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One Of The Coolest Delivery Fleets Around
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The esteemed Showdown: Stout vs. Stout Edition reminded me of a site I had stumbled on, no not StumbledOn, but one I came across a while back and I thought this might be a good time to share it with my fellow Hoons out in Hooniverse.
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USSR: Unbelievably Sweet Soviet Rallying
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From about as long as there have been cars, there’s been racing. The Iron Fist of Bolshevism held Russia in its steely grip for most of the 20th century, and anemic Soviet cars were the only things around. So when life hands you a Lada, you go rallying!
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Follow Monster Tajima without choking on dirt!
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This Sunday, legendary driver Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima will be defending his all-time record of 10:01.408 at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. He will be squaring off against challengers like the equally legendary Rhys Millen, in his V8-powered Hyundai Genesis PM580, who has been making inroads on his time year after year. This year, he’s…
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Baja Ghia, I Must Have You
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The who-we-want-to-be-when-we-grow-up Mike Bumbeck of Clunkbucket rolled by Bug-in #35 at California Speedway and captured quite a few VW’s that have grown well beyond their minimalist intended use. How beyond? 11 second quarter mile beyond. A badass bug is one thing but this Baja Ghia’s got my blood pumping and gears turning. After all, read-to-be-mutated…
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Lightweight Galaxie is the Jumbo Shrimp of the Car World
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Here’s a nicely completed Lightweight Galaxie replica offered on the Detroit Craigslist for $19,950. I don’t know about you, but it turns on my staging lights. The first Ford Lightweight Galaxie was built in mid-1963. That car, driven by legendary Ford driver Dick Brannan, brought the blue oval brand their first NHRA Super/Stock record, and…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Car-Derived Porn Name?
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Buck Nekkid, Dewy Hyman, Jay Leno– porn stars always have stage names that are in some way salacious. But what if they were limited to using only car names to create their sexy sobriquets? If using only the appellations applied to autos, what would be some good porn star names?
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Showdown: Stout Vs Stout Edition
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In our last Showdown, the polls plugin decided to take the day off, so (as of right now) it’s a fierce 0-0 tie between the Buick Sport Wagon and the Corvair. The poll’s back up, so feel free to go back and vote if you feel like it. Today we’re running an even more absurd…
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Can Am? Yes We Can!
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Imagine you’re a ’70s lothario, and you’re looking for the car that fits your personality. You check out the Trans Am, but it’s a little too small for your disco moves, what are you going to do? Enter the Can Am, a Collonnade with cojones!
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Race Motor?
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Tracks need cars to run on them, and drivers need cars to run on those tracks, and all those cars need motors to make them more than just stationary art objects. Out of all of those motivators, which one really gets your motor running?
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Hooniverse Asks- Have You Ever Wanted to Build a Kit-Car?
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One of the benefits of the VW Beetle’s ubiquity and easily un-boltable body has been the plethora of fiberglas kits that can make the car a personal expression of your own indomitable personality. Whether faux Ferrari, covert classic or futuristic freak-mobile, the VW platform was like the stage at a free-form jazz festival. That has…
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Hooniverse at the Detroit Auto Show – Well, Not Really, Kinda, Sorta…..
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The North American International Auto Show opens next week (January 11th) and it will be covered by two illustrious Hooniverians, except that they will be covering the event for (Redacted). Want to know who will be there, and better yet, take an unvarnished look at what they look like? All will be revealed after the…
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Are you the police? No ma'am, we're musicians.
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The Blues Brothers’ European tour seems to be going well. Image source: [Hewreck.com]
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Weekend Road Trip: Stuff I saw in Central Utah Edition
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Let me preface this by saying I had an OUTSTANDING weekend. I rented a car and drove to central Utah for a funeral. I know what you are thinkin “but Schmo, how can a funeral lead to a great weekend?” Well the service was a wonderful tribute to a wonderful lady who spent her 90+…
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Last Call- Something's Fishy Edition
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My favorite is the one that says ‘DX.’ Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Last Call- It's Winter, So These Must Be The Nationals Edition
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This weekend, Pomona Raceway hosts the 2010 NHRA Winternationals. In honor of that event, here’s CSX2248 – one of five dragonsnakes built for drag racing – and the winner of the 1964 AHRA Winternationals in Daytona. There’s a 4-page article on this car in the February 2010 issue of Muscle Car Review, in case you…
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Meet the Ghazal-1: a Real-Life Canyonero, with No Sense of Irony
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Ghazal-1! Ghazal-1! Looking like something from the background of a mid-90s cartoon, the Ghazal 1 is Saudi Arabia’s first and most earnest attempt to break into this “automobile manufacturing” fad. Saudi Arabia, as we all know, has far too much oil sitting beneath their windswept sand dunes, and dagnabbit, they just can’t give it away!…