Articles
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Octane?
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Everybody likes the Rolling Stones. But when your engine starts singing Can’t You Hear Me Knocking? it may be time to switch up your grade of gas. With prices climbing a good ten to twenty cents per gallon when doing so, that can really add up to emptying your bank account while filling your tank.…
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Vans and the Places They Were By Joe Stevens
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Apparently we’re on a bit of a van kick. Let’s keep it a-rockin’. Having spent a decent portion of the 90s in a gray-on-gray (-on-gray) Ford Club Wagon, this particular Hoon laments the near extinction of the full-size van as a common family hauler. It’s like one day we woke up and wondered…where’d all the…
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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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Why Must This 440-Powered 1972 Chrysler Imperial Lebaron Be So Cheap?
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I have a problem. There are too many cars in my driveway and too many titles to my name. If I owned a pole barn this would not be a problem, but I do not. The latest painful reminder of my storage inadequacies is this super-sweet 1972 Chrysler Imperial Lebaron, complete with a 440 V8,…
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Question of the Weekend: Wouldn't you rather have more choice in Color?
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Here is a question that has been burning in the back of my mind for the past several years. It seems that we have all become color blind when it comes to our cars or trucks. The new cars are available in a variety of colors, as long as they are shades of Gray. I’m…
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Random Cool – A Renualt Clio V6 Sport
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We love Cars and Coffee…you know this because you hear us mention it once a week. I wanted to give you further proof as to why it’s the greatest get-together on the planet. Before the storms came out to try and force California into the sea, our friend SVT2888 (aka Leo of CnCPics.com) captured this…
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Comet Cyclone: Scariest Meteorological Event Imaginable or Sweet Mini-Muscle Find?
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Seriously, a swirling storm of large balls of ice and rock would be pretty scary. Luckily, this here ’65 Mercury is only frightening if we’re talking about stock handling or braking. For those unaware, the Comet was Mercury’s Falcon platform-mate from a time when the brands’ offerings differed by more than grills and badges. Compared…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: A Bubble Top Lincoln Continental connected with President Kennedy goes to Auction
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While 100-X is well known as the car in which President Kennedy was assassinated, a second 1962 Lincoln Continental with presidential connections goes on the block this August at Pebble Beach. Read more after the jump…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Would you paint your ride with Rustoleum?
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While catching up at Car Domain, I read this great article by David Belau about how he wanted to repaint his Dodge Dakota Pickup. How did it come out? Read more after the jump.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: You can own the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 used in the James Bond Movie Goldfinger…. yes you can!
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RM Auctions is offering one of only two–and the only known remaining–original 007 Aston Martin DB5 movie cars at its Automobiles of London auction this October. Continue after the jump.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: A Porsche 356 with an Audi V-8 Transplant?
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To start off another month of Hooniverse Weekend Postings, I thought I would share this little tasty project that was posted over at MotorMavens.com. The author of the piece, Tamer Omran, found the project over at Kustom Coach Works. Read more after the jump.
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Junkyard Jumble
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Published by the Consumer Guide in 1985, this Junkyard Jumble shows a stack of classic iron – it is your job to figure out which cars we are looking at. I have the answers and I will reveal them later today. The scan is not the easiest to work from but I would be shocked…
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Rt. 11 U-Pull, Northeastern PA's Newest Junkyard
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Driving along Route 11 through Northeastern PA, you don’t expect to see what I’ve drooled over seen every weekend for the past nine years. Tier after tier of mostly German cars nestled between the trees, stacked on top of each other, all grouped together (mostly by type) as far up the side of the mountain…
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A Landcruiser by Any Other Name
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Any time the words “4×4” and “For Parts” crop up on Craigslist, I’m all but bound by duty to investigate. When the post happens to feature an ’84 Landcruiser swaddled in what could only be described as the quintessential FJ color, you can bet your betting eyes I’m going to share the glory with you.…
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Last Call – Brazilian Wax Edition
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Missing a little pizazz in your kustom kar? Why not add some style with some ape pit carpets? Unique! Imported! A real performance mod! It’ll go great with your shrunken head shift knob with real animal skin! Maybe even from an orangutan! (But not really, as they are endangered.)
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Dakar Rally Pics to Make You Drool. Bring a Towel
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We’ve been tipped off to a whole cache of amazing Dakar photos. Hydrate, put on your Nomex and sunscreen, shake the sand out of your Underoos, and make the jump for a taste.