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Showdown: 3-Way 70s Forced Induction Import Battle
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In our last Showdown, the Country Sedan stomped all over the Chevy Panel Wagon. Some accused me of stacking the deck in favor of a Ford like my own, but I don’t set the prices. I just picked two examples in the same price range. Anyway, onward… We’re mixing things up today with a trio…
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Last Call- Dude Looks Like a Lady Edition
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Just a 356 with 310-whp from a 930 turbo mill. No big deal. Read about it here. Image source: [Popular Mechanics]
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Join The Full Size Wagon Club! $2500 Entry Fee Gets you 410c.i. and 444lb-ft!
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You know what motor probably doesn’t need more torque? A hi-po Ford 390FE from the late 60s. Apparently no one told Mercury, because in their never-ending quest to be just a little different from Ford, they dropped the crank from a 428 into one, resulting in the Marauder 410, which has a torque curve (and…
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Jalopnik Unveils New Manifesto, We Pontificate
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In case you missed it (or didn’t click on the post b/c it looks like something about with Tom Cruise), Jalopnik’s grand panjandrum Ray Wert just unleashed 13 paragraphs of…something. A mix of mea culpa, mission statement and call-to-arms, it seems they’ll be taking a more focused direction. Our thoughts after the jump.
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Found on Craigslist: Race-ready Dime!
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Everyone knows that with a a little work a 510 can be transformed into a kick-ass little autocrosser. But who has time to actually get out to the garage and build one? For only $2500 you can buy this one ready to race.
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The Power of Dreams…and Smoke Machines: Third Gen Accord Limos
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Have you ever been traveling in a limo, be it for prom, a wedding, or a totally XX-rated bachelor party trip to the airport and concluded that your stretched automobile riding experience would be much, much more pleasurable if the vehicle was smaller, less flashy, less luxurious, comically underpowered and Japanese? Well, apparently Jules Kaplan…
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Chevy 350-powered Tractor Defies Logic, Clearly a Must-Own Toy
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Summer is almost here! Time to pull your SBC-powered, dump-bed equipped Worthington tractor out of the shed, devote a half-hour to ponder why you deep-sixed your third marriage over constructing it, correctly ascertain that it serves absolutely no purpose whatsoever, and gloriously over-sell it in an eye-watering eBay Motors ad!!! (Bonus WWJD “what would you…
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2010 Suzuki Kizashi
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Kih-Za-Shee. Not Keeshasha, Kezhasee, or Kissahee. Definitely not Ke$ha either…eww. This is the 2010 Suzuki Kizashi SE All-Wheel Drive and it’s a good car with a weird name. The name does have a purpose beyond confusing old men and young women, as it roughly translates to “omen” or “warning” in English. The Kizashi is basically…
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The Car from Kick-Ass…Kicks Ass?
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It looks like a gaudy movie prop…and to be quite honest in many ways it is. This is the car known as Red Mist from the new film Kick-Ass. Hidden beneath the ducting and huge scoop however, sits a pretty awesome car. Want the stats? Click to
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Last Call – How's This for Progress? Edition
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This is a bronze chariot from ancient Rome, as shown at the Musei Capitolini.
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I Wonder If It Comes With Spritle And Chim-Chim In The Trunk?
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Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go! Now’s your opportunity to go like Speed in your very own Mach Five. This C4 Corvette-based custom has the look, but it’s doubtful it has all of Pops’ wonderful toys. But at $32,000 you might have enough left over to add those grille-mounted circular saws.
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Hoon Obit – The Chicago Car Spindle Artist Passes Away
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The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Dustin Shuler, creator of Chicago’s Cermak Plaza Car Spindle, has passed away.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's The Best P.I. Car?
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Magnum had his 308 GTS, Rockford had his Firebird. Columbo, still being on the force, could only afford an old Peugeot 304 Grand Luxe, but at least it was a cabriolet. So many TV detectives, so many car chases, but which one was the best?
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Want to Get With a Starlet? Go to Las Vegas!
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Ah, Las Vegas. Come for the ephemeral promise of material gain, leave with the rolling chassis of a tiny Toyota for less than your booze-addled buddy is going to blow at the strip club (“Dude, I think she really loves me! I’m going to hit the ATM again …”). Not everything that happens in Sin…
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Hooniverse Asks- What is your most embarrassing oops?
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Having been a licensed driver for almost 20 years I can proudly say my oopsies are few and far between. I have never been in any sort of serious accident, minor fender-benders notwithstanding. In that time I have only had 3 (I think) speeding tickets, the most recent being in ’98. Don’t get me wrong,…
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This Month In Hoonage: Two-Stroke Roundy Round Goes Horribly Awry
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRasoZMirRc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]I know it’s a bit early to call this the Greatest Hoonage Moment Caught On YouTube for May as we’re only halfway through the run of it, but you’ve got to hand it to these kids. True hoonage lies in the innovative ways we apply too much horsepower to all the wrong devices. This time…