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U.S. Treasure Auction to be held June 3rd at the Broward County Convention Center, Includes Benz, Bugatti, and Boats.
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Once again, we received an outstanding tip from long time Hoon Muthalovin (Thanks Man), and this one is top flight, describing the upcoming U.S. Treasury Auction of apparently seized items that include classic and exotic cars, trucks, limousines, and watercraft. You have to make the jump to see a sample of the merchandise.
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Speed Read – Merchants of Speed
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If you’ve never taken the time to listen to stories of what members of The Greatest Generation did with their free time in the 30s, 40s and 50s, you ought to. Seriously, just call up your parents or grandparents and let ’em talk. Rest assured, there will be rambling incoherence, and the stories may be…
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Last Call- These Are a Few of My Favorite Things Edition
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I would like to get bacon via email, but unfortunately all I get is spam. Image source:[Imgur.com]
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2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI (aka The GDI)
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America, you don’t know what you want… “I want to get great fuel economy, so I think I should buy a hybrid”, says your mother. “I want a car that is fun to drive, so I have to have a sports car”, says your father. Since this is the Hooniverse, we want something that most…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: More Content & Interesting Posts – So Why Aren't You Here?
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If you haven’t noticed, Hooniverse now has weekend content, filled with fresh postings, interesting perspectives, and stuff you need to know. Ok, the last point is a bit of a stretch, bit not by much. If you haven’t been around Hooniverse last weekend, make the jump to see what you missed.
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1956 Electric Star Chief Kids Car, For the Junior Hoon With Impeccable Taste
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…and wealthy parents, given that the the bidding’s up to $1750. Kids cars based on real models were pretty common promotional items back in the day, but like most promo materials (or things given to kids), they tended not to last long.
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Cuda Twofer Impresses Upon Us The Need For a Larger Driveway
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It’s a good thing the Mad_Science Laboratory is located in a relatively dense section of LA’s original suburbs. Aside from the preferable aesthetics of a nearly 100 year old house, our neighborhood is dense enough to limit driveway capacity to a “just right” 5 vehicles. Were we to move out to the exurbs, might be…
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Desire, Thy Name Is T25 Transporter Pickup
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Words can’t express how much I want this pickup. It’s got me in its spell, and I’m desperately wishing I had a few thousand spare dollars to pick this car up and take it home with me.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's More American, Ford or Chevy?
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Let’s say that the Great Gazoo arrives from Planet Nine and it’s your responsibility to explain to him about the people of the Earth. Naturally, being a firm believer in American Exceptionalism, you want to pump up our great nation in case he’s seeking world domination, and you want to make sure that we’re seen…
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He Who Dies With The Most Toys Wins. . . Be That Guy
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Up for auction on eBay – for a cool $1.2 million – is the collection you see above. Described as 48-years worth of car and part hoarding, it contains hundreds of mid-’50s to late ’70s cars and literally millions of parts all sitting on 4 acres of what is now most likely a more oil-soaked…
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The coolest Italian cars aren't red.
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Red Italian cars? How cliché. In many ways, the Alfa Romeo Brera is Italy’s answer to the Chevy Monte Carlo. Blasphemy! Maybe, but bear with me for a second: the fiery Latin coupe and the perennial “Official Ride of People of Wal-Mart” have a lot more in common. The Brera isn’t the fastest car in…
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F1 2010 Will Rain on Your Parade Lap
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The upcoming console and PC game F1 2010 looks to raise the bar in environmental dynamics, as this work-in-progress promo video describes.
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Hooniverse Projects- 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee – Trailer Hitch
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A few weeks back I covered the replacement of some road-scarred headlamps on the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Today, we’re gonna’ get hitched!
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Hooniverse Asks- If Your Favorite Auto Maker Had a Cologne, What Would it Smell Like?
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We all want to smell good. But, being car people we usually emit the funk of road grime and drive-thru food farts. Both of those olfactory offenses may be masked by the judicious application of a gallon or two of some eau de toilette, but if we’re going to go the perfume route, we might…
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Found on Ebay: A Subaru Justy, with a Heart Transplant
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Here at Hooniverse Central, we seem to get tips from our readers all the time. And look, here’s another one from long time Hoon, LTDScott (Thanks, Man). So what do you get when you cross one of the most underwhelming models Subaru ever produced with one of their all conquering, rally bread sports cars? You…
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Pay No Rent! Accepting Neighborhood Close to Campus – Best Flier Ever
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We’re not done with our vannin’ shenanigans, oh no. This is an actual flyer pulled from a (real, physical) bulletin board right around the end of the school year back my UCSD days. No, this didn’t become Chez Mad_Science…but it was briefly under serious consideration, given rent prices in the vicinity of La Jolla. Do…