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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]
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2011 Infiniti QX56
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Remember those guys in high school who were always faster and stronger than you? Odds are they have gotten heavier and rounder since the “good ‘ole days”. Odds are also good that a few of them, despite the added bulk of beer-enhanced physiques and the physical toll that comes with aging, they are probably still…
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The Perfect Truck – $1800
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The 67-72 Chevies are pretty trucks, and the K5s from that era are on my “must own” list, but it cannot be denied that a two-tone ’61-66 Ford is better looking. Not only does this ’65 F250 sport a perfectly patina-ed white-over-blue two-tone, it’s got a parts list to die for: 390ci, 4-speed stick and…
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A Baker's Dozen Engines
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The nice thing about car shows is that most owners lift the hood of their cars to show off the engine, which is not normally the case when you stumble upon a cool car in the wild. At the Abundant Life Car Show last Saturday morning, I had a chance to study some underhood details…
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eBay '69 AMC Javelin Checks All The Car-Ad Boxes
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In the spirit of today’s Hooniverse Asks, and my unrequited love for all things AMC, we stumbled across this ’69 Javelin on eBay earlier today. Clearly the seller has been reading Hooniverse, because he’s learned every lesson of how to sell a car on the internet, and he’s learned them well.
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V.I.S.I.T. – All's Right With The Universe Edition
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The vehicle you see directly before mine is a near virtual enigma: An apparent 30+ year old daily-driver in pristine condition based somewhere in Frankfort KY, of which I’ve been graced random glimpses at inopportune times for the past several months. It’s one of those cars that is not in itself otherwise noteworthy except for…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Most Annoying Car Type Devotee?
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Ricers, Low Riders, Rondel Ragers, VW Vortexers, IROC-N-Rollers, it seems if there’s an automotive classification or niche, there’s some douchebag to fill it. But which ones drive you the most bat guano?
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Current Racing Series?
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NASCAR, F1, WRC. . . Speed Channel is pretty full of racing when it’s not showing Pinks or the three hundred hours of Barrett Jackson. Some of the racing can be edge of your seat viewing, while some is like watching traded paint dry. The question is, which one’s the best to get your motor…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Kind of Car is your Girl (or Guy)?
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Yesterday we asked you whether you anthropomorphized your ride, and if so, what was its personality. Today we’re pulling a 180 and want you to objectify that certain someone in your life – and to tell us what kind of car they’d be.