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V.I.S.I.T.: Pacer!
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I captured this unassuming little Pacer in a Tim Horton’s drive-through lineup yesterday, and the owner was awesome enough to stay still long enough for me to get photos of both sides, allowing you to evaluate the cosmetic merits, or lack thereof, of the unequal-sized doors.
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The 2011 World Rally Championship Lineup May Get a Whole Lot … Smaller?
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Famed team Prodrive is talking with famed driver Per-Gunner Andersson about driving for them as they put together their campaign for 2011. Prodrive is famous for running those amazing Subaru cars for many successful years. What will they bring to take on the world next year? Who out there guessed a MINI Crossover? No you…
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Showdown: Speedy Commuter Threesome Edition
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In our last Showdown, the FJ80 crawled all over the mega-overpriced Wagoneer, but I’ll readily admit it wasn’t much of a fair matchup. Oh well. In today’s showdown, we’re taking a look a trio of cars that a less ridiculous version of myself would be using for my 24,000 mile per year day-job commute. All…
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Last Call- Oh No You Can't Edition
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Well, they certainly opened a can of whoop-ass on that overpass. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Loverman's Movin' on Up
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In many ways, Hooniverse wouldn’t exist had it not been for Jonny Lieberman. His writing and presence at Jalopnik 1.0 opened my eyes to a world of car enthusiasm that went beyond Dana 60 swaps on 4x4s and forums with little happy face guys waving rainbow flags. In essence, he is the thinking automotive omnivore’s…
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Norwood P4-575 Makes Your 360 Modena Feel Inadequate
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Let me get one thing out of the way: as you might have noticed by how many of our “OMG drool” posts are based on Fantasy Junction offerings, the Emeryville shop is like some adult Wonka factory filled with licentious delights you can’t afford and might be bad for your health. Thankfully, unlike any respectable…
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For the Love of God, Someone Please Buy this Dart
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…because I’m sick of looking at it. No, it’s not the staid mid-60s lines mixed with “banana is my favorite color” paint. In fact, it’s quite handsome, in its own purposeful way. With a built 440c.i. running through a built 727 hooked up to a 4.30:1 rearend it’s very purposeful. The real problem with this…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's The Best Car to Sleep in?
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Earthquakes, hurricanes, in-laws, there’s lots of reasons you might become displaced from your home sweet home and become forced to bed down in your car, but with bucket seats and all that hard plastic they make interiors out of these days, who knows if you’ll get some decent shut eye. Of course you could plan…
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Streetwalking: Hoon on the Bayou edition
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Any schmuck can take a family sedan and crazy glue a V8 emblem to the back and call it a day. I’ve even heard tell there may or may not be a Prius running around with a Hemi emblem stuck to it. I don’t believe this to be the case. I believe that V8 emblem…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Race Track?
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Whether it’s a big asphalt oval, a rally course that covers multiple nations, or a sinewy street course between historic beach-front properties, there are a lot of venerated race venues out there. Some bring little more than a smooth stretch of macadam, and are otherwise nondescript. Others, such as Indy, with its yard of bricks,…
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1957 Chevy is a Chop Not a 'Shop
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Do you remember those photoshopped pictures of Porsches and Lambos and whatnot that were all squished and cartoonish looking? Of course you do, and who wouldn’t want a REAL ’57 Chevy two door wagon one of those?
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Weirdest Thing You've Ever Watched Race?
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Bar stools, bathtug regattas, Formula 5000, it seems like, if you can strap a motor on it, somebody will race it. Have you has the pleasure of experiencing some odd oval action?
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Boss Cat I: 1,000HP of Turbonique Fun in the Snow!
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By now you all should be familiar with the paste-eating, babbling, straightjacket-worthy insanity of that legendary purveyor of turbines and turbine accessories, Turbonique. Lest you think that the egregiously dangerous rocket drag axles were limited to dry conditions, may we present for your eye-rubbing, stupefied enjoyment, the Boss Cat I, a Turbonique-equipped 1,000 HP rocket…
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Last Call- What's Wrong With This Picture? Edition
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There’s something fishy about this Crown Vic, but can you tell what it is? You should be able to, after all it’s staring you right in the face, but if you can’t, the answer may be found here. Image source: [P71interceptor.com]
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Last Call- How I Miss-Spent My Youth
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If your recollections extend far enough back to include the Nixon administration and odd-even gas days, then you’ll likely remember Unk and them Varmints. If you’re younger than that, you may still have an old tee-shirt with an iron-on from CARToons. Either way, from 1959, until 1991, it was a good way for a car…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: A Porsche 356 with an Audi V-8 Transplant?
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To start off another month of Hooniverse Weekend Postings, I thought I would share this little tasty project that was posted over at MotorMavens.com. The author of the piece, Tamer Omran, found the project over at Kustom Coach Works. Read more after the jump.