Articles
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The Fastest Car in the World You've Never Heard Of
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OK, circa 1953. And if you’ve never heard of Spain’s Pegaso before, prepare to be surprised at what you find …
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TVR's Russian Owner Alexander Smolensky on Future Models: Built in Germany, Corvette Powered, Hybrid Soon
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TVR, a car with very little history in the US, has a rich heritage across the pond. And as any true petrol-head knows, the brand has been dead for a couple of years. When the Blackpool company was actually producing cars they were like no other, with their own engines, switchgear, and styling that was…
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Probably Not the Best Z, But Not a Bad Deal
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Sorry it’s been a little slow today. Uberbird work and real life and all that getting in the way. Given today’s Hooniverse Asks, this screaming deal of an eBay/Local Classifieds ad seemed apropos. We’ve got a 1970 240z in rough, but generally serviceable shape. If you go for the full price, it also includes a spare…
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V.I.S.I.T. – MOAR Armor Edition
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It’s not every day you see one of these sitting in the Walmart parking lot! Alas I must admit it to you all, I don’t know what it is. I’ve searched high and low, asked some military type friends and well, I got nothin’. So help a hoon out, what is it? How much does…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Z-Car?
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Born out of the hippie-dippy sixties, the lithe Datsun 240Z presaged a generation of sports cars from the land of the rising sun. That Jaguar XKE-aping coupe found favor with both boy-racer and mid-life crisis-er alike, and each progressive generation built upon the last in performance and features until the ultimate expression of the breed…
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Hooniverse Asks- How Small is Too Small?
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As Americans, we usually like our stuff big. We’re always super-sizing our food, embiggening our big screens, and the boobs, don’t get me started on those. Our cars traditionally reflected this bigger is better mind set, gaining both length and width until our highways resembled an armada of aircraft carriers in the mid-’70s. Fuel price…
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How Old Speckled Hen Got Its Spots … er, Rather, It's Nam
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“From Morris Garages?” you incredulously ask. You’d be right, actually.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: 60's Pickup Showdown; 1966 F-100 vs 1969 C10
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Welcome to another edition of the Hooniverse Showdown, this time featuring a pair of 60’s pickups pulled from the pages of Craigslist, this time from Austin, Texas. So, are you a Ford or Chevy Cowboy?
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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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Last Call – Brazilian Wax Edition
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Missing a little pizazz in your kustom kar? Why not add some style with some ape pit carpets? Unique! Imported! A real performance mod! It’ll go great with your shrunken head shift knob with real animal skin! Maybe even from an orangutan! (But not really, as they are endangered.)
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Vintage Australian Touring Car Racing: Because You Weren't Going To Be Productive Today Anyhow
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The Incomparable Mr. Scroggs has come through once again in his singular mission to destroy your productivity.
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It's got heart! The scrappy little Mini Scamp
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If the Mini Cooper is the glamorous sister hobnobbing with celebrities like Paul McCartney, Marc Bolan and Twiggy, then the Mini Scamp is the unloved sister sitting at home on a Saturday night playing Disney songs on the recorder for the neighbor’s cat. That may be a bit mean, however. The Scamp deserves more credit…
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Hooniverse Calendar – The Weather's Gettin' Nice Edition
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Cruising around this weekend in the Lotus with the windows down, RPM’s up reminded me that with beautiful weather now prevalent across MOST of the states (sorry northerners!) there’s going to be some fantastic shows this summer across the northern hemisphere. Conveniently for you we’ve compiled a number of them right here on our own little…
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Yo Dawg I Heard You Like to Caption Photos…
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Leo (SVT2888) is a good friend of Hooniverse and one of the main folks taking great shots at CnCPics.com. He captured the following vehicle in the parking lot of the recent Fabulous Fords show in Orange County, CA. I don’t think Xzibit drove this to the event, but I can imagine his face plastered over…
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Hooniverse Editorial: Cars Have No Soul
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[This was the first piece I wrote for The Smoking Tire. It was sufficiently blasphemous enough for me to stick around there for a while.] There, I said it. Alfa Romeo drivers, prepare to have your hearts broken.
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The Uberbird Begins to Wake From Her Slumber
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I’m at Casa_Science and the Bavarian Beast is getting some attention.