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Long Shots: 1948 Chevy Street Rod
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So the other day this olelongrooffan was heading back to my new pad, the loft, and a cool old street rod was parked outside a nearly ubiquitous real estate office and I thought it would be a perfect Long Shot to share with my fellow Hoons. Now while this ole Bowtie is no longer a…
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The Carchive: The 1984 Audi Coupe
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It’s time to head down to the shoreline once again and find out what’s been washed up on the jagged rocks of motoring history. Welcome back to The Carchive. This series doesn’t always draw people to take the jump like perhaps it should, and this is often because the headline image doesn’t exhibit much zing.…
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Win a Jeep offroading trip to the Rubicon Trail
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We here at Hooniverse like to think we’re capable of anything and we like our vehicles similarly capable. We also like working with our partners and friends from the web when they have a sweet contest involving extremely capable vehiclse that might appeal to our favorite Hoons (That’s you!). In a perfect world, this would involve traversing the Mecury’s…
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What’s Aspirational for You?
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Today I break new ground in the world of automotive journalism. Today, I make fun of yuppies. Yuppies that have no idea about what they buy other than the fact that every single one of their mates owns one.
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Podcast: Episode 92 – Two Ring CircusWith The Ring Brothers
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The Ring Brothers are in town to show off their latest award-winning creation known as Recoil. While they’re out West, they’ve been kind enound to jump into the podcast palace. Mike and Jim Ring stop by to chat about how they got started and what they have in store for the future. Also, they brought…
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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. Do you have a tattoo? How about a non-traditional piercing? These are some of the more drastic body modifications that some people like to use to set themselves apart from the crowd, and honestly,…
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Craigslist: Dodge Viper Prototype GT-3 Production Race Car
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Each February we depart the frozen tundra that is Boston for a week of southern Florida fun in sun. Before each trip I browse southern Florida craigslist in hope of finding a gem, that rust-free-but-with-faded-paint-obscure-limited-edition-something-that-is-being-sold-by-a-widow-of-man-who-worshiped-it, for pennies on a dollar. So far I have not found such thing, but I did find a Viper race car, and who…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car or Truck Actually Looks Good With a Factory Body Kit?
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It goes without saying that, almost without exception, aftermarket body kits detract from the overall appearance of the cars to which they are applied, at the same time that they express the unique individuality of their owners/appliers. Seriously, it’s like adding a mustache to the Mona Lisa, or putting clothes on Kate Upton. But what…
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Last Call- Saddle Sore Edition
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This pivoting saddle bike lock concept by designers Lee Sang Hwa, Kim Jin Ho, and Yeo Min Gu eliminates the need to carry an additional lock with you. It’s immensely clever but points to two problems: it doesn’t address the potential theft of the front wheel, and if a rider is in a hurry and…
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Long Shots: Another Mystery BMW, Is This One A 2500 As Well?
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Way back at the time this olelongrooffan first started writing up this Long Shots series (thanks again to CptSevere), I commented how it often times felt that I would spot one car and it would remind me of another and then another. Well, back then it was usually big Detroit steel spotted in and around…
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Retromobile 2015: The Baillon Collection
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No doubt by now, you have seen news clippings or blog posts about the Baillon Collection, one of the greatest barn finds in automotive history. Well, auction house ArtCurial, which was responsible for passing the collection along to the masses, presented the cars in an adjacent exhibition hall at Retromobile. Make the jump to see…
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Track Tuesday- Name That Track
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Welcome to Track Tuesday where you are asked to identify a famous race course from just one closely-cropped aerial image. The only other hint you get is that this track is in… the Northern Hemisphere. Good luck! Image: ©2015 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved
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Progenitor of Junior Comp Motorcycle Engined Dragsters Up for Sale
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When this largely incomplete bike-powered dragster popped up in my standard eBay trawl, all I thought was that a modern Honda 600cc motor plus a small jungle gym would make for great entertainment. Not bad at a $950 Buy-it-Now. Turns out that in addition to maximum fun per dollar (in a straight line, at least),…
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Classic Captions – The 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale Edition
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Welcome to the Hooniverse Classic Captions Post, and it’s that time of the week in which this feature appears, so let’s review the premise; I search for images that were used by the car companies in their print advertising, dealer displays or brochures, and it is your job to provide a humorous caption that is…
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Mystery Car – Bonus Winter Edition
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The city of Boston and surrounding areas are experiencing a very tough winter. It’s been cold, somewhere between -2F and 25F (-19C – -4C), brutally windy, and we have had record snow falls. Snow plowing and snow removal from the city has been slow and painful, by far the worst in the ten years that…
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Hooniverse Asks- Who is History’s Most Versatile Race Driver?
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Something – or someone – only good at a single task is often referred to as a one-trick pony. Racing is such a specialized advocation that many drivers who have had great success have done so by limiting their skill-honing to only one series. That’s not always the case however, and just like that annoying…