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Last Call: Strut Your Stutz Edition
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It’s been a while since I’ve watched Saturday Night Fever but this picture of the New York skyline and Brooklyn Bridge backdropping a Tiparillo-smoking woman while her chauffeur waits in her custom two-door Stutz Blackhawk convertible is reminder enough of the tackiness that era exuded. Seriously, who the hell gets chauffeured in a two-door 2+2? Last Call…
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The Carchive: The '77 Chevrolet Chevette
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The Carchive has its fair share of spangly, high-buck automobiles accounted for amid its dusty, cobwebbed shelves. But it’s the down-to-earth, blue-collar, working guy’s everyday transport that’s, in so many ways, more interesting. These are the cars that litter the streets one week, and are all gone the next. There’s no mourning, no sadness, just…
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Care To Take A Cruise With This olelongrooffan, My Fellow Hoons?
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Although the byline on this post is not longroofian, it is actually by this olelongrooffan. Can’t figure out why a friend of The Chief Blooger got credit for it, although all is good. Based on his online presence, he seems to be a pretty cool dude. Well, it’s been seven months since this olelongrooffan has…
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The News for June 2nd, 2017
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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: Lotus debuts the Elise Cup 250, the ultimate Elise Ford creates limited edition Focus RS based on…
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Mystery Car
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Happy birthday, Olympic gold medalist and Tarzan portrayer Johnny Weissmuller, and likewise happy coronation anniversary British Royal Family top-dog Queen Elizabeth! I generally consider June to be a pretty mundane month, but there are in fact a lot of important events that have occurred during the year’s half-way point. The latest of course is this Mystery…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 199 – Running Out Of Cool Things
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This week Cam and Brad are excited for the prospects of #Radwood, and Cam is only days away from hopping on a plane to attend the show himself. (Technically the show is tomorrow, so you still have time to do the same yourself.) More information on the show is available at Radwood.co. Be there and be square!…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 199 – Running Out Of Cool Things
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This week Cam and Brad are excited for the prospects of #Radwood, and Cam is only days away from hopping on a plane to attend the show himself. (Technically the show is tomorrow, so you still have time to do the same yourself.) More information on the show is available at Radwood.co. Be there and be square!…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Current Model of Car Should Be Spun Off Into Its Own Brand?
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It is indeed a rare occurrence when a single model gets spun off as its own marque, but on occasion it has happened. Among those brands that once were models are the Avanti, which survived the demise of its parent brand, Studebaker. Mini likewise was once just a model. First under the Austin and then…
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Last Call: Fitting Farthing Edition
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Finding a bike rack that accommodates a Penny Farthing is hard enough. Procuring one that fits a Citroën DS deserves a toast. Here’s to you, Citroën Penny Farthing Person! 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,…
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Project 4Runner: Four seasons with BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2
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It all started about fourteen months ago when I got a flat tire on a busy New England highway, in the middle of the afternoon, with my whole family in the car. Something big and sharp punctured my five year old right rear BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A tire. The tire was beyond repair and needed to…
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About That Track Tuesday From A Couple Weeks Back
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I had thought that the Track Tuesday contest from a couple of weeks ago had been rightfully solved. It was brought to my attention on Twitter however, that I was wrong. Oh so wrong! I’d like to rectify that egregious oversight and hence, without further ado—seriously, there’s been far too much ado of late—here is…
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Ford Raptor: The Baja blaster supreme is better than ever
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Gone is the song that the V8 sings… let us mourn. Okay stop mourning, because nearly everything else about the new Ford Raptor is fantastic. Under the hood you’ll find a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost 6, which is good for 450 horsepower and 510 pound-feet of torque. That’s enough power to get this 5,700-pound beast up…
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The DFL Show: Episode 54 – Robin Miller Mad Libs
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THE ONE AFTER ALONSO AT INDY. Big weekend of racing with the Indy 500, Monaco Grand Prix, Coke 600, Nurburgring 24, Sprint X, and more. We have an excellent game at the end. Stef has horrifying internet problems for the entirety of the show. Enjoy. The DFL Show – Robin Miller Mad Libs Check out…
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Thursday Trivia
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Welcome to Thursday Trivia where we offer up a historical automotive trivia question and you try and solve it before seeing the answer after the jump. It’s like a history test, with cars! This week’s question: What did Smokey Yunick do to give his car the edge in distance for the 1968 NASCAR series that didn’t actually break…
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Is the new Civic Type R a good deal at $34k?
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We recently reviewed the all-new Honda Civic Si, and it seems like a fun machine especially at its $24k-$25k price point. There’s a hotter Civic just over the horizon, and it should prove to be a potent performer. In fact, it recently sat the Nürburgring on fire when it laid down the fastest lap for…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Failed Car Brand Put Up The Best Fight?
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If you’re anything like me then you likely imagine that when GM told the Oldsmobile management team that their brand was scheduled for the axe, the response was something along the lines of “what kind of severance will you be offering?” The inner workings of an automotive brand’s departure from the market is not typically something that’s…