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Last Call- Apartheid is Turning Edition
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Sold alongside the Blimey, you don’t smell of old lady at all, your majesty Queen of England, and Hey Bill, is that Axe you’re wearing? President Clinton fragrances. Image source: [explainthisimage.com]
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Last Call- 15 Minutes of Fame Edition
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Fame. Originally you arrived at it by being “discovered” in Schwab’s Drug Store. Later, on TV prime time soaps, it was the temp receptionist that is found to have the qualities necessary for running the company and saving it from bankruptcy. And just last year some dude got a studio deal simply for a YouTube…
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Rambulance!
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The Dodge M43 Power Wagon Ambulance sits near the top of my Zombie Apocalypse Survival Vehicles list. Simply put, there are few vehicles that better embody the “Goes slow, goes everywhere” mindset and none that do it with as much simplicity. Everything’s big and imprecise. All shortcomings were solved with more steel. It’s that peace of…
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I Hoon in the Land Down Under
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Well…not me. Most of you know that the term “hoon” originated in Australia. It can conjure mixed emotions down there since it refers to folks who drive recklessly. Here in the states we have adopted it and I feel it best describes someone who has a passion for driving. One Australian I can think of…
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We're Not Real Big on Corvettes, But This Black, T-Topped 4-Speed C3 Might Change That
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The C3 Corvette is an ostensibly terrible vehicle. Fragile, ill-handling and not particularly well put together, they’re also a representative of the decline of American Iron from the horsepower zenith around 1970 to the nadir or the late ’70s. They’re most commonly associated with bad hair and bad music. But it’s so easy forget all…
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Ranflas.ru Gives Us a Reason to Learn Russian
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Checking out car culture from other countries is always great. After we discovered just how awesome their cars are, Sweden’s recently made a big jump to tie Australia on the list of places we’d live if not in the Good Ole’ USA. Speed:Sport:Life recently did a hilarious piece on how to be a British auto…
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V.I.S.I.T.: What I Saw Today
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While this olelongrooffan did not get a chance to attend the Raleigh Classic Car Auction the UDMan shared with we Hoons last Friday, I was lucky enough to have spotted this over the weekend. Yeah, it’s another “pseudo folksy” post for you Hoons to enjoy.
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Showdown: Lesser of Two Evils Edition
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In our last showdown, the wankeled 510 walked (or hmmmmm-ed) away with the win. Two words: chin spoiler. But enough of that wannabe dorifto/auto-X nonsense. It’s winter, so lets try to find some vehicles that’d be nice in the snow, or will be great to take to the beach once the weather breaks in February…
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Mystery Car Revealed, er Confirmed
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Well despite my best efforts to obfuscate and lead astray by flipping the image, it took almost no time at all for Festiva_Movement to divine that it was in fact a Ferrari 575M Superamerica. Touted as the World’s fastest convertible, the 199-mph flip top rocked the 575M’s hottest motor and an innovative but homely glass…
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Like a Suzuki Sidekick on a Pernod Bender: the Auverland A3/4
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Huge articulation, a Peugeot turbodiesel, and the legendary Panhard name tacked on? What more could you possibly want? More info and a few videos of the Auverland after the jump.
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Hooniverse Goes to…Goodguys Orange County
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If you’ve been reading the ol’ ‘Verse for anything more than a week or two, you know that hot rod shows filled with surf music piped over the P.A. system and gaggles of graying, rounding Boomers shuffling around proclaiming, “I used to have one just like that” to their friends/hot daughters kids/spouses/etc. aren’t really our…
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SUV Showdown: Infiniti FX50 Vs Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8, Part 3
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It’s time to move on from ridiculous hoonage back to the real world (for now). After the canyons and the empty streets of California City came miles of long, straight highway.
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Looking for a Quality Used Crown Vic P71? QualityCopCars.com is Your Place
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I was helping out a friend browse for a roomy, safe car on the cheap; meaning I was cruising craigslist for P71s. This led to a listing from qualitycopcars.com, basically warning as to the dangers of going really cheap with one’s selection. The dude running the outfit sifts through the assorted surplus sales and picks…
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Mystery Car
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Last week’s Mystery Car proved too easy, what with a whole side scoop to go on, so I’m making this one a little tougher, giving you just a thin sliver of car to go on. This, by the way, must be how the Man in the Iron Mask looks at the world, so just be…
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Hooniverse Asks- If You Could Buy Only One Car For the Rest of your Life, What Would it Be?
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Let’s say you need to buy a car, but not just any car, one that’s very, very special. This car will be the last one you ever buy, and the one that you will have to drive until you make that big pit stop in the sky. Which car would you choose, and why?
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I Purchased a Car Listed on Ebay; And That's Not The Real Story!
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Well, I did it. I purchased a vehicle from a Mega Dealer on Ebay, sight unseen. I thought the price was right, and the miles were more than acceptable, and it will be used as a replacement for the UDMobile (A 1983 Chevrolet Camper Van) to tow the Corvair and the Boat. So, what’s the…