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Drawing of the Wombat
  • Parking Lot Magic

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8C2GnLHvNw[/youtube] Now if only they could do this in reverse so I didn’t have to walk so far when shopping at the mall.

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  • Hooniverse Asks- What Was Your Worst Car-Buying Experience?

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    Whether it was through a dealer, craigslist, or calling the number on a For Sale sign in the window of a street-parked ride, we’ve all had some less than wonderful experiences with buying a car. Some of them just leave a bad taste in your mouth. Some, make you question the fate of humanity- let’s…

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  • Lightweight Galaxie is the Jumbo Shrimp of the Car World

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    Here’s a nicely completed Lightweight Galaxie replica offered on the Detroit Craigslist for $19,950. I don’t know about you, but it turns on my staging lights. The first Ford Lightweight Galaxie was built in mid-1963. That car, driven by legendary Ford driver Dick Brannan, brought the blue oval brand their first NHRA Super/Stock record, and…

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  • Reader Submissions: An Eldorado Shooting Brake with Bonus!

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    Do I really have to tell you how great our readers are? Once again, we received these images sent to our tip line here at Hooniverse Central from Matthew (Thanks Man). The first shot is a Vintage Cadillac with a difference. Celebrating the Shooting Brake, I thought it was appropriate to show it. His second…

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  • Quick Reminder – HCOTY Polls Close at Noon

    Quick Reminder – HCOTY Polls Close at Noon

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    That would be noon where I am. As in about 2.5 hours from now. As of right now, it looks like The Beast has opened up a bit of a lead over the Basement Lambo, but maybe the Lutz has an army of haxx0rs waiting in the wings, ready to bombard our servers with G8…

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  • Hooniverse Asks- What is your most embarrassing oops?

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    Having been a licensed driver for almost 20 years I can proudly say my oopsies are few and far between.  I have never been in any sort of serious accident, minor fender-benders notwithstanding.  In that time I have only had 3 (I think) speeding tickets, the most recent being in ’98.  Don’t get me wrong,…

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  • To Hoon or not to Hoon, that is the six hundred dollar question

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    WWJSD?  I would totally take it to LeMons if there was one close to me.  Fiats do have an extensive racing history, why wouldn’t I want to Hoon the hell out of it?

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  • Huge 747 lands on Van; Driver Soils Himself; News at 11:00

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    A Cargolux Boeing 747-400 freighter on a flight from Barcelona to Luxembourg was cleared to land on Luxembourg’s runway 24 in low visibility due to fog, when one of the tires from the large jumbo jetliner impacted the roof of a van parked on the runway at 12:53 local time. The airplane landed safely, the…

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  • Last Call- 43 Pumps Edition

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    Slim Olson will give you gas. And back in 1957 the Utah-based retailer laid claim to the ability to give more people gas at one time than anybody else. There’s still a station at this location in Bountiful, but it has about 35 fewer pumps today. Image source:[flickr]

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  • Who wants a better-than-original all-aluminum 427 Shelby Cobra?

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    ME! OH I DO!!!

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  • UNICAT: Unholy Spawn of RV, Dakar Truck, and Ghengis Khan

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    Road trips are fun, but there’s hardly any adventure in the typical one (unless you count digestive issues caused by roadside diners). UNICAT offers a solution – leave seeing the world’s largest fizzy denture cleaner to Aunt Marie and try your hand at something fun. Say, the La Paz-Yungas Road in Bolivia?

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  • Mike Spinelli Is The New Editor-In-Chief of 0-60 Magazine

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    Proving me wrong once again, Twitter has just revealed itself to be somewhat useful. Okay, maybe “useful” is too strong a word.

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  • Volkswagen Pickup-thing Makes Us Draw a Blank for Nicknames

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    Okay, we all know that we blogger-types love to come up with cheesy nicknames for vehicles we see. Rabbitamino! Volvochero! Transformarobirdobilederchicken!

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  • Cast Your Vote For Hooniversal Car of the Year – Because the Decade Doesn’t Start Until We Say So

    Cast Your Vote For Hooniversal Car of the Year – Because the Decade Doesn’t Start Until We Say So

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    In our typical making-it-up-as-we-go fashion, we kinda kicked off the whole Hooniversal Car of the Year on a whim and never decided who’d wrap it all up. I just checked the post queue, and it appears no one else is, so here we go. Jump!

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  • Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Most Cherished Automotive Possession?

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    Whether it’s a particular tool, or perhaps a race program autographed by Dan Gurney, each of us has one or more possessions that we covet.

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  • Hooniverse Asks – What's the Strangest Towing Setup You've Ever Seen?

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    My summers are typically spent traveling around the lower 48 states by car and I have the luck of being passenger/navigator/snack distributor about 75% of the time.  The travel is mostly car related  so I’m always in an automotive state of mind, scanning the lanes of traffic for something unique/interesting/insane to pass the time.  I…

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