Articles
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Hooniverse Asks- What's More Important to You, Less Weight or More Horsepower?
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There’s an old maxim that states less is more, and in the world of automotive hoonage, that’s often true. Colin Chapman realized this early on and his Lotus cars were always able to dice it up with bigger engined competitors because their small motors had to carry so much less baggage. However, on the other side…
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Hooniverse Editorial: The Standard of the World and How to Reinvent Cadillac – Part 3
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This is an ongoing series in which I examine Cadillac, and try and think about how Cadillac can successfully go upmarket. We looked at one of the most opulent Cadillacs ever, the V-16. Now let’s take a look at a truly outlandish Cadillac, offered between 1957 and 1960, the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham.
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Name That Car- Nazi Oppression Edition
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It’s small, it’s got three wheels and a jaunty red-beaded convertible top, and it was built by a company that is today one of the largest car makers in the world. The question remains, what the heck is it?
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Hooniverse Assaults The TTXGP eGrandPrix With Blood And Thunder: An Informational Guide
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We’re all so familiar with how our beloved muscle cars of old are being drawn and quartered in the name of the environment and other greenie hogwash. Does this mean our passion for PB Blaster-flavored danger-machines will always be at odds with the Green Agenda we’ve come to fear so strongly? The TTXGP eGrandPrix believes…
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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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California Wagon Dreamin' – LeMons Part Hauler Edition
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How’d your Saturday go? This week we decided to skip Cars and Coffee this week in favor of More Sleep and Coffee. We needed the extra energy to spend a day reveling in bottom-end Automobilia. You see, for nearly a year I’ve been sitting on a pile of BMW 6-series trim and interior bits. Basically…
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Kit & Kaboodle- The Fiberfab Jamaican Body Assembly Manual
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Earlier, Mad Science had a post with a high-desert Fiberfab kit car that could be yours for only a few benjemins. Now, in case you’re presently the high-bidder on that eBay auction – or just wondered what it took to build a kit car in the ’70s – we’ve got the crudely illustrated assembly manual…
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Last Call- Can You Believe They Want $2.99 For One of Those Baby On Board Signs? Edition
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That lake in Deliverance? It wasn’t anywhere near deep enough. Image source: [Auto-Fail.com]
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Hooniverse Asks- What's History's Best Ford?
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Yesterday, we considered which has been history’s greatest Chevrolet. And, while the bow tie brigade has had a dozen or more contenders plying America’s highways over the years, their competition over at the House of Henry has provided the World with some of the most memorable cars and trucks available for over 100 years.
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Jalopnik Unveils New Manifesto, We Pontificate
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In case you missed it (or didn’t click on the post b/c it looks like something about with Tom Cruise), Jalopnik’s grand panjandrum Ray Wert just unleashed 13 paragraphs of…something. A mix of mea culpa, mission statement and call-to-arms, it seems they’ll be taking a more focused direction. Our thoughts after the jump.
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Words, there really are none…
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At first glance you would think you were dealing with one of those Exalibur things popular among the rich and tasteless back in the 80’s and 90’s. Proof that money and style don’t always go hand-in-hand.
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Bristol Palin, Your Car Is Ready
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Perfect for chasing down meese, this vehicle was tracked down by our beloved bzr. Honestly, we’re not entirely sure what it was that he was searching for when he stumbled upon this, but however it happened, we’re glad he found it.
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Last Call- Belissima Edition
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This jewel of a bike is a Benelli, as you can tell from the decals on both gas and oil tanks. But it was sold here in the U.S. by another company, a clue to which is evident as well. For your Friday evening rumination- who was that company, and what did they call this…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Not Found on Ebay; 1981 Ford Durango Pickup!
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Here at Hooniverse, we already showcased a Ford Durango Pickup that was listed on Craigslist. However, Automotive Travelers own Sam Fiorani discovered another Malaise Era Ford that took a Fairmont Futura hardtop that was turned it into a pickup, and it’s for sale at a bargain price!
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We're All Illegal!
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The coppers in Perth, Australia don’t take kindly to displays of hoonage. In fact, should they catch you hooning in your hoonmobile, they’ll not only slap you with a fine, they’ll lock up your car. As Patrick Nugawela discovered, they’ll even lock up the car when it belongs to someone else.
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Streetwalking: Hoon on the Bayou edition
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Any schmuck can take a family sedan and crazy glue a V8 emblem to the back and call it a day. I’ve even heard tell there may or may not be a Prius running around with a Hemi emblem stuck to it. I don’t believe this to be the case. I believe that V8 emblem…