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The Year End Wrap-up for the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot
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As many of you may (or may not) know, I have a series of postings at CarDomain.com called the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot. I just thought the readers at Hooniverse would like to know how this little feature came to be, and to take a look at the year end round up taking…
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Some Say He Drives A Lancia Stratos Zero…
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HCOTY Nominee: The Inimitable V-12 Jaguair
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HCOTY Nominee: ’67 Jaguair Nominated by: Han Solex As Seen in the Post: This Corvair Has a Secret, and it Ain’t Vicious Oversteer Rarely has a bone-stock-looking sleeper concealed such audaciousness. A V-12 Jaguar motor crammed into the front, radiators out back, and in between are several bushels of a master’s touch – all with…
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Getting to Know Your Falcon
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Last time you heard about my ’64 Falcon, I’d just bought it and used it as a counterpoint to $250k chav-rockets. Figured I’d let you know what a few weeks of driving and some research have brought to bear. The first big realization was that this car is not all original (gasp!). Like many cars,…
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HCOTY Nominee: Reader Submission Volume 2 – The Uberbird
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Call it what you want, but yes – we are posting a car of our own creation here for nomination. However, this wasn’t our idea really – it was yours. Numerous comments and a few emails suggesting our LeMons racer can no longer go unheeded… So I submit our beloved Uberbird for consideration as a…
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HCOTY Nominee: Pontiac G8 GXP
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HCOTY Nominee: Pontiac G8 GXP Nominated by: Tomsk As seen being fawned over by the buff books, car blogs and a funny looking test pattern “Motorweek,” as well as (briefly) sitting on dealer lots. As a famous electric Lincoln driver and occasional balladeer once sang, “It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” Sadly,…
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Hooniverse Asks- (Obvious Question Edition) What Are Your New Year's Resolutions?
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Okay, so I know this is pretty obvious given the day and all, but this is the last day of not only the year, but of the decade as well. We’ve all managed to make it through the first tenth of the 21st century, none the worse for wear, and perhaps this is a good…
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HCOTY Nominee: Bonus Reader Submission Volume 1 – The Basement Lamborghini
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I just got an email from reader citroen67 who suggested we nominate Ken Imhoff’s Basement Lamborghini as a potential Hooniverse Car of the Year. My immediate reaction was that I am stupid for NOT thinking of this car choice after Deartháir cooked up this wonderful HCOTY idea. Hop the jump for a video trailer of…
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Lightning Lap: America's Nurburgring Battle
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Home to manufacturers’ test mules, wanna-be racers, and Sabine Schmitz; der Nürburgring has also become the fantasy proving grounds where bench racers all across the internet refer to determine which car is t3h best!!1. But the boys at Car und Driver think America needs its own yardstick. So, for four years in a row now, they’ve brought…
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HCOTY Nominee: Sebastian's '79 Hurst/Olds
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Hooniversal Car of the Year Nominee: Sebastian’s 1979 Hurst/Olds Cutlass Calais Nominated By Mad_Science As seen in: What Malaise? 6.6L Hurst/Olds and a followup, here. We’ll get it out of the way ahead of time: this 1979 Hurst/Olds isn’t the best car nominated. It’s not even that great of a car in the first place:…
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Automotive Traveler: Chrysler Italianate Diversions, Part 5: Alfa Romeo 164
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This is the last part of this series that was first run in Automotive Traveler. However, it was a follow-up posting that was penned by the editor in chief, Richard Truesdell. Since he was more familiar with the subject than I was, it was a natural fit to end the series. It also tied in…
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Last Call- Between a Croc and a Hard Place Edition
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Even though it took many years, the alligators continued to write to their congressman, and eventually they got their wish, as a sign was erected alerting passersby to the dangers of that section of road. As a happy coincidence, the gators also never went hungry again. Image source: [telegraph.co.uk]
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HCOTY Nominee: 'The Beast' Ford Falcon Coupe
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The essence of the Hooniverse community is our unrepentant love of cars. We’re passionate about anything automotive; we are the misfit gearheads, the slightly obsessed, the fanatical. Our adoration of our respective automobiles transcends rationality. Frequently we find ourselves trapped in the situation where we are trying to explain our love for our chosen steed,…
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This R8 5.2 FSI Video Review Brings the Funny
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Let’s get one thing straight – here at Hooniverse, we love us some weirdly-mustachioed LA nut job Lieberman. His reviews are honest and well written and they are usually filled with fantastic visual accompaniment thanks to Drew Phillips. On top of that, he is genuinely a good guy – provided you are not at a…
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Accidental Hoons- Prophetic Restaurant Name Presages Crash
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Seattle’s Joe Maador Navarro could have chosen any business to crash into on his drunken adventure last night- the discounter with “low-low-prices!” announced in the display window, or Ground Floor coffee shop. But instead, he chose the Hung Far Low Restaurant. The 12:45 AM crash resulted in Navarro not being injured, but arrested for drunk…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Was The Worst COTY Winner Ever?
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Motor Trend has been doing it for decades, the Europeans typically give it to something small and odd that we’ve never even seen over here. Hooniverse is doing it differently, and we think better. Of course, much like buying a sex doll, the reality doesn’t match the anticipation and buyers remorse sets in. That being…