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  • Mecum Auction-Kissimmee, Florida 2010 – Saturday Gallery

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    Ready for more Mecum action? The Saturday gallery is just on the other side of this here jump…

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  • Two-Stroker Ace: ’64 Saab Races through Copenhagen Carnage

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    Now that we know Saab will live to BORK! BORK! fight another day, we can put the eulogies for our favorite automotive jet spawn away. But who says we have to put away the moving pictures as well?

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  • Hooniverse News Network- Toyota Matrix Car Wash Attack!

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    The Cape Cod Times is reporting that a South Dennis woman was dragged through a Rte 134 car wash by her Toyota. Carol Burton-Groman, 74, of South Yarmouth got out of her 2008 Matrix, but then was inexplicably drawn back to the car, as if under its spell, and was dragged into the Shell car…

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  • eBay '69 AMC Javelin Checks All The Car-Ad Boxes

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    In the spirit of today’s Hooniverse Asks, and my unrequited love for all things AMC, we stumbled across this ’69 Javelin on eBay earlier today. Clearly the seller has been reading Hooniverse, because he’s learned every lesson of how to sell a car on the internet, and he’s learned them well.

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  • The AMT Piranha Will Make You Cry U.N.C.L.E.

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    From 1964 to 1968 there existed a television show called The Man from U.N.C.L.E. It starred Robert Vaughn and David McCallum who portrayed two secret agents working for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. They battled against their enemies who were part of the THRUSH organization, which was developed after the fall of…

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  • Last Call- S40 Not Found Edition

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    404 error: Volvo Not Found The Volvo you requested was not found Did you mean to drive http://www.volvoS60.com? You will be automatically redirected there within 5 seconds. Maybe you should look at: The Main Page The List of All Volvos Available Image source: [Imgur.com]

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  • Last Call- How I Miss-Spent My Youth

    Last Call- How I Miss-Spent My Youth

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    If your recollections extend far enough back to include the Nixon administration and odd-even gas days, then you’ll likely remember Unk and them Varmints. If you’re younger than that, you may still have an old tee-shirt with an iron-on from CARToons. Either way, from 1959, until 1991, it was a good way for a car…

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  • Not Just Exhibitionists- OPTIMA Batteries Ultimate Street Car Invitational

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    Debuting this past Saturday on Speed TV was the one-hour OPTIMA Batteries Ultimate Street Car Invitational. Hooniverse caught the show, and we can tell you that the winning car was . . .

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Would you paint your ride with Rustoleum?

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    While catching up at Car Domain, I read this great article by David Belau about how he wanted to repaint his Dodge Dakota Pickup. How did it come out? Read more after the jump.

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  • Vote for Pedo

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    Do you need a truck that has an open bed, but still want the anonymity of a van when handing out candy to the neighborhood kids? Well, helpful hoon Tanshanomi was leafing through an old issue of Field & Stream, when he came across this cool vintage ad for Ford’s Econoline pickup. Not only does…

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  • Mecum Auction – Kissimmee, Florida 2010 – Friday Mega-Gallery

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    The images are finally loaded up. I am breaking them into two posts, one for Friday and one for Saturday. Hop the jump for the Friday set.

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  • Hooniverse Asks- What Car is Your Guilty Pleasure?

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    Is there a car, or maybe it’s a truck, that you secretly lust for, despite your own better judgement, and those of others? You know, you’re a car-guy (even if you’re a girl- let’s not get our panties in a bunch over semantics here) and you know that you should love all-things Ferrari, and should…

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  • V.I.S.I.T. – Obfuscating the Line Edition

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    Remember that night We I Mitch you forgot that most important of rules, “Beer before liquor, never been sicker”?  You wouldn’t, of course… but the results would certainly do their best to impart reminders into your skull the next day.  As does this rolling hangover, which is a study of styling memes shaken, blended and…

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  • Ok Bring A Trailer, You Win – 8 Corvairs, 20 Engines, Hesperia

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    Here at Hooniverse, we work hard to bring you the most absurd, most marriage-ending and homeowners-association-distressing project cars available. We won’t be happy until each and every Sunday night, each and every one of you inundates the tips line with tales from your weekend wrenching exploits. That said, we know we’re not on the only…

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  • Last Call- What's Your Commute Like? Edition

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    This is likely the oddest video you will see today.

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  • What's Your Eleanor? – Jo Schmo edition

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    My Eleanor is the one that got away.  It’s the one I didn’t even know I wanted until I couldn’t have it.  It’s a 1969 Datsun 510 wagon.  It’s that stupid little white hoonwagon that I now have an unhealthy obsession for.

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