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Let's See That Basement Lamborghini Do This!
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In mother Russia, Hummers are popular rides for the wealthy, but typically those trucks bring the bling rather than tear up the tundra. One Russian, who was looking for something more Siberian Husky than Moscow Mule, took matters into his own hands and decided to give himself a Hummer. Since he was unbound by the limitations…
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The Boxer in the Living Room
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Holger Schubert has a problem. No, it’s not that some drunk Ferrari owner drove his car into Holger’s house- that 512BBi belongs to him. His problem isn’t finding accessories to go with his home decor, as the place is done up in various shades of white. No, Mr. Schubert has a problem with his neighbors.…
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Anachronistic Future Tech: Hammarhead's Electrifying Royal-Enfield Cafe Racer
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Here’s the recipe: take an ancient British motorcycle design sold to an Indian company, add a fairing, and gut the drivetrain to substitute an electric powerplant. The result is the delicious Hammarhead Volta 102, seasoned with green technology and anachronism. Garnish with 220V and serve very hot.
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Kit & Kaboodle- The Fiberfab Jamaican Body Assembly Manual
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Earlier, Mad Science had a post with a high-desert Fiberfab kit car that could be yours for only a few benjemins. Now, in case you’re presently the high-bidder on that eBay auction – or just wondered what it took to build a kit car in the ’70s – we’ve got the crudely illustrated assembly manual…
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Bristol Palin, Your Car Is Ready
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Perfect for chasing down meese, this vehicle was tracked down by our beloved bzr. Honestly, we’re not entirely sure what it was that he was searching for when he stumbled upon this, but however it happened, we’re glad he found it.
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Stereotypes Ahoy! 1970s Holden Ad Explains Australians
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Ic3RqPIJo[/youtube] Ah, the 1970s. An era of unrepressed malaise, in which the atmosphere of boundless optimism was, itself, optimistic at best. This video, featuring completely irrelevant close-up shots of mammaries in small bikinis, seems to attempt to bring out the patriotism of Australians in spite of the general mediocrity of automobilia available to them, either…
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Hooniverse Asks- Could You Have a Decades-Long Relationship With One Car?
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See that nice lady up there? Her name is Anne Hesler, and according to the Seattle Post Intelligencer, she’s owned that car since 1961. That kind of devotion to one set of wheels is rare, and seemingly even frowned upon in our present-day conspicuous consumption-driven economy. But still, Ms. Hesler has managed to be true…
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Stereotypes Ahoy! 1970s Holden Ad Explains Australians
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Ic3RqPIJo[/youtube] Ah, the 1970s. An era of unrepressed malaise, in which the atmosphere of boundless optimism was, itself, optimistic at best. This video, featuring completely irrelevant close-up shots of mammaries in small bikinis, seems to attempt to bring out the patriotism of Australians in spite of the general mediocrity of automobilia available to them, either…
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Are you smarter than a fifth-grader: KSL Classifieds Edition
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If you don’t know by now, I live in Utah (save the Mormon jokes, heard them all, invented a few of my own) and I LOVE to surf the classified section on KSL (one of our local news outlets). It’s kind of like a local craigslist but heavier on the bandwidth and script errors. And…
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The new DMC: Sorcery of a Different Sort
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Quick! If I say “DMC”, you say “12”, right? It’s forever been that way since we met those bad, bad, VW-driving Libyans and learned how to defeat them. Well, after viewing the following video, the acronym “DMC” is going to have to fight more than Libyans for it to solely mean “DeLorean Motor Company”. Apparently…
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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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YaMon! Jamaican II: Fiberglass Boogaloo
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Wow. Just…wow. We’ve never seen a more perfect distillation of the low-end car buying experience. We’ve got a no-engined kit car from the beginning of the Golden Age of Fiberglass (1969) based on a VW chassis, with no tires, two Keystone fake-Cragars, in Lancaster, being listed by a guy who doesn’t own it.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Greatest Celebrity-Related Car, Truck or Bike?
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James Dean called his Porsche 550 Spider Lil’ Bastard, and That concevably could have been the last words to escape his lips as his silver sportscar plowed into Donald Turnupseed’s Ford Tudor on a lonely stretch of desert highway. That accident cut short Dean’s career, and sealed the fate of the little Porsche in the…
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Suck It, Prius: Citroen LoMax for the Discerning Commuter
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If When gas gets up to $5.00, if I’m not taking the train I’m gonna be driving something like this. The LoMax is a Citroen 2CV based fiberglass kit car sporting a triplex of wheels. According to the seller it’ll get 57mpg at (slow) freeway speeds, but has no problem keeping up with the fast…
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Well Shoot My Brake and Call Me Ransom: A Two-Door Vista Cruiser!
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When it comes to GM’s postwar two-door wagons, we all know about the 1955-’57 Chevy Nomad. And a lot of us probably know about the ’55-’57 Pontiac Safari, which used the Nomad body shell. Hell, there’s probably a few of us hoons who are familiar with the ’64-’65 Chevelle 300 two-door wagon. But how many…
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"Seest thou what happens, Laurence, when thou firk’st a stranger ‘twixt the buttocks?!"
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCcKBcZzGdA[/youtube] The tough part about writing a car blog is not including all the other crap we find whilst searching for the prime content you pay so dearly absolutely nothing for. Stretching the inclusion criteria a bit, we can’t help bring you infamous “You see, Larry…” scene from The Big Lebowski. John Goodman smashing a…