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Last Call- Just Be Cossacks Edition
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You can really appreciate a motorcycle stunt team where the bikes and some of the riders sport handlebars. From the Seattle Cossacks’ website: Wherever the Seattle Cossacks ride, people watch and wonder in fascination, waiting for the next man to climb higher. No ropes, no props, no skyhooks, no gimmicks-they just climb. How can they…
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Last Call- Long, Long Ago, In an Exige Two Lanes Away Edition
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That’s no moon… Image source: [explainthisimage]
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Good Work, Wick: A Pile of Cool Videos
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Generally we do our best to focus on the real, functional or fun over more image or scene-centric content. That said, we’re still suckers for pretty pictures and good tunes. Christoph Wick supplies such things. This time around, it’s “Remember Viva”, a rundown on the Viva Las Vegas show and “Mercury Rising” which appears to…
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1953-59 IFA/MZ BK350
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As far as engine layouts go, you can’t get much weirder than the BK350’s air-cooled two-stroke boxer twin. But when you think about it, the format makes lots of sense, at least by the somewhat twisted Eastern Block way of thinking common behind the Iron Curtain.
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UNICAT: Unholy Spawn of RV, Dakar Truck, and Ghengis Khan
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Road trips are fun, but there’s hardly any adventure in the typical one (unless you count digestive issues caused by roadside diners). UNICAT offers a solution – leave seeing the world’s largest fizzy denture cleaner to Aunt Marie and try your hand at something fun. Say, the La Paz-Yungas Road in Bolivia?
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Buick-Powered Esprit Looks, May Be, Pure Evil
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If the phrase ‘1979 Turbo Esprit’ causes you consternation, don’t be alarmed—the factory Turbo Esprit wasn’t launched until 1980. Of course, the phrase ‘GNX-powered Esprit’ may engender even greater shock, but don’t worry, both that, and the car, will soon pass.
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2010 Kia Forte Koup
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Most of us on this planet are not wealthy. Most of you reading this review enjoy spirited driving. Seeing that you are most likely not a person of means and that you enjoy being behind the wheel of a vehicle, you’re probably intimately familiar with the “slow-car-fast” concept. This is to say, you know the thrill of…
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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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And they say that nobody watches BBC America…
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On my way to work this morning, I captured this vanity plate, fortunately affixed to a suitably enthusiast-oriented vehicle. I guess the Stig’s American Cousin hails from Missouri.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Race Car?
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Okay, we’ve done motors, drivers and tracks. But one thing has been missing- that single element that brings all those parts together to create an exciting motorsport event, and not just a bunch of guys (and the occasional girl) trying to drag an engine around. Race cars get our blood going. They are the ultimate…
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What's Your Eleanor? – A Galaxy Far, Far Away Edition
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Seems like a lot of our “Eleanors” have dated from our awkward high school eras, and my “Eleanor” is no different. I grew up in a solidly Japanese car household, where four cylinders were more than enough and velour interiors were a gaudy and ostentatious display of excess. Vinyl burns on your legs were a…
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Hooniverse Asks- Who's Your Favorite Minor Celebrity Car Dealer?
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Here in Southern California during the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, you couldn’t sit through a midnight movie or Saturday afternoon ballgame without catching an ad for Cal Worthington. Whether riding a hippo or being chased by a hungry looking tiger (all of which were named my dog spot), Cal was an icon of local LA…
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The 24 Hours of LeMons Weekend – New England 2009
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Just to wet your appitite for this upcoming weekend, I decided to re-visit this little video from the local Fox Station affiliate Fox 61. They did a great job outlining the race, with a bit of color commentary, a lot of humor, and a bit of banter after the segment aired. I don’t remember any…
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Mecum Auction-Kissimmee, Florida 2010 – Saturday Gallery
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Ready for more Mecum action? The Saturday gallery is just on the other side of this here jump…
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Last Call- Turtlenecks and VWs Edition
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And if you can sell your wife on her ’60s bullet bra being the only “crush space” in the event of an accident, you deserve a 34-second zero to sixty time. Image source: [Reddit]
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Hooniverse Asks- Who's Your Favorite Race Driver?
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They say that racers are wired differently, that they have faster mental reflexes and an innate sense of hubris. That being said, we all have our favorites, whether it’s from NASCAR, Formula One, WRC or another tire turning competition.