called the entries. If 24 Hours of Lemons celebrated terrible race cars, why not celebrate Concours-Kwality Kars with the Concours d’Lemons? That show grew worldwide, with events in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. of A. And since all this current madness has shut down even those concours, why not take them online?
Gallery: More automotive idiocy from the 2018 Concours d'Lemons
Yes, now you can send in a video of your flamin' heap and maybe it'll be famous! No idea what will roll onto the virtual field when this show debuts, but scroll through the galleries here or here to get an idea of the poor taste that’s populated previous Concours d’Lemons. We warn you, have a bucket handy.
Once selected, winners in classes like Needlessly Complex Italian, Rust Belt American Junk and Rueful Britannia will receive a $300 eBay gift card and car care products from Griot's Garage. The top honor, Worst of Show, receives a $1,000 eBay gift card and a Griot’s Garage detailing kit.
“The Virtually Awful Concours d’Lemons is the first car show in history where the awards are worth more than the cars entered,” smirked Galbraith. “But then again, nearly anything is worth more than the cars entered.”
Gallery: Concours d'LeMons 2014
The most amazing thing in the show is the quality of the judges. At the very first Concours d’Lemons, Lamm saw me wandering around the field and asked, “Hey, wanna be a judge?” Times have changed since then and the list of jurors reads like a list of the cool car guys you’d want to be seen hanging out with at a real concours:
Brian Johnson, original Ford GT40 owner and hard-screamin’ frontman for AC/DC
Bill Warner, founder of the Amelia Island Concours (a real concours)
David Hobbs, actual race car driver
Jello Biafra, lead singer for the Dead Kennedys
John Oates, of Hall & Oates
Peter Brock, listed simply as “Legend”
Ray Evernham, winning NASCAR crew chief
Tommy Kendall, another real race car driver
Entries are open now. Click here for your chance at fame and glory.
