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Be Just Like MFP's Jim Goose, Except Without Horribly Disfiguring Burns
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While many people regard Mad Max and its ilk as the best Australian post-apocalyptic police car movies ever made, sometimes its easy to forget the role that two-wheeled contraptions played in the mayhem. Take Jim Goose’s Z1000, lovingly recreated by Japan’s Whitehouse motorcycle shop.
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AutoWeek Fights MS with Slot Cars
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You doing anything on July 24th? How would you like to race some slot cars and contribute to the fight against Multiple Sclerosis? AutoWeek and the Peterson Museum in Los Angeles are putting on the charity race as well as a conversation with legendary Porsche 917 pilot, Vic Elford, in something they say is not…
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Radial Engine Cutaway is Hypnotic, Kinda' Sexy
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I don’t know why, but I find this. . . arousing. At any rate, if you wanted to know exactly how a radial engine operates, here you go. Now if I can just find one of the ones where the crank is stationary and the cylinders spin! Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Showdown: Dirt Wagon Edition
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Over the weekend, UDMan pitted arch-rival Chevy and Ford pickups against one another, but it was more of a philosophical thing, what with no poll and all. It’s also roughly tied based on the comments. The last time we kept score, the Marlin turned the Barracuda to chum. This time around, we’re looking at the…
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Rose City Rossi
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The city of Pasadena CA is alternately referred to as the Crown City and the Rose City. This past Sunday, Pasadena’s main drag in old town was overrun with what many consider automobiledom’s crowning achievements, and most of them were rose-colored.
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Pep Boys, Italian style: Rome’s Autoricambi d'Epoca Giolitti
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Nestled between the kebab shops and knockoff purse stands across from Rome’s Termini station is a rather unassuming auto parts store. It seems like an oddball place for car parts: tourists getting their first glimpse of the Eternal City are looking for currency exchangers and shady Internet cafes rather than woodgrain Nardi three-spoke steering wheels…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: 10 Awesome Gadgets to Annoy Other Road Users
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Isn’t it annoying when someone swerves out in front of you on the road? Do you find yourself thinking up a million ways to really irritate them? This list is from the Train Horn Blog (Gee, there’s a blog for almost everything!) and thanks to Amy (Thanks, Amy!) we can now read all about these…
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Hooniverse Asks – What would you drive in a buddy-cop show?
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Last week we asked you what you would drive as a PI, and you came back with some great suggestions, with cars that reflected the personalities of its detectives. But after that botched drug raid with Hernandez’s men (that you point out was successful), you’ve been reassigned! You’re too reckless, Sargeant Callahan says. You need…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Don't See That Every Day Edition
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This was one of those vehicular discoveries you just never expect to see; and when you do see them, you don’t expect things to work out so well that you get to chat cars with the owner for a half-hour or so. But nevertheless, that’s how it all turned out.
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A Conquest For Sale, Tampa Area, Slightly Customized (Yea, Right!)
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The only thing I have to say is what did this Chrysler Conquest (remember, this is a rebadged Mitsubishi Starion after all) do to deserve this fate. Yes, the body work is questionable, but wait until you see what else has been done to it.
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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Chevy Trailblazer and its Five Clones.
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During the new millennium America’s love affair with the Sport Utility Vehicle was in full bloom, with the mid-sized versions as the sales leaders. These vehicles were the replacements for the unloved minivans and station wagons of yesterday. General Motors was desperately trying to modernize their offerings while increasing production levels to keep the fat…
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Burnout Win: Dahlbäck Audi SportQuattro Shows How It's Done
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUL6jFvCk8A[/youtube] Okay, this actually doesn’t have a lot to do with a burnout, it’s just generally a video of a very nice SportQuattro showing off, but the clip at the end is a very nice contrast to the epic failure of the Neon earlier. And the soundtrack for this little car is practically music. Nobody…
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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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Last Call- What's Your Commute Like? Edition
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This is likely the oddest video you will see today.
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Last Call- Sucks To Be Ewe Edition
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The only thing worse than being stuck in an ovine traffic jam is deciding, out of boredom, to count them and then falling asleep. Image source: [Webshots.com]
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Lancia Delta Group B Rally Car on Ebay; What Do You Think Its Worth?
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Another great Tip from The Doctor (Thanks, Man!), who alerted us to a piece of rolling history. This is an actual Group B Lancia Delta S4 Rally Car, from what was probably the greatest chapter in Racing History, the FIA World Rally Championship in 1985 and 1986.