Articles
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Hooniverse Asks- What's The Most Embarrassing Thing You've Ever Done To Your Car?
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We all have taste, it’s what keeps our mouths happy. That being said, we all have taste, and like a dog-crap fudge sundae, sometimes that taste is bad. Some people exhibit bad taste all the time, and some folks – most of us I’d say – have our moments of taste weakness. What we want…
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Team Police Brutality T-Bird Hits Craigslist, Dubious Value Propositions Ensue
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The ’63 Ford Thunderbird wasn’t exactly known for its deftness as a sporting car. Boulevardier is the best term we’ve heard for it. Of course, some number of decades in a shed (that then collapsed) can change a car’s character. In the case of this T-Bird, it’s become a track monster with a reputation for…
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Missed It: Bewinged 1973 Chevy Laguna Inspires TransAm Fantasies
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Ever found yourself attracted to someone or something when you know you shouldn’t be? Such is this 1973 Chevy Chevelle Laguna. Not a particularly handsome body style, ridiculous yellow paint topped off with a ridiculous wing, and I can’t get enough of it. It’s probably how the fenders drape perfectly over the black steelies. Seriously, I…
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Last Call- Whitworth Spanners Edition
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In case you happen to be working on an old British car, a pre-1968 Triumph motorcycle, or a British Railway Pullman car, these will likely come in handy. For more information on BSW standards check out this article.
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Reports From The Field: The Detroit Auto Show 2010
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Hi Hooniverse, I’m Andy. I’ve done some motor blogging, pushed a weird little green car across the country 8 times this summer to the tune of 45k miles, and I’ve started a terrible racing series that my friends and I enjoy quite a lot. But put all that aside, because today we’ve got a show!…
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Last Call- 43 Pumps Edition
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Slim Olson will give you gas. And back in 1957 the Utah-based retailer laid claim to the ability to give more people gas at one time than anybody else. There’s still a station at this location in Bountiful, but it has about 35 fewer pumps today. Image source:[flickr]
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What's Your Eleanor? – Mad_Science Edition
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Bear with me for a second. I know an ’88 Mustang GT 5.0 drop-top has not weathered the last 22 years well in terms of cultural identity. The good news is, I don’t care. This is the car that introduced me to the concept that cars could be awesome. Not just to look at, or…
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Hoonivision: Vintage Porsche Factory Vids For Your Betrachtungsgenuß
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That’s “viewing pleasure” for you non-Deutschaphones. But you don’t need to speak German to appreciate this late-60s-ish (they look like SWB 911s to me, but feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) film of the Porsche factory building the cars, a race at Daytona, and road testing (including some very clear examples of the…
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1956 Electric Star Chief Kids Car, For the Junior Hoon With Impeccable Taste
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…and wealthy parents, given that the the bidding’s up to $1750. Kids cars based on real models were pretty common promotional items back in the day, but like most promo materials (or things given to kids), they tended not to last long.
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Photo Friday Fun – Round 3
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A down and dirty wagon thats probably blowing dirt and diesel across the landscape… [Found via CarPr0n]
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Announcing the Hooniversal Car of the Year!
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The voting is over, the campaigning has come to an end, and with a great deal less pain and a great deal more excitement than any actual political election, the Hooniversal Car of the Year has been decided. For anyone following the epic, nail-biting drama, this should be no surprise. The results were there for…
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I don't want to grow up and you can't make me!!!
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How is it we have come this far and not done a single article on Legos? It’s a travesty I tell ya! Who doesn’t love Legos? I know I do, hell I even have a giant plastic tub of Legos in storage at the moment patiently waiting for the day when my boys are responsible…
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Illegal Alihoons Unite!
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In case you hadn’t heard, Arizona has passed a law requiring the police to question anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally. Many legal experts have warned that this potentially opens the state up to costly civil lawsuits brought about by individuals stopped under the auspices of the law. It appears that one…
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OMGWTFBBQ VAN!
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It’s widely recognized that forward control vans tie Camaros with T-Tops in their bitchin-ness. At times, the combination of an enclosed interior and smoke work to your advantage, but once those munchies take hold, wouldn’t it be great if you could grill your wings from inside the comfort of your vehicle? Our seller’s decided to…
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The Horror! The Carnage!
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If you recall, Der Überbird ended its last LeMons stint with a motor dead from unknown causes. Sure, there was water in the oil, we had a stuck valve and no compression in the number one cylinder, but beyond that it wasn’t obvious what had killed it. Now we know.
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Last Call- A Segway I Would Ride Edition
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You know what is holding the Segway back from being more than just a doughnut crumb-covered mall-cop prop? Why, a pair of turbofan propulsion units, of course! Designer Samir Sadikhov realized this omission and has come up with the Falcon, a design proposal that rectifies this discrepancy, and adds a new term to the segway’s…