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ROLL CALL! Did everyone make it safely into the new decade?
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9765TUiJKls[/youtube] Another year (and decade) has managed to slip through my fingers rather uneventfully. And by uneventfully I mean I didn’t end up dead or worried about dropping the soap. I came. I saw. I fell asleep on the couch on New Year’s Eve and woke up some 3 hours later in a new decade. Personally,…
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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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Last Call- Favorite Son. . . NOT Edition
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From the culprit’s son’s Flickr posting: This was my mom’s 289 Cobra. The brakes faded while racing at Willow Springs and ran off the race into a small ditch. The sad story was that is was sold as is thus it wasn’t handed down to me! She was the #1 California Women’s State Champion (3rd…
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At the Intersection of Awesome and Buick: Ecurie Ecosse's Tojeiro-Buick
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“It was the first occasion I realised just how good Jackie Stewart was. On our first lap he accelerated hard out of the last corner on to the main straight and the Tojeiro was hitting close on 140 mph when we hit the bump which was right on the start and finish line. There was…
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The 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Jeep is showing off their all-new 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. How are they doing it? With a new ad campaign and tagline. “The things we make…make us.” I have to say, that is pretty damn good. Hop the jump for the clip and share your thoughts on the redesigned Grand Papi of the Jeep family.…
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Is the BMW Six Series the Best Sports Beater Ever?
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Tempting as it may be, we promise we won’t let the site devolve into a pre-1989 BMW fansite (although…it appears fuckyeahpre1989BMWs.tumblr.com is available), but we need you to bear with us on this one. This was originally going to be a post about a certain pair of 6-ers: one shell with no drivetrain and another…
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Last Call – Life Imitates Art Edition
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They say art – even drug-induced, stylistically interpreted or simply great art – is an imitation of life. But every once in a while you find art that’s no more deliberate than the whims of everyday happenstance. Such as this early ’50’s Studebaker Starlite: the same today as it was when this picture was taken last fall,…
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1971 Citroën Décapotable – Yes, its very French, so its very Hooniversalustworthy!
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As you may or may not know, I have been somewhat absent here at Hooniverse because I have been in a five way brawl trying to capture the Head Writers Position at (Redacted). So while trolling around for some newsworthy items from around the web, I came across this little gem from a site I…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car has the Worst Stigma?
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Whether it’s the VW Beetle being identified as a girl’s car, or the Camaro-mullet connection, many cars and trucks suffer from the image-projection stereotypes of their owners. Some aren’t that bad- the tweed-coated college professor image of the Peugeot 504 for instance. Some are wholly egregious- Porsche lothario anyone?
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Show us your V.I.S.I.T.
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I think for the most part, the winter snowpacalypse is behind us. It has been a rather dry winter (in the car-spotting sense) and (in Utah, the snow-spotting sense) things are starting to shape up as far as I can tell. Infact just the other day I spotted this uber-rare (stateside anywho) Skyline. I fully…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Current Racing Series?
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NASCAR, F1, WRC. . . Speed Channel is pretty full of racing when it’s not showing Pinks or the three hundred hours of Barrett Jackson. Some of the racing can be edge of your seat viewing, while some is like watching traded paint dry. The question is, which one’s the best to get your motor…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Daily Driver Bullet Bird Edition
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On a particularly cold day in Edmonton, you don’t expect to find a classic car in the parking garage of a mall. But lo and behold, there it was.
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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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Dieselfumes: Trucks with Automated Manual and Allison Automatic Transmissions; I drive them, to explain them.
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This past weekend, I decided to try out two different Freightliner Trucks, one equipped with a Mercedes-Benz Automated Manual (AGS), and one with an Allison Fully Automatic, with a throwback shift control. I even included videos, and I never realized how uncomfortable I am in front of a camera. Oh well, it’s time for you…
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The Secret of Ford's Success
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So that’s how Ford has managed to weather the economic downturn.
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Update from Mecum – My first live auction experience
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Day one of my first auction experience is in the books and I wanted to send you folks an update. I will start by saying this – if you have the chance to attend an event like this…GO. Run, don’t walk to the car. Just get in and drive to an auction near you. The…