Articles
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What's Your Eleanor? – If You Have the Means Edition
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The year was 1986 and a plucky young Matthew Broderick decided it was time for his high school student character to take a day off. Along with his girlfriend and depressing best bud, Ferris Bueller took the city of Chicago by storm. His chariot of choice that day? A gleaming red 1961 Ferrari 250 GT…
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Last Call – O HAI GUYZ Edition
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WHAT’S GOIN ON IN HERE? (Alternatively, if I weren’t so shameless then I wouldn’t use this space to plug my current blog, steering wheel faces, with more charming examples of automotive pareidolia! Alas, I am a shameless man.)
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The Perfect Shop Truck
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We have a bit of a weakness here for forward-control or cab-over pickups. The Corvair, Dodge and Econoline cab-overs are fantastic, and I’ve always had a soft spot for the Volkswagen Transporter pickups, even though they’re not exactly forward control anymore. But they used to be! That counts, right?
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Hooniverse Asks; Do You Believe GM Re-Payed Their Government Loans?
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General Motors announced last week that they have fully repaid their government loan, plus interest, five years ahead of schedule. I’m not so sure if that statement is correct, because the old GM (The ones with the toxic asset like Hummer, Saturn, Pontiac, and Saab) received a great deal of money from the government, and…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Automotive Traveler; The 1973 to 1978 GMC Motorhome
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About a year ago, Rich Truesdell ran this piece on Automotive Traveler, and as a contributor to that blog, I thought I would share it with the readers of Hooniverse. So sit back and re-discover the Front Wheel Driven, Oldsmobile Powered, GMC designed Motor Home from 73 to 78. So, without further interruptions, I’ll let…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: When NASCAR was Cool; The Historic Grand National Stock Car Association
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While I was over at Brian Lohnes blog BangShift, I discovered an earlier posting he did about the Historic Grand National Stock Car Association. Read more about the association after the break.
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Dieselfumes: A Screaming Detroit Diesel in a 1967 Kenworth; A sound you will never forget!
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Surfing some of the other blogs in the blogosphere, I happened to come across Brian Lohnes excellent blog, Bangshift. He closed out Fridays edition with this gem, a 1967 Kenworth W925 with a Detroit Diesel 8V71, and the driver was rowing through an Eaton 13 Speed Transmission. Make the jump to watch both videos, as…
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Last Call- 24 Heures Du Legos Edition
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Lego Mans racer looking for Lego Steve McQueen. Image source: [Lino M, via Flickr]
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Audi R8 Spyder vs. the Beasts: who are YOU rooting for?
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The creatively-titled British marketing magazine, uh, Marketing Magazine described this ad, entitled “Beauty and the Beasts,” as “a series of unattractive cars driving chaotically.”
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Unsafe at Any Speed? A Corvair No More!
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This little gem is currently on Ebay, and was brought to my attention by Jen Dunnaway over at CarDomain.
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V.I.S.I.T. – All's Right With The Universe Edition
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The vehicle you see directly before mine is a near virtual enigma: An apparent 30+ year old daily-driver in pristine condition based somewhere in Frankfort KY, of which I’ve been graced random glimpses at inopportune times for the past several months. It’s one of those cars that is not in itself otherwise noteworthy except for…
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Rambler Wagon Found Resting In The Woods
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This beautiful Rambler was found on a recent drive along some of the Albertan back-roads.
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
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In the eternal struggle between the city’s road crew and green-space crew, the next move belonged to the gardeners. Image source: [thereifixedit.com]
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Last Call- A Segway I Would Ride Edition
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You know what is holding the Segway back from being more than just a doughnut crumb-covered mall-cop prop? Why, a pair of turbofan propulsion units, of course! Designer Samir Sadikhov realized this omission and has come up with the Falcon, a design proposal that rectifies this discrepancy, and adds a new term to the segway’s…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition, Last Call – Roaming Through Images Stored on my Laptop.
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For Last Call I decided to share with all of you some images that is stored on my laptop. Some of the images will be used for upcoming stories here at Hooniverse or elsewhere. Others I use for my full time gig in Truck Sales. You can never tell what they will be used for.…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: 1970's Super Coupes? Car Lust's Take on the 70's
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We all know the 1970’s offered lackluster cars, chocking emission regulations, and bumpers that rivaled guard rails in their size. It was also a time in which there were quite a number of Import Coupes catching on, and I discovered this little piece from the guys over at Car Lust.