Articles
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Classified-ad finds: Decidedly non-standard Cortina P100
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The Ford Cortina P100 pickup is an increasingly forgotten machine. Effectively the front end of a late MkIV (colloquially MkV) Cortina mated with a ladder chassis rear end and a pickup bed, most examples used the famous 2.0-litre ‘Pinto’ engine in single-choke, low compression form, whose low 77bhp tune meant it would run on wood…
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Car Bros brings us… The Final Race
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The Car Bros are back with a new video, and this one goes deep. It’s a peek at street racing battle between a Ford Mustang and a Subaru WRX STI. There’s clear tension between the two drivers. Yet there is also respect… and lots of shifting. Power shifting. Slap shifting. The ole automatic back and…
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Track Tuesday: Name That Track
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Welcome to Track Tuesday where you are asked to identify a (maybe) famous race or test track from just one closely-cropped aerial image. This week, it’s… not much. Good luck! And, since no one guessed last week’s track, here’s the answer. Image: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved
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Clarion built a better OG Acura NSX
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The original Acura NSX is something special. It’s a real driver’s car that managed to stun the world, not with tremendous power but instead by providing a truly world-class driving experience. Still, there’s room for improvement with any car and Clarion has plucked an old NSX out from the crowd and turned into a stunner.…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s The Best Non-Car Meet-Up a Gearhead Should Attend?
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It’s car show season, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that there are enough events happening in your particular neck of the woods to satisfy your hunger for experiencing clusters of cool machines in a park or parking lot setting. Because there simply may not be enough car meets and shows to go around, what other suggestions can…
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Last Call: King Buick Edition
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Next to the Ponderosa of TV’s long-running Bonanza series, the most famous cattle ranch in America is undoubtably the King Ranch located down in Texas. It’s famous enough in fact, that Ford currently names a high-end trim level for its F-series trucks after the place. That Ford King Ranch is not the first vehicle with…
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The 21st Annual Ozark Trails Orphan Car Show
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So quite a whiles back, this olelongrooffan had the opportunity to attend a smallish Orphan Car Show here in the Music Capital of the World. It was sponsored by the Studebaker Driver’s Club so it is only appropriate the majority of attendees were products of Raymond Loewy’s Design Team. Needless to say, a longroof is…
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Power above absolutely all else: The Vauxhall Monaro VXR500
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I have always maintained that great joy can be derived from a car with moderate roadholding limits. In a low-strung car, your excess of exuberance is swiftly met by tyre squeal and body roll – the magic is found in finding the limit and staying there. It’s the old maxim of ‘slow car fast’, and…
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Ride along at Le Mans with Townsend Bell …on a CXC simulator
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Townsend Bell can drive a wide range of vehicles, and he can do so very quickly. Like most top-tier racers, Bell started with karts before moving to more powerful open-wheel racing series. He’s tested for Formula One teams, as well. Additionally, he’s finished as high as 4th in the Indy 500 and led the race…
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These 9 steps will help you tune the SR20 engine
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Nissan produced a wonderful powerplant when it gave the world the SR family of engines. The SR20ET, specifically, is an excellent engine that you’d find under the hood of S13, S14, and S15 Silvias. The power output, depending on the application ranges from around 201 horsepower on up to 250 horsepower. It is, however, quite…
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Forza 7 revealed at E3
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Turn 10 Studios is back at it with the latest installment in the Forza franchise. This time we’re eyeballing the trailer for Forza Motorsport 7, which takes things a bit more seriously than the Forza Horizon series. This will be a launch game for the also-recently announced Xbox One X. That’s the name of the…
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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the Most RWD-Looking FWD Car Out There?
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Have you taken a gander at the 2018 Camry yet, I mean, really checked it out? You might be forgiven for having given Toyota’s latest volume sedan a pass since the previous models have been about as aesthetically interesting as North Korean haircuts. Toyota really wishes you’d let bygones be bygones as they’ve claimed that…
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Last Call: Baby On Board Edition
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See, I told you the baby’d like riding up there. Five miles on the freeway and not a peep out of him. I’ll bet he never even woke up! Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s…
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Quick Pic: The Chrysler Sebring
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This olelongrooffan never realized wheels from this gen Sebring are worth so much money that stealing them is worthwhile. Image Copyright Hooniverse 2017/longrooffan
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"We run the night" is your automotive visual awesome for the day
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Some folks are really good at pointing the camera at a subject and capturing that focal point for all its worth. The Lowdown and Hartnett Media teamed up to do that recently when they shot a group of cars taking over the late night roads in a section of Australia. Visually, this is an epic…
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Range Rover Evoque Convertible: Who is it for?
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Land Rover has created …something interesting. It’s called the Range Rover Evoque Convertible. It’s a drop-top version of Land Rover’s compact SUV, and it comes bearing 2.0-liter turbocharged power under its hood. It also has Terrain Response, a halfway decent wading depth for a mall crawler, and a few other bits and bobs that show…