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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Cars with NACA Ducts
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Believe it or not, developing a scoop that’s effective at scooping air in without creating ridiculous amounts of drag is phenomenally difficult. It’s actually quite easy to design a scoop looking thing that barely scoops at all. You could say it sucks…but the problem is it doesn’t. Luckily, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (the…
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Mystery Car
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The Friday mystery car is becoming kind of a tradition here at Hooniverse, and I haven’t yet found one that could stump the big brains on all of you. Today’s contest might be easy, or it might be hard, it all depends on how iconic this mystery machine is, and whether its every curve, scoop…
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Vintage Aussie Racing To Get You To The Weekend
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Having a rough Friday? Wearily watching the clock, counting down the minutes until you’re set free to enjoy your weekend? Well if it makes you feel any better, I’m sitting on the couch drinking coffee and Bailey’s today. What’s that you say? It didn’t help? Strange. Well then perhaps The Incomparable Mr. Scroggs can help,…
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2010 Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon
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Chances are, if you grew up in the lower 48, the concept of an attractive wagon is as foreign as makizushi. While the rest of the world subsists on a steady diet of cars like the BMW M5 Touring, Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Estate and the Audi RS6 Avant, we’ve been force fed duds like the…
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Hooniverse Asks- Which Would You Choose- Sex With Your Favorite Celebrity, or a Day Driving your Dream Car?
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This is an obviously hypothetical question because, well. . . I mean, look at us. But let’s say you had the choice of a night of bumpin’ uglies with the one person in the public eye that really gets your motor started, or spending a day driving the car that stalks your dreams, and taunts…
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Hooniverse Posting Guidelines
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Content: In general, we try to lean to the positive side of things. DUIs, people dying, etc, not so much. When it comes to vehicular abominations (that purple thing from the other day), they’re fair game, but you can’t just do a big cranky rant. Get creative…the general goal is to be a nexus of…
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Last Call- The Full Cleveland Edition
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Nothing special, just a ’69 Mustang with four 351 Cleveland motors. This “Mach IV” exhibition racer is owned by Jill and Gary Weckesser of Delavan Wisconsin, and a lot of the machine work was done by Gary himself. The stats are as outrageous as the visuals- four engines, four-wheel drive, 7-second quarters at an average…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The Last Horch Automobile
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While cruising around on the web, I found a video describing the search for the last Horch, which was found in West Texas of all places. So, what is a Horch?
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2009 Lexus GS 350 … fitted with F-Sport goodies
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How you do spice up an expensive luxury sedan without losing the inherent upscale nature of the vehicle? Is it as simple as adding some upgraded wheels, a sway bar set, and a more freely flowing exhaust? In the case of the 2009 Lexus GS 350 the answer is a surprising you betcha’.
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Last Call – I'm Sorry, I Can't Hear You…Edition
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…over the sound of how awesome I look. Who said the 1970s are dead? Not this guy. [Image source: the 1970s]
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What's Your Eleanor: Waiting For the Third Time
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In this installment of our on-when-we-feel-like-it-and-you-guys-send-us-something-good Submission Thursday, friend of Hooniverse and all-around cool Czech guy Bobash gives us an Eastern European take on his Eleanor, one that he’s let get away too many times. If you ask me about my dream car for three succesive weeks, you’ll probably get at least five different answers.…
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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Hidden Headlights
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A few days ago, we asked you about retractable, or “pop-up” headlights, that bastion of dated automotive culture that shot upwards like a star in the 70s and 80s before plummeting back to Earth, joining landau roofs, whitewall tires, and vannin’ in the bin of tired automotive fads. The last car to use them was…
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Tri-Star Space Coupes: The Starion Showdown
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For some reason whenever I think of the Mitsubishi Starion, my mind wanders to the classic space tale “The Last Starfighter”. The excellent (or perhaps, totally rad) story of Alex Rogan, the galaxy’s greatest hero. The movie came out in 1984 and the Mitsubishi Starion made its North American debut in 1983. Today I present…
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Mecum at Monterey 2010: Classic Hoon Machines
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It’s a strange sensation on the insides when you find old hoon machines where you can just feel the amount of work and passion that went into building it. I found two such classics while wandering the aisles at Mecum.
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V.I.S.I.T. – 1979 Lotus Esprit John Player Special
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Ever have one of those moments when you stumble across something you’re pretty sure is special, but you honestly aren’t sure? This was one of those moments.