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Rare Bird: Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am
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You may recall 3rd Gen F-bodies from such locales as abandoned, weedy lots near the port facility, or that carport next to the double-wides where most of the convicted sex offenders in your city live. However, you almost assuredly don’t remember any 1989 Firebird Trans Ams packing turbo 3800 V6s, do ya?
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Chevy Enthusiast via Hooniverse: The 1982 Chevette the GM dropped a V6 into.
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Some of you may or may not know that I write a monthly column for Chevy Enthusiast Magazine, titled Weird and Wonderful Bowties. It is quite unlike any other column you may read in a magazine, but not unlike this blog. You see, I don’t like writing about all the usual suspects that might be…
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Packards For the Discriminating Clientele!
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[Ed. note: Good friend of Hooniverse, Leo (aka SVT2888) decided to check out the annual Packard International Club get-together. What follows are his words and images. Thanks Leo!] This past weekend after Cars and Coffee, I decided to head to the Packards International club annual meet at the Double Tree hotel in Orange, CA. I…
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Last Call- Don't Mess With Texas Edition
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Being the first in your family to graduate high school can have its disadvantages. Image source: [nurBILDER.com]
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Showdown: Lesser of Two Evils Edition
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In our last showdown, the wankeled 510 walked (or hmmmmm-ed) away with the win. Two words: chin spoiler. But enough of that wannabe dorifto/auto-X nonsense. It’s winter, so lets try to find some vehicles that’d be nice in the snow, or will be great to take to the beach once the weather breaks in February…
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Yet another FC150, courtesy of BaT
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I cannot lie, the first two articles about these scary awesome forward control 4x4s had me enthralled as I had never seen nor heard of one. There is just something about them that makes me want to throw on some boots and a heavy flannel jacket, toss my chainsaw in the back and disappear into the…
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One very big, very Orange Truck: The New Freightliner Coronado!
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I received this video from the manufacturer, and so I thought I would share it with you. I put it up on my YouTube account, so enjoy. Source: Freightliner
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For Sale- Barbie's Dream Celica
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For just $5,000, this Tacoma 2RZFE-powered ’80 Celica could be – nay, should be – yours.
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Superbowl Sunday Ride Special: The Armored Limousine, With a Stripper Pole!
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So what do the Dallas Cowboys Football Star Terrell Owens, and Reality TV Star (and Sex Tape Vixen) Kim Kardashian have in common? They both chose to use a most unusual Limousine Service, based in the Dallas Metro area, the Armored Limousine Service, Inc.
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The Super Bowl MVP gets to drive…
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Cadillac has supplied the Super Bowls most valuable player with their choice of a free ride for the last eight years. The most recent recipient, Santonio Holmes, went with a Platinum edition Hybrid Escalade. A safe, comfortable, and relatively PC choice, the Escalade Hybrid is also my choice for vehicle I secretly love even though…
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It's Stormy in France: LeMans Tempest Could Be Your Daily Driver
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I’m a big fan of GM’s Y-body platform. Why? In an alternate universe, it could’ve been the progenitor of a line of well engineered mid-size sports cars. With unibody construction, four wheel independent suspension, rear transaxles (or engines!) and a host of peppy small displacement engines, it’s a script GM didn’t had to re-discover relatively…
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Represent Your (Not-So) Huge Rimz Wherever You Go with Our New T-Shirts
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I’m notorious in the _Science household for my impeccably bad timing. Routinely, I’ll offer to help with the dishes just as The Missus puts the last one away. It’s with that same uncanny ability that we bring you two new shirts, just in time to completely miss the holiday consumer spending orgy buying season! We’ve…
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Engage Cloaking Devices – BMW & MINI Edition
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The roads around Southern California are filled with interesting cars. You name a marquee and it’s pretty likely that I have seen an example driving down PCH. Every now and then I spy something out of the ordinary. This morning I caught a BMW and what I am assuming to be a MINI Countryman cruising…
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In A Snowbank, No-One Can Hear You Scream: The Hooniversal Polar Expedition, Part III
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In the previous chapter, we explored all the various forms of training and preparation for a mission to the North Pole that we successfully ignored in favour of drinking nice cups of coffee and strong forms of alcohol. Eventually we realized that our training was never going to be properly completed, and was really just…
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Hooniverse Asks- Have You Ever Bought a Car that You Later Regretted Buying?
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Yesterday we discussed – amid many tears – cars that we let slip and now of which we wish were still in possession. Today we’re looking at the flip side – one that’s much more egregious- Have you ever suffered buyers’ remorse on a car?
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May I suggest this 47 year old cheese?
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Colin Chapman is famous for the idea of “adding lightness”. His Lotus vehicles were quick and nimble sports cars that are still a scintillating topic of discussion for any auto enthusiast. In 1963, Pontiac decided to try their hand at “adding lightness” as well. They punched 120 holes into the frame rails of a Catalina,…