Articles
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I would daily drive the shit out of this…1970 Mercury Montego Edition
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While everyone at Bring-A-Trailer is arguing about obscure blinker light location in a post about an auction for some old Porsche I don’t care about, I find myself drooling over this heap of crap. What you’re looking at is a 1970 Mercury Montego and it was thoroughly tarted up to serve as a promotional vehicle…
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Build your own 2019 Ford Ranger
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UPDATE: Ford got wise and took away the link. And then they said that the prices were not accurate. Bastages. Ford likes to announce their new models long before they actually become available. They start off with a hint. They follow it up with a concept. Then there are test mules running around. And then…
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This is what it takes to turn a FWD Corolla into a RWD Drift Corolla with 1,000 HP
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Papadakis Racing is based in Southern California. In the past few years, this is a team that’s been a forced to be reckoned with in the Formula Drift series. The main helmsmen is FD Champion Fredric Aasbo and he’s tapped to take Toyota products and push them to their limits. The latest vehicle on deck?…
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Hooniverse Asks: Has there been a resto-mod out there that's surprised you?
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There’s a lovely orange and black machine waiting for me in my email inbox. It’s something I didn’t see coming, but based on everyone’s current love affair with classic SUVs and trucks, I probably should’ve expected this to happen. This, friends, is a fully restored and upgraded 1979 International Scout II. This pumpkin paint scheme…
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Ace Performance – performance shop with something for everyone
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I have mentioned Ace Performance many times on these pages. It is the performance shop that was started by my good friend Baer Connard almost ten years ago. I frequent it often. Sometimes I just go there to have lunch with an old friend. Sometimes Baer calls me to come over and check out some weird/interesting…
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Not Classic Captions Contest: Jaguar F-Pace Edition
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For years now we have had the Hooniverse Classic Captions Contest. The rules are simple: we provide a classic stock photo or an advertisement of a vehicle and you, the readers, provide your best caption for it. Everyone has a good time and the winner gets nothing but our deepest respects. Simple and fun, right?…
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Review: 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback SE
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Most of us yawn upon hearing the Corolla name. For years the North American version of the Corolla has been a rather dreadful economy box. It is driven mostly by people who just want a cheap and reliable mobility appliance and by Uber drivers who want a cheap and reliable work appliance. No one ever…
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The News for August 3rd, 2018
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week: Jaguar announces full list of upgrades for 2019 F-Pace Audi teases upcoming EV supercar ahead of Pebble…
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Mystery Car
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What a painful two weeks it has been. First, yous guys couldn’t identify a freakin’ Jeep Wrangler. Then yous got stumped by an iconic (sort of, for the lack of better terms) part of a Hornet AMX. Maybe yous guys just dunno yours AMC cars? Perhaps it was Peter’s detailed pictures that confused you. I…
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Quick Spin: 2018 Nissan Titan PRO-4X King Cab
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The full-size pickup truck market is the highest grossing and most competitive of all North American vehicle segments. The big three have been competing against each for almost a century. To show just how competitive this market is and how much brand loyalty there is in, Toyota and Nissan have been offering their versions of…
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When you can't unsee the similarity
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Year in, year out, I take a holiday in Cornwall, South-West England. I inevitably end up at the same campsite, commanding a view from the cliffs above a tiny resort village called Millendreath. Just off the beautiful sandy beach, there juts a large, rounded rock, and on my first visit to the village at age…
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Podcast: Episode 259 – Baja Before and After
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Josh Ostrander and I head on off to Baja to drive the Wide Open Buggy down in the Mexican desert. This podcast is recorded in two parts; the first part is on the way down to Mexico and the second is in the car on the way home from the border. What do we talk…
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Project Update: Hellcrate motor into a ’68 Charger
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Last December I wrote about a project that my friends at Ace Performance were undertaking. The project was to drop the 707-horsepower Hellcat crate motor into a recently restored 1968 Dodge Charger. While the Charger already had big 440 under its hood, dropping in Chrysler’s latest is a lot more than just a quick and…
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Mystery Car – HINT!
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It’s been five days and I can’t take it anymore. I’m crawling out of my skin here. The group of people who have identified so many vehicles from such minuscule hints seem to be stumped again. There were a few honest shots at what the vehicle was but none hit the target. I even gave…
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Christian Mejia was destined to drive this 1965 Chevy Corvair Monza
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“Every time you’re talking in your sleep, you’re always talking about Corvairs…” If ever a person was supposed to own a certain car, Christian Mejia was destined to lay claim to his 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza. Driven to school in one as a child, Mejia knew he loved it before he even truly knew what…
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Hidden Rides could be your ticket to that forum-fed vehicle find
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Out there on the wild seas of the Internet, you’ll discover many islands existing in the form of the automotive forum. Some islands are bountiful, while others are inhabited by angry folks who believe that the cherished idol they pray too is the only one that matters. Across all of these island forums is one…