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Vintage Australian Touring Car Racing: Because You Weren't Going To Be Productive Today Anyhow
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The Incomparable Mr. Scroggs has come through once again in his singular mission to destroy your productivity.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: 1971 AMC Matador Machine?
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This was the little-known follow-up to the 1970 AMC Rebel Machine. This article was posted in Automotive Traveler in March of this year, but it is still timely, and a great read.
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The new DMC: Sorcery of a Different Sort
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Quick! If I say “DMC”, you say “12”, right? It’s forever been that way since we met those bad, bad, VW-driving Libyans and learned how to defeat them. Well, after viewing the following video, the acronym “DMC” is going to have to fight more than Libyans for it to solely mean “DeLorean Motor Company”. Apparently…
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Hooniverse Asks – What's a "True" Porsche?
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For some aficionados of the brand, Porsche stopped building real cars when the last 356 rolled off the assembly line. Others discount anything with a radiator. What do you think, do Porsches have to emulate the layout of the pre-war People’s Car in order to be accepted as righteous?
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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.
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Last Call- That's Not The Kind of Helmet I Meant Edition
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In Singapore, Peugeot is taking safe sex to new extremes in their advertisements. Image source: [NotCot.org]
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Norman Bates Drives a Manta Montage?
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If you happen to have a Manta Montage kit car, but the lack of ventilation makes driving with the windows in place untenable, how would you keep the thieves out of it?
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: 28th Annual Dana Point Concours d'Elegance
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After flirting with a number of Orange County, California venues for much of the last quarter century, the 28th Annual Dana Point Concours d’Elegance now has a home on the fairways and greens of the St. Regis Resort and Golf Course. With almost 200 cars on display and judged, and almost as many in the…
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Last Call- Game Over, Man Edition
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIRUavithF8[/youtube] Yakuza valets. What more needs to be said?
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Chevy Enthusiast via Hooniverse: The Chevy Cameo Carrier
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There was a time in which the Pickup Truck and the Passenger Car were nearly the same, sharing their chassis, drivetrain, interiors, even their forward sheetmetal. However, during the 30’s and early 40’s, the Passenger Car and the Pickup Truck became increasingly divergent, with Cars stressing style and comfort, while Trucks stressed simplicity and utility.…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Setback for Team Trailing Throttle Oversteer!
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The New England Edition of the 24 Hours of LeMons (now renamed!) is a scant 4 weeks away, and we have a serious problem…. Read more after the jump…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: DieselFumes; So, What the hell is this thing?
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Welcome to another Weekend Edition here at Hooniverse. I hope you’re enjoying your time here as I try and find items that you may have missed, or bring you some off the wall content that you may not find anywhere else. You seemed to enjoy the post about the Mitsubishi Fuso 4X4 truck, so I…
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Obscure, Poorly Built, and Slow, the Gilbern Invader Still Best Welsh Car Ever
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OK, so Gilbern was the only Welsh marque ever, but even so, just look at it! The Mustang-meets-Longchamp lines, the gaping maw inhaling a gryphon, the howling Essex six-pot up front … it’s positively nwydwyllt, in the local vowel-challenged tongue.
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1923 Model T For Sale in Calgary
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While browsing through Autotrader, I stumbled across this little beauty sitting on a dealership lot in Calgary. I’m tempted to head down there and ask them if they’d be willing to let me take it for a test drive.
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Hooniverse Asks- Turbocharged or Supercharged?
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The old racing maxim goes Injection is nice, but I’d rather be blown. Of course, who wouldn’t? But which method of forced induction blows up your skirt?
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V.I.S.I.T: A Bizarre Lincoln Limo spotted in New York
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Call me a little lazy, but I just discovered these images on my “Crackberry” that I took when I was at the New York International Auto Show that happened a couple of weeks ago. Yes, it’s a rolling advertisement, with a “Pirates of the Caribbean” vibe to it for the bar called Jekyll and Hyde.