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Topless and Classy at the Same Time
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Classic Mercedeses devoid of greater than six liter motors do little for me personally, but the cache of a vehicle such as this cannot be denied. This 1957 Mercedes 220S Cabriolet appears to have halfway through a restoration, judging by the condition of the undercarriage and the primer job. It sports a dual-carbed six cylinder…
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Another Dubiously Valuable Twofer: Dinan Turbo e28 5-Series with Free 535is Thrown In
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None of you seem to be getting it. When we brought you the bargain bounty that was two Jensens for $8500, all you did was complain about British electrical bits and hard-to-find parts. You need to look past these minor hindrances. Today we present another opportunity for you to own two cars as part of…
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Cars and Coffee Irvine Continues its Automotive Assembly of Awesome
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Cars and Coffee Irvine has been the place to see amazing vehicles. Regardless of what your favorite make/model/year/era may be, the fact of the matter is that it will be well represented every Saturday. Starting around 6:30am, vehicles of all shapes and sizes filter into the lot next to the Taco Bell building. We have…
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Found on Ebay – Sprechen Sie AWESOME Edition
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Upon seeing this ad on ebay.de, I could only think of one thing. Deartháir stomping up and down, gnashing his teeth and screaming, “But daddy, I want it, NOW!”
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The Car from Kick-Ass…Kicks Ass?
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It looks like a gaudy movie prop…and to be quite honest in many ways it is. This is the car known as Red Mist from the new film Kick-Ass. Hidden beneath the ducting and huge scoop however, sits a pretty awesome car. Want the stats? Click to
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Git Yer Monday Started Rite – Too Much Nitrous Edition
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So the fourth cup of coffee has barely kept your heavy head off the keyboard, and your inbox is backing up with work like a horrendously clogged toilet. Dr. Solex prescribes 1:45 of backfiring excitement to jump-start your morning. Headphones are highly recommended unless you want the ATF kicking down the wall of your cube…
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What’s Your Eleanor? – I’m Such a Square Edition
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My greatest love of all is an old, boxy lump of metal with a weezy little 1600cc motor. It screams early 1970’s middle class suburbia family wagon. I’ve seen molasses in winter move faster. It has a face only I could love and yet I lust after one, each and every day. This one here…
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Calling all Hooniversians: Rename LeMons New England, win fabulous prizes!
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Here at Hooniverse, we’re all friends of LeMons. (As you are too, I imagine.) So any chance to help this organization achieve its goal of taking over the world achieving the zenith of crapcar racing excellence is welcome. And now you can join us!
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Hooniverse Asks- What's The Most Obscure Automotive Fact You're Proud You Know?
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We’ve been doing this Car Blog thing for a while now, and one thing that continues to impress us is the amazing automotive knowledge our regular commenters bring to the table on a daily basis. Whether it’s the big-end float on a ’62 Studebaker 289 V8, or the number of times Peugeot has won WRC,…
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Rail inspection? Pffhh … Try Minefield Inspection!
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Forget about crawling around boring railroad tracks … need a vehicle that eats IEDs for breakfast and plays in minefields for fun? Look no further than the Trojan, a Mad Max-esque tractor built from a bucket of main battle tank parts and a healthy dose of aggression.
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Last Call- Seatbelts Save Lives? Edition
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That’s Hans Hermann crouched down there, underneath the flipping car- the flipping car that, until just moments before this photo was taken, he was piloting. The crash, at the 1959 AVUS F1 race, was caused by failure of the brakes on Hermann’s BRM. Amazingly, he walked away from the accident with only minor bumps and…
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Last Call- Why I Don't Wear Suspenders Edition
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The truck didn’t make it, but we were able to save all twelve pallets! Image source: [thereifixeditdotcom]
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Hooniverse Asks- What Sexy Car Has the Most Un-Sexy Name, And Visa-Versa?
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That car up there is the Apollo. While debate over its beauty may be valid, there’s no arguing that its performance is sexy, being one of the fastest and more raw-edged super cars on the planet. And then there’s the name – Gumpert. Gumpert isn’t a sexy name, it’s the name of your sweaty typing…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Last Call; What a nice set of Tail Lamps….
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To close out another Weekend, I found this over at Poorly Dressed. It even came equipped with some poetry: All the ladies in France Like to caper and prance In their Peugeot Pants Gonna make some romance When I go out and dance In my Peugeot Pants The bouncer he grants My posse en-ter-ance When…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Meet a customized Fiero made to look like a Contemporary Riviera; The Zimmer Quicksilver!
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Happy Fathers Day, and I hope you are enjoying all the special Hooniverse Postings on the first summer weekend of 2010. Here is a car that was produced by a company known for their over the top Neo-Classic Replicars. The question I have is why did they even bother with the Quicksilver? Looking at a…
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Konichi-wha?! LeMons Team Announces Multicar Effort with Mind-Melting Vid
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PthVIL9YHR4[/youtube]The 24 Hours of LeMons and its participants are world nationally renown for not taking themselves too seriously. Then again, is it even possible to take oneself seriously when racing $500-and-under Pick-n-Pull escapees?