Articles
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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…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Would Your Car's Theme Song Be?
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Usually when we get into our cars the radio is on, already set to a favorite music station, or one streaming out the constant drone of news and traffic. That kind of background noise pervades our relationships with our daily drivers, but when thinking about that ride, what song plays in your head?
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Vintage Garbage Trucks via Dark Roasted Blend
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We received this tip at Hooniverse Central over a week ago, and I’m just now getting around to posting it (Thanks Jason by the way!) in a continuation of our heavy truck theme for this weekend. See more images after the jump….
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Unsafe at Any Speed? A Corvair No More!
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This little gem is currently on Ebay, and was brought to my attention by Jen Dunnaway over at CarDomain.
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Some Random Engine Photography To Help You Start Your Weekend
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We have a weakness here at Hooniverse for British sports cars. And British convertibles. Oh, and British sport-utes. And British humour. Oh, and sexy British women. Courtesy of our good friend Syrax comes a random photograph that should get everyone here tingly in their naughty bits. This is the engine from the new 2010 Land…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Superstars Italian Touring Car Racing; Pay Attention NASCAR!
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This little tidbit comes from Longroofan (Thanks Man!) from his website. It features a promotional video of the Italian Touring Car Championships called Superstars. Want to see it? You will have to make the jump…..
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Mystery Car Revealed- Are You Ready to Solo?
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Well, this morning’s mystery car was a little harder than I thought it would be, but commenter extraordinaire Tonyola put his mad knowledge of car scoopery to good use and came up with the correct answer, which, of course is. . .
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Hooniverse Asks- What Cheap Fun Car From the Past Would you Like to See Resurrected?
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Pocket rockets, GT packages, Euro trim. There used to be a lot of fun little cars out there, and they didn’t cost an arm and a leg to buy and own. Today, Honda still gives us the Civic Si, and Nissan’s Sentra SE-R won’t cost you a kidney to buy, but that’s pretty much it.…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Do Other Drivers Do That Pisses You Off the Most?
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Yesterday afternoon, while out running around, some ass-hat pulled into my lane, while I WAS STILL OCCUPYING IT. I laid on the horn to alert them to their ass-hattery, but that only served to make them apply their horn and come to a complete stop in front of me. Later that night I was driving…