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V.I.S.I.T – Would you ever consider a Replicar?
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Over the weekend I spotted this car for sale at a local car show. To see more pictures, make the jump, and while your doing that, ask yourself if you could ever see yourself driving a replicar?
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The Hooniverse Version of Disneyland
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On a quiet side street in Van Nuys, California there sits a relatively unassuming house. Driving by you might see an unusual car or two parked in the u-shaped driveway, but nothing that would make you hit the brakes. What you wouldn’t see however, is that the side of the house leads back into an…
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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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Dobbertin DHC: Like a Fieroghini Hydroplane!
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Blame it on the jigger of scotch you had with brefass if you wish, but the Dobbertin HydroCar (DHC) is as real as your drinking problem, and a hell of a lot more dangerous.
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Last Call- Glorious Failures Edition
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In case you are unfamiliar, that’s the 1966 BRM H-16 F1 engine. When the new 3-litre formula was announced for 1966, BRM could have gone with a more standard V12, however they felt that format’s narrow but tall shape wouldn’t make a sufficiently solid to be used as a stressed member to support of the…
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When Sex Was Safe and Racing Was Dangerous
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According to Hans Stuck, now it’s the other way around. We tend to agree. In today’s look at the 2010 Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival, we’re going to get up close and personal with the folks who risked injuries of historic proportions to race some of the past’s fastest and most dangerous vehicles on one of…
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The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS – A Young Hoon's Review (Part 2 of 2)
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[Ed. Note: Friend of Hooniverse Nick Gregson recently rented a Camaro SS and hit the California roads for a weekend adventure. Click here to read part one of his story. This is part 2, the final piece] Things got more interesting as we headed towards St Helena. My passenger / navigator had found us a…
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Announcing…Italian Week!
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So I’ve finally wiped the cannoli stains off my hands and dug through the 1.21 jiggawatts gigabytes of photos secreted from the Hooniverse European Offices (a sketchy Internet Cafe with a homeless guy who smelled like vinegar and Lamisil) to bring you an entire week of basil/Parmigiano-Reggiano-scented content! I’ll be showcasing all my findings from…
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Chevrorsche 924 Proves American Ingenuity Isn't Dead – It Just Needs a New Hobby
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Let’s say you’ve got a lot of Chevy parts laying around, as well as a funny furrin car that you can’t find parts for at Midwest Auto Parts, but that the girls all seem to like. Let’s also imagine you know which end of the wrench to hold, but not necessarily which end of the…
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Hooniverse Asks- Do You Really Care How Many Cylinders Your Car Has?
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Yesterday I asked if you would be open to the thought of a V6 engine in a Corvette, as an ancillary model. Some responded no effing way, and condemned me as anti-American. Others said, sure, as long as the engine and the car adhere to the expected performance and feel of a real Vette. The…
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SMS Supercars presents the SMS 302 Mustang
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Steve Saleen has a long history of building powerful cars; from the sporty Saleen Mustang to the potent S7. His new company, SMS Supercars, started life with the 570 Challenger. They will eventually turn their wrenches on to the Camaro, but their newest creation is the SMS 302 Mustang.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Le Mans Racer?
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Well, the 2010 24 Heures du Mans is in the books, and in a blow to the efforts of all others, Audi managed a 1-2-3 sweep, once again securing their dominance of the French circuit. This ninth victory for the Germans ties them with Ferrari, and proves the old tortoise and hare maxim that slow…
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V.I.S.I.T: What Do You Think a 1969 car with a 350 is Worth?
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I went to a local car show over the weekend and saw this car for sale. It was actually a lovely little car, with a stonking engine, in a shade of blue that you don’t see on modern cars. I think the asking price is a tad high, but to find out what it is,…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Car Movie?
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Whether The Great Race, Stroker Ace, or The Italian job, with Minis all over the place, movies and cars go hand in hand. If you were stranded on a deserted island, with only a flint, Rosie O’Donnell and an iPod, which car movie would you take along?
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Clean one-owner: 2001 Jaguar Daimler Majestic V8 LWB
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Clean one owner. Only 14,000 miles. Meticulously maintained. Previously owned by the Queen of England. No, really…
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Caption this: Two Chevy's, one hump edition
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Since we don’t really have any memes of our own (that I can think of) I’m going to go ahead and coin the term Doin it Chevy-style. Have at it in the comments. Special thanks to CptSevere for the photo.