Articles
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Norman Timbs Streamliner from Automodello is a 1:43 Scale beauty
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In the 1940s, a man named Norman Timbs set out to make a car of his own design. In 1948, that goal came to fruition when the Timbs Streamliner roared into existence. Its sleek all-aluminum body was hand-formed by the man who stuck his own name on the car, and the resulting shape is truly…
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Hoonivercinema: Monday Movie Trailer
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Over the course of his career Blake Edwards became known for two things; being married to Julie Andrews, and directing a string of comedic films that were destined to become classics. You might not know it but Edwards was responsible for movies as diverse as they were great, from Breakfast at Tiffanys, to the Bo Derek…
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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: More or Less than Two Windshield Wipers
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Modern cars overwhelmingly have two windshield wipers, but that typical arrangement is certainly not the only one. Sometimes more or less than two wipers is a fancy feature (à la Mercedes) or simply a necessity (such as on the FJ Cruiser’s squatty windshield). Your task today is to catalog for all eternity (or at least…
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Hooniverse Asks: Will Any Wildly Styled Contemporary Car Stand the Test of Time?
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Look, I’m going to come right out and say it; I think that the Lexus NX is one uber-fugly, overly ornate, trying-to-hard-to-make-an-impression design. I mean, there’s nothing subtle about the car, from its dreidel – or whatever they’re calling it – grille, to the overwrought tail lamps, it’s a study in automotive excess. The good…
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Weekend Edition: V.I.S.I.T. – Sebring Edition
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Often when you attend a major race, such as the 12 Hours of Sebring, there is just as much to see off the track as there is on it. There were rare models cruising the grounds and parking areas of Sebring, devoted entirely to notable makes and models, such as Porsche, Corvette, Audi, and BMW. Each of…
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Weekend Edition: Checking out used cars in Germany
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I did a couple of trips to Germany late last year, and some of the activities we did with my petrolhead friends was to see some used cars that we had scoured up on Autoscout24 and mobile.de. I didn’t have my car-buying pants on then, but it was interesting to see what the market looked…
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Weekend Edition: A leisurely drive in a Mercedes-Benz 220 (W115)
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This 1971 Mercedes-Benz W115 is one of the loveliest cars I’ve driven. It belongs to a German friend, one who currently hosts the Suzuki Swift convertible in his garage, and it’s been in his family since new. A few months ago, as I was in Germany, I had a chance to check out the Benz…
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Weekend Edition: Swift Possibilities Looming
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I’ll cut to the chase: does anybody have a wiring loom for a Suzuki Swift GTi just hanging around, doing nothing? Alright, maybe a little back story is required here. My friends, often of wrenching sort, acquired a Suzuki Swift cabriolet for last summer’s roadtripping around Europe. You know, the Geo Metro kind. The German-market…
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Last Call: LA Does Parking Signs Right Edition
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Look, I know Detroit is THE Motor City, but truth be told, no other U.S. City other than Los Angeles was purposely built around the automobile. For a long time, LA had a regulation that there could be no building could be taller than City Hall. That was intended to push growth outward rather than…
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F Stands For Friday Fun
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGUFMT5nM34[/youtube] No new review this week… so we decided to just have some fun. Next week there’s a new Hooniverse Garage as well as an update on the HoonTruck. For now, enjoy your weekend… and your car
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Fort Lauderdale Auctions America 2105: Project Car Nightmare Edition
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1973 Peugeot 504 Cabriolet So recently I attended an AuctionsAmerica Show and have been sharing what was there to be seen and noted by this olelongrooffan for my fellow Hoons viewing pleasure. As I spotted these two, I came up with the idea of the PCH PCN and as I have experience with both of…
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Cars You Should Know – "The Jail Car"
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The year is 1992. Ted is a Volkswagen enthusiast, and has recently purchased a Giugiaro-designed sport coupe/hatch second hand. He loves the car dearly, and his ambition is to modify it just so, you know, like one of those cars you see on the cover of European Car Magazine. Ted bought those sick 3-spoke wheels,…
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The Carchive: The Caterham 21
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It’s time once more to don our protective gauntlets, attach our safety harnesses and descend into the hazardous void that contains all that automotive literature that time forgot. Welcome back to The Carchive. Last visit saw us drinking in the sheer value of the 1982 Skoda line. Today we’re paying scant regard to practicality and…
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Outsider’s Perspective: The New Hyundai… Wait are you sure?
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I was having a lovely day and a nice stroll through town when my eyes fixated upon the local Hyundai dealership. There my eyes happened upon a new car on display. Well, I say new but it somehow looked…familiar.
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The News for April 17th, 2015
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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. I just throw in a little opinion of mine (this week it’s actually a lot) because I can. This week: Unique Bentley Mulsanne celebrates the famous Bentley vs. train race…
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Mystery Car
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On this date in 1964, the Ford Mustang Debuted at the World’s Fair in Flushing, New York. It also made its first appearance in select Ford dealers across the nation on very the same day. Is the above mystery vehicle a Mustang in honor of the day? I’m not telling, but I will tell you that…