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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 179 – Drunk At The Mitty W/ Ron Carter
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This week Cam and Brad are joined by vintage racer, Datsun fanatic, purveyor of car and trailer tracking systems, and all around good guy Ron Carter. Ron is one of the heads of GeoSky Alert, a company that builds tracking systems for your car or trailer that can provide live updates direct to your smartphone.…
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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 179 – Drunk At The Mitty W/ Ron Carter
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This week Cam and Brad are joined by vintage racer, Datsun fanatic, purveyor of car and trailer tracking systems, and all around good guy Ron Carter. Ron is one of the heads of GeoSky Alert, a company that builds tracking systems for your car or trailer that can provide live updates direct to your smartphone.…
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Hooniverse Asks: Is There Ever Any "Celebrity Owned" Regular Car Worth The Extra Money?
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Whether you’re presently in the dating pool, or can at the very least remember the last time you took a dip in it, do previous partners ever enter the picture if they have been someone of note? I mean, do you ever think to yourself I’m doing you-know-what with the same person that you-know-who you-know-whated…
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Last Call: Wrong Brothers Edition
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I’m thinking this should be called the CessNOT. Any idea what that is underneath? I’m going with Suzuki Sidekick. 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 encouraged. Image: AcidCow
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Year of Endurance: 12 Hour of Sebring and 12 Hours of Mugello Previews
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In my ceaselessly selfish endeavor to follow as many long endurance races in 2017 as possible, let’s take a look at an endurance doubleheader that includes one American icon and one relative newcomer to the game. The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship hosts its second round of the season, the 12 Hours of Sebring, at Sebring…
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The DFL Show: Episode 44 – The Pat Long Game
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A slightly fuller house this week, we have Stef, Brad, Eric, and Patrick on the show this week, and we’ve delivered quick recaps of the racing from this weekend, IndyCar, Pirelli World Challenge, WRC, NASCAR Fist Fighting, etc. A friend of the show wrote a lovely piece regarding sexism and the treatment of female fans…
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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 was the first car company to offer headlight wipers? If you think you know the answer, make the jump and see…
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Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance 2017
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The 22nd annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance took place this past weekend. With special guests such as this year’s honoree, Al Unser, Sr., as well as a discussion headed by Adam Carolla featuring Peter Brock, John Morton, Sam Posey, Chip Robinson, and Tommy Kendall, there was no way I was going to miss this. In…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Generally Well Regarded Car or Truck Are You Okay With Never Driving?
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You know, you don’t have to drive everything out there. I’ve driven a number of cars that were so underwhelming that I kind of wish I had back those meager minutes spent behind their wheels. Some of those have been cars that others have told me they liked. Now, don’t get me wrong, there are…
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Last Call: It's a Diesel Edition
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This is officially my new favorite window skin. 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 encouraged. Image: IMGUR
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Black Oil & Night Soil: Jam Master J-Series Jeeps
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The J-Series Jeep pickup – versatile, capable and short on soft edges. A full sized pickup, based off the Jeep Wagoneer platform that began in 1962 and stuck around all the way through the mid 1980’s. Starting off as the Gladiator, this marquee ran till 1972 and then was changed to the J-series pickups. Several…
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Podcast: Episode 194 – Time for Stories about Car with Kyle and James
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Kyle and James are the hosts of the Petersen Museum’s Car Stories Podcast. They have been running the show there since September and have managed to interview a ton of great folks associated with this industry. Now it’s our turn to talk to them… and by that, I mean it’s my turn to talk about…
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Craigslist Crapshoot
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Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer. Last week we went looking for special editions of what’s seemingly the most ubiquitous category on U.S. roads today: the pickup truck. We’ll get some special education (is that offensive?) in a sec,…
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Hooniverse Asks: Do You Subscribe to Satellite Radio?
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These days when you buy a new car, or sometimes when you rent one, you’re invited to join an exclusive club of Satellite Radio listeners. In the U.S. there’s only one SAT Radio option as Sirius has absorbed its only competitor, XM to create the imaginatively named SiriusXM. The idea behind giving you a free…
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Last Call: Hitchhiker Edition
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I think this raccoon is taking his “Trash Panda” nickname just a little too seriously. 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 encouraged. Image: Imgur
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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 a water feature. Good luck! Image: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved