Articles
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A Mitsubishi L300 Plumbers Van that tears up the Strip……
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Remember the diminutive Mitsubishi L300 Forward Control Van? When it was first introduced it only came with the 4G32 1.6L four cylinder engine. While mostly reliable, it was no powerhouse. The little power-plant that can’t had been replaced in this van, and the video is awesome. How awesome? Make the jump….
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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Chrysler Crossfire – The By-product of a Doomed Marriage
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. The most visible stepchild of the failed DaimlerChrysler marriage was the Chrysler Crossfire, a car that matched the styling of a Chrysler concept car with proven Mercedes-Benz mechanicals from its SLK. Thirty years from now, will the Crossfire be like the Plymouth Superbird, unloved in its day, but ultimately a cherished collector car?
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Remember When BMWs Were Cool?
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Remember when BMWs were cool and iconic, and were driven by enthusiasts instead of fashionistas? Well, here at Hooniverse Central, we received a couple of reminders of that mark, built a long, long time ago, on a continent far far away.
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Last Call- Ladies First Edition
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That’s Bill D on the bike, and the bird in the air is his partner in crime, Destiny. The event was the XDL East Sickest Trick contest and the photographer describes the action thusly: This was their tandem attempt at sickest trick for XDL East, $500 cash, and other prizes. Both starting out on the…
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Roadside Discoveries: The Golden Age of Trucking Museum; A Great Place to Discover Classic Trucks.
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Just a short 30 minute drive from the suburbs of Hartford, I discovered a rather interesting and delightful place. The Golden Age of Trucking Museum isn’t anything that you might expect; it’s not located in a field in the middle of nowhere nor is it is located in a dilapidated barn. It’s not dirty, grungy,…
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A Masterpiece Worth Having: The Fiat 600 derivation Abarth 750, and other spicy meatballs
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If you do decide to take my advice and plonk down $2000 for a ride on a creaky Alitalia 767-400 to Rome’s Autoricambi d’Epoca Giolitti, turn around and walk across Termini Station. There, on the opposite side, you’ll find a bookstore, nestled between two gleaming bank branches, that specializes in automotive literature. A bookseller that…
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Ten hours, four states, and one foolproof plan: How I learned stop worrying and love the motorcycle
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[Part 2 in a series. Read Part 1 here!] I obviously wouldn’t be riding the Honda almost halfway across the country, as I was too much of a wuss to even take it around the block. “Want to take it for a ride?” Don had suggested in a hopeful tone. I took a look at…
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When Live Gives You Alcohol and Spare Junk – Make Deathmachines!
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Where is this? What is this? Why is it on Hooniverse.com? The answers you seek lie on the other side…
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¡Viva Argentina! SIAM Di Tella Argenta is the Riley Pick-Up that Never Was
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As if the Riley 4/72 wasn’t obscure enough for our North American friends, Sección Industrial Amasadoras Mecánicas Di Tella, in a fit of revolutionary brilliance worthy of Bolivar himself, created the Argenta. And it was good.
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Name that car
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As I was meandering through the classifieds I stumbled upon this little gem. After an exhaustive 5-minute search of the interwebs I found but a single site with information on this car. A paragraph actually, so very little is known about it. I figured I would turn it over to you Hoons and see what…
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Taiwan Landslide Buries Cab, The Meter's Running on Reaching the Driver
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The Daily Mail is reporting that a mysteriously triggered landslide has covered a 900-foot section of highway near Keelung Taiwan. Two cars were reported buried under the slide, and one, a taxi cab, had been under GPS tracking at the time. The GPS signal was lost when the cab was apparently buried, and now over…
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Streetwalking- Mercedes 190SL
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While it’s not located at my favorite road-side used car lot, this buttercup-yellow Mercedes Benz 190SL does sport a For Sale sign in its plastic back window. The car was parked in front of the neighborhood Land Rover repair business, and as most everything around there was closed for the day, I assumed it had…
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Is this creation really based on a Harley Davidson?
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This was submitted to the Hooniverse Tip Line recently (Thanks Jason), and since it is Two Wheel Tuesday……
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A Two-Wheeled Military BMW… From China… With Five Wheels
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This beautiful example was spotted at the Powerama show in Edmonton this weekend. A wartime BMW is rare enough, but one with the upgraded 750cc, 37hp engine? Well that’s something special!
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Hooniverse Asks- Do You Ever Go Cruising?
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The move American Graffiti paid tribute to an era when gas was cheap, cars didn’t need to go fast to keep from overheating, and most teenage interaction occurred over the rolled-down windows of hopped up hot rods and family sedans -lent by dad only for the Friday night post football game trip to the malt…
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What does the AP Style Guide say for a Pimped Out Accord?
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Brooklyn teacher Amanda Pogany had her 1996 Honda Accord stolen three years ago. Recently, she had it returned by police during a chop-shop raid, and like the world’s longest episode of Overhaulin’ the plucky thieves had added a few optional extras: a Honda H22 VTEC engine and 5-speed transmission swap, for starters. The enterprising thieves…