Articles
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Last Call- You Bastard Edition
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Somebody better hurry up and grab this, something tells me it’ll be gone by tomorrow. Tippecanoe Craigslist and mad props to Dr Danger.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The 2003 Mercury Messenger Concept offered at RM Auctions Monterey
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As Mercury rolls to a halt this summer, could this concept have saved Mercury from its fate joining Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer, Oldsmobile, AMC,… and so many other automotive marques? Automotive Traveler’s Rich Truesdell ponders this question while RM Auctions offers this and many other Ford Concepts at their auction set to take place in Monterey…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Fates, McDonaldland, and Soda Edition
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Let us consider the Fates: they, which grant you a survivable misfortune of spotting a questionable vehicle in traffic by its incredulous mobility in the other direction, for which you’re thankful. Until you realize it was only a temporary reprieve, for They will give you visual apoplexy when you stumble upon it in a parking…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Beer, Brats and Seaweed Edition
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My friend Shawn was cruising the old stomping grounds this past weekend and came upon something pretty cool – an Amphicar.
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What's Your Eleanor? – Edición Tomsk
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I’ve had many four-wheeled crushes over the course of my quarter-century-plus on this giant nugget of cosmic dust, but I guess the one that has endured the longest (even though it hasn’t always been right on the top of my head) is GMC’s resident two-pedal-NSX-slayer, the Typhoon.
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Streetwalking: Volkswagen Vanagon Syncro
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If you started telling most car guys about the tech specs on these little vans, they’d start salivating — provided, of course, you didn’t tell them what vehicle the specs belonged to. For obvious reasons, these little trucks don’t have the best reputation. But let’s take a closer look.
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Last Call- St Patrick's Day Edition
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The Beebe & Mulligan Fighting Irish dragster team was one of the most potent of the late 1960s. John “The Zookeeper” Mulligan’s untimely death of heart failure following a fiery 171-mph crash in September 1969, ended his 7-year partnership with fellow Garden Grove resident Time Beebe, and left the So Cal drag community stunned. You…
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Which One's The Dummy? HOV Scofflaw Gets Picayune Penalty
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A New York driver faces a $135 fine for driving solo in the HOV lane. She thought she could skirt the law by placing a be-scarfed mannequin in the passenger seat. What foiled her nefarious plans? It turns out that the cops thought it was too cloudy a day for the passenger to be wearing…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Kind of Girl (or Guy) is Your Car?
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We all assign our vehicles some sort of personality based on their traits. Whether it be the guy with the axe from the Brawny® paper towel wrapper that comes to mind every time your see your F250, or the chick from An Education as you slip behind the wheel of your Se7en, something must come…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: This is NOT a 1957 Thunderbird!
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Here is another reader tip sent in by Tony (Thanks Man!). This questionable styling exercise is being offered by Leon Miller’s Wagonmaster dealership that specializes in the sale and reconditioning of the Jeep Grand Wagoneers. The question is would anyone in their right mond purchase this thing?
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Hooniverse Asks: What Would a Hooniverse Video Game Look Like?
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The key to success in racing is speed, consistency, reliability and a bit of luck. The key to success in Hooniversal racing is not blowing up.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Someone Buy This Saab Sonnett!
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We received this tip here at Hooniverse Central from Jason (Thanks Man!) and it looks like a great deal on an exceedingly rare Saab. Read more after the jump….
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Irv Gordon's 1966 Volvo P1800's Odometer Trips 2.8 Million Miles
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This is the story of Irv Gordon, a retired science teacher from East Patchogue (Long Island), New York. Over the last 44 years, he and his 1966 Volvo P1800 have covered an incredible 2.8 million miles, giving new meaning to the term “loving one’s car.” Read more after the jump….
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Chugging into History; The 1982 – 87 El Camino SS by Choo Choo Customs
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The Chevrolet El Camino is one of those truly unique models spawned by the Ford versus Chevy competition. However, as the sun began to set on the El Camino, a van conversion company offered a styling package that was lifted from the NASCAR inspired Monte Carlo SS, and was made available to every Chevrolet Dealer…
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2010 V8 Supercar Season Starts Feb 18 with P!NK as Ambassador
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCDXvxTP51Q[/youtube] The Greatest Show on Wheels finally returns after its winter summer break, and I couldn’t be more excited about it.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Images of the 24 Hours of New England
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Starting off the last weekend of July, I thought I would share some images from the 24 Hours of Lemons site taken from last weekend at Stafford Springs, Connecticut.