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The Real List of Girl Cars is pretty darn girlie
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On the Internets, “chick car” is perhaps the ultimate automotive insult. Probably every car currently in production (other than maybe the Ariel Atom and Se7en) the has been derisively labeled a “chick car” by some forum fanboi at some point. V6 Mustang? Chick car. Miata? Chick car. Corvette? Yes, I’ve even heard that called a…
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The Galloping Gourmet Gets Busted
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When you’re out driving do you ever think about what the people in all those other cars are doing? Well, maybe it’s a good thing not to find out.
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Motorcycles Not Dangerous Enough For You? Try This!
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This is billed as an alternative for those who want to be able to ride their dirt-bikes all year round. I, for one, see some potential problems.
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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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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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Hooniverse Asks- What's the best cold weather ride?
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As the Midwest endures triple-digit temperatures with 115+ degree heat indexes, and the whole country languishes in the dog days of August, a mental break from summer would be welcome, if only for a little while. So, what’s the best winter ride?
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You Drive What? (Now in easy to swallow internet form)
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Loyal reader SSurfer321 just sent in a link to a site which posts pictures of questionable rides. Now… some of them are not that weird – like the Ferrari 360 parked outside of WalMart. Sometimes you just need to pick up 1000 Solo Cups and a 30 pack of ping-pong balls, and you need to…
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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Non-Wagon Woodys
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Last Friday’s E-H discussion prompted P161911 to bring up woodgrain “paneling.” It was pretty popular on mid-size and full-size domestic wagons. Vinyl “wood” in various amounts was nearly a requirement on Vista Cruisers, Country Squires, Safaris and Roadmasters for many years. Rambler even amped it up to 11 with simulated bleached teakwood. Prior to that…
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Classic Cars International, Antique Auto Museum of Utah: Through the eyes of a 3 year old
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While Jeff and Mad_Science were swilling expensive champagne and drooling over beautiful french ladies, the Schmo’s were wandering around a dusty museum warehouse full of awesome old cars. I was originally going to run this as part 2 of my museum tour but excitement got the better of me.
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Last Call- Congratulations, It's Twins! Edition
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A contrast in twos, this Buell and a Bimmer both sport a different format of twin cylinder engine. They both have something else in common along with their piston count: Harley Davidson. The Buell is Harley based, and the Bimmer’s gas tank, strangely enough, is off of a Sportster.
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Any simpler and you'd drive it naked: the strange, charming Norsjo Shopper
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Combining the elegance of a parking lot ticket booth with the speed and sex appeal of a Hoveround, the Norsjö Shopper comes from us via Sweden, a European country known for its high rate of alcohol consumption as well as its periods of darkness where the sun isn’t seen for days at a time, which…
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Na-Na Na-Na Na-Na Na-Na BATMAN!
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You’ve already installed bat-poles in the foyer, but the bat cave is mostly filled with spiders. Adam West has a restraining order against you. Your yard is littered with ineffective batarang prototypes. And worst of all, your girlfriend refuses to wear the Catwoman suit you carefully stitched out of plastic bags. Maybe you’ll take things…
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Two Wheeled T—OOPS!
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Providing motorcycle-related content on Two-Wheel Tuesday is the real reason I was knighted as a contributor here at Hooniverse. Many car-related endeavors include the token motorcycle reference, but some of them don’t bother to keep an actual motorcycle dude on staff. They certainly didn’t have a serious (or even casual) biker around at TOPPS when…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: A Chevy Nova with a Rotary Engine Swap!
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We are big fans of 0 – 60 magazine, with Mike Spinelli running the show for a few months now. It was on their blog site that I discovered this Bat-Sh** crazy Nova. See if you agree with me that this thing is utterly insane.
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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Thieved Car Names
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Last Friday, we asked you which good car names are yet to be used. Manufacturers nowadays vigilantly guard their trademarks, and litigate over the use of their trademarks at the drop of a hat. Ford famously sued Kawasaki over the use of Zephyr, Audi got in a legal tussle with Nissan over the letter Q…
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Prince of Peugeot
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Next up, Datsun Kong! Image source: [Imgur.com]