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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.
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Ready, Aim, FIRE! In this Order, Please*
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From the outside, most American V8s look about the same. Things get interesting once you start messing with ignition or camshafts. As you can see here, there’s more to be figured out. Aside from distributor and spark plug wire installations, these differences contribute to the specific sound and feel that each engine has. Print it…
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Cars & Coffee Montrose Mega Gallery
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Okay, I’m a day late and a dollar short with this collection, but I think you’ll find the gallery worth the wait. On Monday’s Last Call we had a shot of a passing mirror, teasing a car that showed up last Saturday to the weekly Cars & Coffee impromptu meeting of classic cars in Montrose…
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Another Cars & Coffee
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You’ve seen lots of posts from the Cars & Coffee event that occurs every Saturday morning in the former Ford PAG parking lot in Irvine. Lesser known, but with just as fantastic an attendance is the Montrose CA C&C. I talked my Father in Law (all you car nuts should be so lucky as to…
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If You Can Read This, That Means Jeff Was Victorious
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…and we’ll be back in action shortly.
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I love all you M/Fs!
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In yesterday’s Hooniverse Asks question about our favorite French cars, several folks mentioned the Renault 5 (Le Car in the States), along with Citroën’s SM and Traction Avant. All three are examples of the fairly rare breed of car that combines a longitudinally mounted front engine with a driven set of front wheels positioned fully…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Country Makes The Best Supercars?
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Of the major auto-producing nations, each country has had at least one. In addition, some come from countries not known for their automotive production or engineering acumen, but still they come. Supercars, those amazing, frustrating, uncompromising machines which may typically be found one the pages of buff books; in the garages of Saudi princes, and…
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Team Trailing Throttle Oversteer: A Truer Name Couldn't Be More Apt!
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I was going to open this post with something witty, but I really can’t top this video. It was located on the 24 Hours of LeMons Forums, and it shows you what can happen when you lose your cool and let your emotions take over.
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Why Vacuum-Assist Makes Power Brakes Work So Well
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Engine vacuum – that free bit of force that powers our brakes, keeps the headlights down on our Lotus Elans, and provides the myriad of hoses under our hoods – oh what would we do without you?