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Markaro!
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Remember the Lincoln Blackwood? Do you jones over the Mark LT? Well, somebody grooves on the idea of a Lincoln that not only has pick up, but is one. Claimed by the owner to have been constructed over a three year span, this fancy pants ranchero puts the trunk to bed while still keeping the…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car Should My Sister-in-Law Buy?
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My sister-in law needs to get a new car. Well, not a new car, but something different from the ’91 fart-canned Miata that has been her daily driver for nigh-on a decade. That red drop top has developed a nasty overheating problem that will require the removal and probable tanking of the engine block to…
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Vintage Australian Touring Car Racing: Because You Weren't Going To Be Productive Today Anyhow
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The Incomparable Mr. Scroggs has come through once again in his singular mission to destroy your productivity.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Car Movie?
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Whether The Great Race, Stroker Ace, or The Italian job, with Minis all over the place, movies and cars go hand in hand. If you were stranded on a deserted island, with only a flint, Rosie O’Donnell and an iPod, which car movie would you take along?
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The Mecum Auction – Kissimmee, FL 2010
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I am sitting on a plane heading back to Orange County, California after attending the Mecum Auto Auction in Orange County, Florida. I am typing this from over 30,000 feet in the sky and even though I am exhausted I am still excited. This was my first time attending a major auction and I got…
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Use your grandma to sell your car
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Got a car you are trying to sell? Grab your grandma, some colorful cardboard and a marker and take notes.
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Streetwalker- Mercedes Coupe De Grace Edition
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Another week, another Mercedes kicked to the curb and with a For Sale sign taped to its window. Today we have a W126-series 560 SEC of indeterminate age, and of determinate condition.
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Auto Racing Must Be Outlawed!
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[singlepic id=1541 w= h= float=center] This was the rally cry of senator Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon, in this January 1959 article from Mechanix Illustrated. Four years after the Le Mans disaster, a year Brock Yates labeled “one of professional sports car racing’s worst years,” Neuberger decried auto racing as “wanton, tragically unnecessary bloodshed.” In…
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Visual RPM/Speed Calculator Will Leave you Vroom Vrooming in Your Cube
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Second only to flogging the living daylights out of our rides, we hoons love to scheme. For every hour spent under the car in the driveway, there are 8 more spend BSing on forums, browsing through catalogs and generally fussing about what we’re gonna do with the Country Sedan Falcon Uberbird Wrangler WRX Trailer latest…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: This is a Toyota?
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Toyota recalled a boatload of Tacoma Pickup Trucks for a Frame Rust issue. They extended the warranty, but apparently it wasn’t enough for this enterprising owner. This is just another reader submission by long time Hoon Paul (Thanks Man!). See more shots after the jump….
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Found on Craigslist: one-owner 510
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A unique 1972 blue DATSUN 510 4-dr Automatic sedan, one of only four or five known showroom-stock 510s remaining anywhere While I cannot verify the accuracy of the sellers statement, I gotta say that this particular 510 would be considered extraordinarily rare.
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Last Call- Loud and Proud Edition
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Spotted on a 1967 Porsche 911 parked by the curb in Monterey California.
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Ferrari Challenge: Audio-visual overload
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In case you missed the Ferrari Challenge over the weekend (which I also did unfortunately) I have put together some videos and photos for your viewing pleasure, courtesty of the Miller Motorsports Park Facebook fanpage. Bring some tissues.
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Showdown – Ford Battle Wagon Battle
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In our last Showdown, the Super-Shag Dodge walked away with it by a handy margin. We’re still creeped out. On to more tasteful times… To many, there’s no beating the aesthetics of cars from the 50s. They’ve got large-radius curves, acres of chrome and dashboards that will certainly kill you in a crash with detail…
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Ferrari Dealership Proves Douchebag Ferraristi Stereotype
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The Edmonton Motor Show was this weekend. While it is difficult to truly express how thrilling it was to walk through a giant auditorium that seemed to be little more than a used car lot filled with 5,000 people, there were, at least, a few highlights.
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Hooniverse: The Calendar
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Ok, before y’all get too excited, no, we do not have a Hooniverse calendar coming out, that I know of anyway. Though that would be pretty friggin awesome… I mean I would totally buy like 3 and I know like 4 other people who would also buy some. but I digress…