Articles
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Last Call: Parking Lot in Life Edition
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Gesundheit. 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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Cars You Should Know – Phoenix Hotel Parking Lot Roundup
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A couple of weeks ago I was in Phoenix to drive around on BF Goodrich tires, and be driven around on BF Goodrich tires. It was a riot of a time. During some downtime after our day at the track, I checked out a few of the cars in the hotel’s parking lot. There was…
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McLaren 650S Spider: An open-top time machine
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3oJEMd6dng&[/youtube] What happens when you have an automaker that learns about going fast by winning races on one of the world’s greatest stages? You wind up with truly superior road-going cars, and you’re obviously talking about McLaren. It’s been decades since the McLaren F1 rocked our minds, yet we still speak of that ultra-speed machine…
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The News for March 27th, 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 because I can. This week: McLaren announces the 570S Jaguar shows off the all-new XF Porsche’s new 919 Hybrid is ready…
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Mystery Car
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April Fools Day is just around the corner, an opportunity to prank and be pranked. There’s no fooling that today is Friday and that means it’s time for our weekly Mystery Car contest. Don’t fool around otherwise someone else might beat you to the answer. Good luck! Image: ©2015 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved
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Found on CraigsList: Holman-Moody's 1967 Ford F100 Ranger shop truck
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Unless you don’t have a pulse, you are probably enamored with Jeff’s HoonTruck, a sweet Ford F100 with a 390 V8. And unless you really don’t have a pulse, you should be salivating over the above image of what was—the CraigsList seller claims—the shop mule for legendary North Carolina racing shop Holman-Moody. It’s a 1967…
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Hooniverse Asks: Who’s the Car Guy You Presently Envy the Most?
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Do you have a collection of cool cars? Perhaps you do. Maybe you are even pretty darn proud of that rolling stock. The thing of it is, there’s almost always going to be somebody with more money who’s able to put your collection to shame. It’s true, I know that fact from personal experience. I…
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Last Call: Coming and Going Edition
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There seems to be a whole sub-culture of people who turn vestigial parts of their prized cars into trailers for those cars. This Ford Capri takes that to the extreme, doubling up on every part aft of the doors for a commodious and oval-windowed carry-all. Clever as it is, I have to admit it’s totally…
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Aston Martin Will Sue Henrik Fisker Over The Thunderbolt
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Remember the special Henrik Fisker-designed Thunderbolt we recently showed you? Apparently it’s not as special or different as Aston Martin perhaps expected it to be, and the British automaker has filed suit related to design-based intellectual property of the Vanquish-based machine. It seems that there are design elements of Fisker’s Thunderbolt that Aston Martin feel…
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The Carchive: The 1967 Ford Thunderbird
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It’s that time again when right-minded folk will change their browser to another channel and go read something else for the next couple of hours. Those of you who remain can join me for a rummage through the dirty laundry of time in search of an interesting sock or cherished, fading T-shirt. Welcome to The…
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'57 Chevy Bel Air 4×4 is the Pure Essence of Trar
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Firstly, let it be known, Trar: A portmanteau of truck and car; A car on a truck chassis. Before Eagle and the original Wagoneer, innovative ruralites were putting cars on truck chassis for reasons known only to themselves. And now the ultimate irony is that a quintessentially redneck vehicle configuration has become one of the most most…
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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: On the Buick Wildcat 445, what does the 445 represent? If you think you know the answer, make the jump and…
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Motorsports Weekend Guide: March 27 to March 29
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Thanks for reading this weekly edition of Hooniverse’s guide to racing for the upcoming weekend. The coming days bring the opening of two big series, one highly anticipated with series changes and the other highly anticipated to see if a young phenom can match his performance last year. In addition, the F1 and NASCAR seasons…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Company Should Buy What Car Company?
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Recently there have been rumors floating around that Apple Inc. was thinking about buying Tesla. The fruity-computy company does seem to have taken more than a passing interest in the automotive world of late, opening a secret lair frequented by strange sensor-equipped minivans and lots of UPS deliveries, but would Apple/Tesla be a good mix? This…
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Last Call: Pop Goes The Whizzer Edition
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View post on imgur.com I have decided to to come out with my own line of racer car driver underwear. It will be easy breathing, flame retardant, and most importantly, all kinds of brown. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread…
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One Ford: Globalization of the Pony Car
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[Friend of Hooniverse Thomas Hellmanzik is offering up a European perspective on the introduction of America’s beloved Mustang on his roads.] The “One Ford” strategy has so far been a one-way road: the European-engineered cars such as the Fiesta and Focus were sent to compete on the American market, while the rest of the world…