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Quick and dirty Ford GT primer
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VSyO7PciLM&feature=channel[/youtube] The Ford GT is an awesome car and since I know for a fact that we have exactly two millions of hardcore Ford GT fans that visit this little website The Greatest Page In The Hooniverse, I figured I would sniff around for some footage to show how much I care. This video that…
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Mecum at Monterey 2010: Prototype Mania
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Mecum’s 2nd annual foray into the Monterey scene brought some serious vehicles into the spotlight, including exotics, classics, true collectors items, and some amazing restorations. All beautiful cars, and even a few gorgeous wooden boats erected across the lawn. But more on those later. The real stars of the auction were the prototype vehicles up…
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V.I.S.I.T: What Do You Think a 1969 car with a 350 is Worth?
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I went to a local car show over the weekend and saw this car for sale. It was actually a lovely little car, with a stonking engine, in a shade of blue that you don’t see on modern cars. I think the asking price is a tad high, but to find out what it is,…
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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Even Odder Engines
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The vast majority of cars have an even number of cylinders—2, 4, 8, etc. Much more rare are cars with an odd number of cylinders in the engine bay. Very few cars indeed have been equipped with both an even-cylinder engine and an odd-cylindered version. The Audi 100 and GM’s Colorado/Canyon pickup are two fairly…
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1966 Bronco Pickup
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Last week, during our Encyclopedia Hoonatica discussion of convertible pickups, I promised my just-across-the-state-line homie JeepyJayHawk I’d post some photos of this very, very nice 2-wheel-drive pickup version of the original Ford Bronco. Its well-preserved tin houses an updated 5.0/overdrive automatic drivetrain.
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Last Call- Fun For All Ages Edition
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This is why Lego® is the best toy ever- and yes, it does work. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ut5ND3agI[/youtube]
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The Bricklin SV1 by Automodello
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Our friends at Automodello, who shared their Griffith Series 200 with us, have provided us with another beautifully crafted small scale diecast vehicle to ogle. This time they have focused their skilled efforts on the Bricklin SV1 and the results are speak for themselves.
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2010 Camaro LT
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There’s an advantage to being near the bottom end of the automotive media food chain. By the time most manufacturers let us at their press fleets, the big guys have long since established readers’ opinions for them. We’re not part of that crucial first round of reviews where manufacturers learn whether their latest products meet…
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Nothing to see here, just a 1000-hp armored RV.
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Because let’s face it, you’ll never be Batman. Don’t let the inspired ad copy fool you: you can sit in the Corvette-chassis’d 1990s Tim Burton Batmobile all you want, making vroom-vroom noises and generally embarrassing yourself in front of your wife and kids (“it’s ok Sally, Daddy’s having one of his ‘moments’”), but you’ll never…
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Jet Boy – Jet Girl: A Pair of Matra DJets Make eBay Seem Somehow More Magical
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It’s rare to stumble upon a single Matra DJet in the plebeian confines of eBay Motors, but right now there’s an Ohio seller with both a ’67 and a ’68 up for grabs. Not only that, but he’s set each with a By It Now so you don’t even have to wait for the auctions…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Garage Art Look Like?
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Whether your garage is a temple to the automotive gods, or a leaky shack that you share with the rats and black widows, it’s still the one place that we, the car nuts, can call our own. And because of that, we tend to dress up the space in artistic accoutrements that perhaps those with…
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No Good Can Come of This: 1965 FiberFab Aztec
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This is certainly not a “true” Porsche. While the lines of this Fiberfab Aztec kit have a decent mid-60s supercar look and the feasibility of scary-fast VWs is well known, we’re still doubtful you’d ever have a car that wouldn’t be laughed at as soon as your opened the gullwing doors or tilt-back hatch. But…
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Hoontastic Advice: Never Car Pool With a Circus Performer
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Showing off, it’s what we men do, it’s the thing that separates us from the animals. Well, most of them at least, I once saw a chimp who seemed really proud of his poo-throwing ability. Man, was that stuff’s hard to clean out of your hair. In this case, while demonstrating some Olympic-caliber acrobatics, a…
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Another day, another podcast?
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After hearing my lovely voice on the AutoBlog podcast, the fine folks at the AutoBirdBlog invited me to be a guest on their podcast. What do we have to talk about? Should I invest in a microphone? Can you last the whole hour? If you have some time, hop the jump and have a listen.
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White Triplex: 81,000 cc of doom
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Hooning is nothing new. Sure the term is relatively new and it is often used to refer to one who drives in a manner that is fast, noisy or dangerous. I like to think that adding crazy, dangerous engines to already questionable cars and mashing the go fast pedal with complete disregard for safety also fits…
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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…