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The Cammed & Tubbed Podcast: Episode 52 – Sell-ica
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Welcome back to the land of C & T. We’ve got a jam-packed episode for you this week. Your favorite car guys, Cam, Brad, and Jason, are back to wax poetic about almost everything. Keep listening after the episode for a special interview with sportsball player (he pitches for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Car has History’s Greatest Hidden Headlights?
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At one time here in the States the Feds required all new vehicles to light their way with sealed beam headlights. That meant two or four round or rectangular units with pretty much flat faces, not the best thing for cheating the wind and eking out that extra MPG. That all changed in the mid-eighties…
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Last Call: Tour de France Edition
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The Tour de France bicycle race has been taking place for more than a century, but it wasn’t until 1937 that contestants used bikes with derailers. Previously they had to change entire back wheels before tackling a serious climb. The grease-up above comes from that year, and brings new meaning to the term “riding mechanic.” Also,…
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Submission Thursday: Balkanized
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[The following travelogue is a snapshot from a recent roadtrip in Croatia, and the penmanship and photography is by the inimitable Matt Harvey. Additional photos by Ales Zorko. -Antti] We leave the highway at Karlovac about twenty minutes outside of Zagreb, taking the road south towards the Plitvička National Park. We’re a ragtag little convoy…
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Showdown: Non-Wretched Jeep FC Vs Detroit-Diesel Swapped International
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It’s been forever since our last showdown, but when I had these two tabs open adjacent to each other (and a primordial version of my Falcon next to them), it was clearly time to dust off the category. In one corner, a ’57 Jeep FC in rare mid-grade condition. Typically we find these in end-stage…
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24 Hours of LeMons: 'Real Hoopties of New Jersey' preview
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The 24 Hours of LeMons rolls into its third consecutive race weekend at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville for “The Real Hoopties of New Jersey.” NJMP has been on the LeMons calendar since 2011 and has been dominated largely by European cars and also by aggressive driving. For whatever reason, NJMP tends to bring…
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Craigslist Find – 1994 Ford Centurion is the Truck You Didn't Know You Needed
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It’s no secret that I’m a Craigslist hound, always trolling the bowels of the cars/trucks section for some interesting, rare, or just weird. Since moving to Springfield, I usually find the obligatory lifted trucks, clapped out rice rockets, or rust buckets that are only a few years old. Today, though, I found something which is…
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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 drivetrain was used in a ’60s reimagining of a 1930s classic, in the opposite end than in its original use? If…
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Motorsports Weekend Guide: May 8 to May 10
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[Edit: Hey look, I forgot to write an introduction so I’ll add one now. There’s racing this weekend. Lots of it, especially open-wheel racing. Read about it after the yump.] Want more information on a series mentioned below? Click here for Hooniverse’s Massively Oversized Guide to Motorsports 2015, which will tell you all you need…
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Hooniverse Asks: What was the Greatest Auto Introduction Stunt?
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Bob Lutz loves spectacle, that’s him driving the then-brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee through a plate glass window (don’t worry Detroiters, they paid for it) at the 1992 Cobo Hall show. Other Jeep introductions have involved huge mounds of dirt, driving up steps, and once again, through one of the Detroit Convention Center’s sacrificial windows with…
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Last Call: Going to New Zealand Edition
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This third generation Falcon was on a car carrier along with a ’56 Ford Panel, and – surprisingly – a pair of brand-new shorty ‘Slades. The writing on the window caught my attention, and I was able to grab a quick snap of it while we were both stopped for traffic on the freeway transition. There…
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Wagon Wednesday: The Lada Wagon that conquered USA
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A Lada station wagon is pretty awesome by itself. Especially the round-headlight 2102 ones, as they have the most simple and classic appearance of them all. But one of the most significant ones, at least with Finnish plates, is this exact ochre one I photographed at the Classic Motorshow last weekend. The 2102 wagon, originally…
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Frankenstein Benz Project – 190E body on a C36 AMG
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If you think that our Project Wombat is ambitious, you need to see this. Piper Motorsports is mounting a classic 1985 Mercedes-Benz E190 body on top of a 2010 C63 AMG. As per their website, “The 190E will feature the engine, transmission, entire driveline, suspension, brakes, fire wall, dash, electronics and even the floor pan from the C63…
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Roadside Attractions – Paris Springs Junction
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Not five minutes from Spencer, MO is the community of Paris Springs, located on a stretch of old Route 66. The weather was perfect for a quick drive – warm, sunny, clear – so I grabbed the dog and my truck keys and pointed old truck toward Paris Springs. I put a new K&N filter on it…
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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. Have you ever gotten lost in an Ikea? I know I have, on multiple occasions! I never feel too distressed about it because thankfully that store offers plenty of places to rest –…
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Craigslist: El Caminillac?
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Sometimes I want to ask a car owner exactly what he was thinking, but then I remember it’s my own fault for being a Craigslist trawler. Anyway, today’s Craigslist find is brought to you by the 80’s: now with 100% real malaise!