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Last Call- Road Train Edition
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In Australia, the dingos will eat your babies and the trucks are all really, really long. Image source: [Flickr-Zsolti/NYM]
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Junkyard Jumble – Answer Time!
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Earlier today I posted a scan from the pages of a Consumer Auto Guide from 1985 with a Junkyard Jumble. Some of you attempted to work out which vehicles were being shown in the image. Hop the jump for your answer guide.
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Showdown: Lesser of Two Evils Edition
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In our last showdown, the wankeled 510 walked (or hmmmmm-ed) away with the win. Two words: chin spoiler. But enough of that wannabe dorifto/auto-X nonsense. It’s winter, so lets try to find some vehicles that’d be nice in the snow, or will be great to take to the beach once the weather breaks in February…
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This Manta Will Embed Itself in Your Heart Like You're Steve Irwin
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Care for a German-built car named after a cartilaginous fish and sold through Buick dealerships … all for nine Benjamins and a carb tune? And no, we’re not talking about the a lederhosen-sporting GNX with sharkskin seats.
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Junkyard Jumble
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Published by the Consumer Guide in 1985, this Junkyard Jumble shows a stack of classic iron – it is your job to figure out which cars we are looking at. I have the answers and I will reveal them later today. The scan is not the easiest to work from but I would be shocked…
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You Drive What? (Now in easy to swallow internet form)
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Loyal reader SSurfer321 just sent in a link to a site which posts pictures of questionable rides. Now… some of them are not that weird – like the Ferrari 360 parked outside of WalMart. Sometimes you just need to pick up 1000 Solo Cups and a 30 pack of ping-pong balls, and you need to…
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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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Streetwalker- Tride OK C10
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This past weekend my favorite curb-side used car lot brought forth a cornucopia of interesting iron. Not only did we come across the time capsule Mercedes 240D, but half a block down sat its polar opposite- a Chevy C10 pickup truck.
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Devilleamino – Because those Hearse Kids Need their Lunch Money Stolen
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Frequently ‘amino-ed cars come with a story along the lines of “Cletus bet me I couldn’t…”, but this one’s pretty straightforward. It’s a 1962 Cadillac-based flower car…basically a hearse-amino. The body’s rough and the interior’s shot, but it looks like it’s all there, mechanically speaking. Apparently flower cars are super-rare, so the $3,950 asking price…
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2010 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS
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We often talk about the joy of driving slow cars – fast. It can be quite thrilling to take a car more inclined towards fuel economy than fueling excitement and drive it with purpose through a canyon pass. You have to work harder to receive your reward. The 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS is such a…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Would You Do With a Naked Viper?
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It’s not all that uncommon – seeing how many people with more money than sense buy them – to find wrecked Dodge Vipers on the cheap, on eBay or the list de la Craig. However, it’s not everyday that you come across one that’s both in running condition and buck naked.
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Cars & Coffee Montrose Mega Gallery
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Okay, I’m a day late and a dollar short with this collection, but I think you’ll find the gallery worth the wait. On Monday’s Last Call we had a shot of a passing mirror, teasing a car that showed up last Saturday to the weekly Cars & Coffee impromptu meeting of classic cars in Montrose…
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Rwandan Grand Prix
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If you’ve seen the amazing video Where the Hell is Matt?, then you’re already familiar with Matt Harding’s efforts. This video, done in conjunction with the Orphans of Rwanda school in Kigali, Rwanda, is more of his work. Gentlemen, start your imaginary engines!
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Vette On A Wire
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Yesterday, while we were all doing important things like snarking about cars on the Internet, other people were actually out driving them. One such person was rocking his C6 Vette down Warner Avenue in the OC’s Fountain Valley when wham-bam eggs and ham; he’s got a telephone pole G-string.
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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Chrysler PT Cruiser – Its Almost Dead!
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Introduced at the start of the decade, the PT Cruiser was originally conceived as a Plymouth model based on the well-received Pronto Cruiser concept version, but then elevated to a Chrysler when it became apparent that the Plymouth brand was going to be euthanized. As one of the vehicles that ushered in the retro-based styling…
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Last Call- Apartheid is Turning Edition
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Sold alongside the Blimey, you don’t smell of old lady at all, your majesty Queen of England, and Hey Bill, is that Axe you’re wearing? President Clinton fragrances. Image source: [explainthisimage.com]