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  • It's Snowmowagon!

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    Do you live in the extreme north and regularly find yourself snowed-in with an extreme case of cabin fever.  Have a little RWD car that just doesn’t get around good in the snow?  Hooniverse has the solution!

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  • Showdown: Vannin'

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    If there’s one trend that Hoons the world over mourn, it’s the penchant for extraordinarily hairy men to gut a shorty van and fill it full of shag carpet, teardrop windows, and sci-fi murals. Unlike that terrible swing dancing trend that nauseated the country for several years in the ‘90s, we think that shag vans…

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  • The Rustman Cometh: 1973 BMW 3.0 CS is an Automotive Siren

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    The seller describes this ’73 e9 BMW as “Unbelievable”. The pictures don’t lie, it’s the “Needs a paint job” claim that makes us wary. It does, indeed need a paint-job, in addition to several thousand dollars worth of body work. e9 BMWs (2800s, 3.0CSs and CSLs) are Teutonic Sirens: gorgeous to look at, relatively simple…

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  • The Perfect Shop Truck

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    We have a bit of a weakness here for forward-control or cab-over pickups. The Corvair, Dodge and Econoline cab-overs are fantastic, and I’ve always had a soft spot for the Volkswagen Transporter pickups, even though they’re not exactly forward control anymore. But they used to be! That counts, right?

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  • Therapy, Jeremy Clarkson Style

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    [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8917730350468263249#[/googlevideo] Having a rough morning? Need a bit of motivation to get moving? Need a little bit of cheering up? Does someone have a case of the Mondays? Yes, well all of that nonsense will get better with a little help from Jeremy Clarkson. I’m sure some of you fanatics have seen this before, but…

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  • Hooniverse Asks – What's the Best Hoon's Station Wagon?

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    Whether it’s because we grew up with them, or that we just like the combination of utility and hoonability that the platform affords, but station wagons hold a special place in the hearts of many a hoon. You may be jonesing for a big, old American sled that oozes down the road and gives you…

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  • Vans and the Places They Were By Joe Stevens

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    Apparently we’re on a bit of a van kick. Let’s keep it a-rockin’. Having spent a decent portion of the 90s in a gray-on-gray (-on-gray) Ford Club Wagon, this particular Hoon laments the near extinction of the full-size van as a common family hauler. It’s like one day we woke up and wondered…where’d all the…

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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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  • Custom Datsun Z reminds us that the 1980s will never die!

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    If this car was a person, he would be Boy George and Hardcastle-and-or-McCormick’s tabloid-plastering love child. If this car had a theme song, it would be banned for obscenity by Tipper Gore. If a TV executive witnessed this, he would have shoehorned a David Hasselhoff spinoff around it regardless of plot, storyline or additional characters.…

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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- Game Over, Man Edition

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIRUavithF8[/youtube] Yakuza valets. What more needs to be said?

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  • Taiwan Landslide Buries Cab, The Meter's Running on Reaching the Driver

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    The Daily Mail is reporting that a mysteriously triggered landslide has covered a 900-foot section of highway near Keelung Taiwan. Two cars were reported buried under the slide, and one, a taxi cab, had been under GPS tracking at the time. The GPS signal was lost when the cab was apparently buried, and now over…

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  • Last Call- If You're Wearing Camo, How Come I can Still See You? Edition

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    Smart? Questionably. Madness? Definitely.

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  • Hooniverse is going to the Mecum auction this weekend!

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    That’s right friends, it is time to experience one of these super auctions first hand. My bags are packed, pre-flight…zero hour is 8am. I am heading to Kissimmee, FL this weekend to see how these events shake down. The folks at Mecum have generously provided me with a press pass, but as an added wrinkle…

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Only in Greece; This was an Audi!

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    Once again I was cruising around on the “Other Makes” section of Ebay, and I will share a couple of them with you on this Fathers Day. But first up is this carbon-fiber monstrosity that was built in Greece. More images after the jump…

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  • It's Here! The Hooque Is Finally Available!

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    After a lengthy wait — which was, it must be noted, absolutely no fault of Amber’s — due primarily to a wait for the beautiful badges featured on each Hooque, they are finally available for sale.

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