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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Customs Scaled Up (or Down)
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It takes a special kind of custom car to become so famous that it inspires a model kit. It is even more remarkable when a toy or model car is so iconic that it inspires the construction of a full-sized version. I’m not talking about models and toys based on mass-produced (or even limited production)…
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At Least Four People Will Want to Kill Me if I Buy this Car
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In case you didn’t catch the updates from last weekend, the Uberbird needs a new motor. Funny thing about the BMW M30, the motors tend to outlast and out-value the cars they’re stuck in. Thus, buying a running but beat-to-Hell 5-, 6-, or 7-series can be cheaper than just buying a used motor. This is…
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First Drive: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze
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Chevy and the compact car go together like sunshine and ginger kids. At least that is the way it used to be…until now. The minds behind the Bow-Tie have developed an all-new compact sedan, the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze, with lofty goals in mind. They don’t just seek to play catch-up to the likes of Honda’s…
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Google Streetview Car Meets Google Streetview Car Meets. . .
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It was bound to happen one day, and at the intersection of Eendenpad and Hartveldseweg in Diemen, the Netherlands it finally has- the Google Streetview car has caught. . . the Google Streetview car. While a common theory was that such a meeting would cause a tear in the space-time continuum, or at the very…
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Mystery Car
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It’s Friday, and that means it must be Mystery Car time. Today’s mystery car is one rare cat as the total number produced was only in the triple digits. It shares its platform with another exclusive car, and one that. . . well that’d be giving away too much. Anyway, you guys are like Harry…
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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 Asks- What Usually Un-Hoonworthy Car or Truck Do You Kinda Want to Hoon?
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If you’re going to invest in a vehicle for some serious fun, you’re likely to start out with something that’s already got a little hoon in it to begin with. Maybe something like a Miata, or GTI or Mustang, a base upon which it’s easy build. But what about if you wanted to hoon something…
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Last Call- Pull My Finger Edition
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While I can’t quite put my finger on the reason, this is a cause I just can’t find myself getting behind. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Yeah, Kids, We All Age
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Some more gracefully than others. Dennis Hopper, an icon of the 60’s subculture drug movement passed last week and was laid to rest on Thursday in Taos, New Mexico. While a cult offering in my older brothers’ world, this olelongrooffan didn’t identify with Easy Rider as much. But I caught the connection with his offering for the Blue…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: What is it with lifted Sportscars in Massachusetts?
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Being a native New Englander, I am never surprised by what comes out of the most uptight part of the country. Yes, I call this the land of the Cranky Yankee, yet there are some glimpses of people who have escaped the Hoon Asylum. Here are two examples that were found on Craigslist, thanks to…
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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Jaguar X-Type; A Ford Mondeo in Drag.
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The Jaguar X-Type was an effort to duplicate the success of the BMW 3 Series and the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, by creating an entry level luxury performance sedan that would boost overall production of the brand, and to bring in new buyers into Jaguar showrooms, both in the States and across Europe. By using the Ford…
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I'm your ice cream man, stop me when I'm passing by…
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Ok, so what we have here is a retired, righthand drive Postal Jeep (which could be a great LeMons theme by itself) but here in the Great Northwest, these typically end up as repurposed, earworm-spawning, change collecting machines of mass-parent-irritation.
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Suck It, Prius: Citroen LoMax for the Discerning Commuter
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If When gas gets up to $5.00, if I’m not taking the train I’m gonna be driving something like this. The LoMax is a Citroen 2CV based fiberglass kit car sporting a triplex of wheels. According to the seller it’ll get 57mpg at (slow) freeway speeds, but has no problem keeping up with the fast…
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V.I.S.I.T. – DAF Punk Edition
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This Volvo 66 (née DAF 66) rolled out of the Van Doorne’s Aanhangwagen Fabriek sometime between 1975 and 1980, after Volvo purchased DAF in 1974. It’s likely been befuddling passersby and seducing bizarre car enthusiasts (like me!) ever since.
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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Convertible Pickup Trucks
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Looks like Encyclopedia Hoonatica has been too easy lately, with plenty of great responses from our Hooniverse Grand Army of the Commentariat. Yeah, well, how’s this for a real challenge? How many convertible and folding-top pickup trucks can you name?
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Finland's Bizarre F-Body Camaromino Infatuation
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Six months of constant sunshine, followed by a plunge into near blackness, can give a man some strange ideas. Like, say, importing an American muscle car to the land of the ice and snow, to do battle against 24-inch annual snowfall, rumors of clinical insanity, and some of the highest driving taxes on Earth. Time…