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Whatever You Were Doing in 1969 and 1970, It Wasn't as Cool as This
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Were you racing your Ferrari 250 against your buddies’ Ferrari 250s at Willow Springs and on Mulholland Dr.? No? We didn’t think so. Jump for a collection of amateur film narrated by Stephen Mitchell about his antics at the age of 19 involving one of the Best Cars of All Time.
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Dude, it's Called a Side-Walk
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When I was a kid, grownups would ask me why don’t you go play in the street, as a way to get rid of me, annoying as I was. Well, for this pedestrian, caught on a security camera, that might be the safer place to be.
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Icelandic Glacier Truck is Built Fjord Tough
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The story goes that Greenland and Iceland got their names, despite antithetical topographies, because the residents of Iceland wanted to keep out the riff-raff. Although not truly covered with ice, the North Atlantic nation does still possess a number of remnants of the last ice age, including a large number of glaciers. Unlike in Alaska…
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Last Call- Navigators Can Leave Skid Marks Too Edition
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The inspiration for the Ford Edge. Image source: [Photo Finish via Tumblr]
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A Falcon for Films
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Australian friend of Hooniverse (AFOH) Mark Goddard continues to send excellent stuff from the land that brought you Midnight Oil. Side note, the lead singer of that band who was fairly frightening in the “Beds Are Burning” video is now a quite well-respected member of Parliament. He is the Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage, and the…
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Plenty of Room to Haul Spare Apex Seals: '75 Mazda RX3 Wagon
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Some day in the not-too-distant future, early-to-mid ’70s rear wheel drive Japanese cars may well be worth more than their domestic contemporaries. This may come about as the slightly younger Japanese nostalgia crowd reaches the prime purchasing power years (otherwise known as mid-life) and Baby Boomers move on to retirement homes. The low sales numbers…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Q-ship Color?
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For those unfamiliar with the term, a Q-ship is a merchant vessel that possesses hidden armaments in order to lure subs to the surface and then to sink them. That nomenclature has been adopted by the car culture as the description of a car that is stealthily able to travel quickly without drawing attention to…
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That's One Big NACA Duct
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Over at Wired’s This Day in Tech they are celebrating the March 27th 1931 opening of the world’s first full-size wind tunnel at Langley Field in Virginia. Designed to test the real-world properties of aircraft, the tunnel is 60 feet wide and 30 feet tall, and features a gaping mouth that looks like Mick Jagger…
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Hooniverse Asks- How'd You Become a Car Nut?
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You all visit this site for a reason, and it’s not for the chance of catching a glimpse of Dearthair naked, not that I’m saying that won’t happen. No, you come he because of a shared love of all things automotive and greasy. Whether you like to poke around under the hood and get grease…
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Molly Sanders: The guy who programmed your brain
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We all know that, just as the sky is blue and cardinals are red, Kawasakis are supposed to be green, and (no matter how Yamaha tries to force blue bikes on us), Yamahas are supposed to be yellow, with a fat black hash-line across their flanks. Buick Grand Nationals are supposed to be blacker than…
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Cars and Coffee Montrose, April 10th, 2010
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Another week, another great start to the weekend. We’ve been attending CnC Montrose for a while now, but new (old) cars keep showing up. Based on what showed up this week, we imagine it’ll be some time before we’re bored. Hit the jump and let us soften the blow Monday morning dealt you.
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Last Call- Fallen Forty Edition
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I appreciate an owner who lives by the maxim cars are meant to be driven. Image source: [Jurriaan Vogel via Flickr]
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So That's Where They Got the Blackwood: 1950s Custom Ford SUVs From Brazil
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While Chevy, Dodge and Willys got into the whole early-SUV thing with their various truck-wagons, as far as we know Ford never did. They didn’t even have a full-sized truck based SUV until the ’78 Bronco. When there’s a niche to be filled, you can always trust some ambitious customizer to fill it. Even in…
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Showdown: Speedy Commuter Threesome Edition
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In our last Showdown, the FJ80 crawled all over the mega-overpriced Wagoneer, but I’ll readily admit it wasn’t much of a fair matchup. Oh well. In today’s showdown, we’re taking a look a trio of cars that a less ridiculous version of myself would be using for my 24,000 mile per year day-job commute. All…
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Showdown: GT500 Vs LS1-Swapped e30 M3
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In our last Showdown the Coronet RT edged out the Marauder, but not by a whole lot. If memory serves correctly, the Coronet went for around $30k on eBay, while the Marauder went for around $9k. We’re curious how today’s Showdown will pan out. It’s Ford Vs Chevy, with a twist. In one corner, we’ve…
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Here's to you Mr. Porsche Cayenne Announcer Man
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In case you didn’t know, Porsche has a new version of their money tree Cayenne sport utility ready to hit the market. To drum up a little excitement for a model that many consider not true to the brand’s essence, the company has released a video that attempts to intertwine the Cayenne with other, historically…