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Help My Dog Sitter/Walker Choose A Replacement For His Volvo Wagon
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When I picked up Cooper this afternoon, I noticed a small puddle of oil and kitty litter in front of my dog sitter’s driveway. Apparently, his 940 Turbo wagon has been hemorrhaging oil. After numerous repairs last year and with a booming business, he is ready for a larger, more reliable replacement. He has a few…
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Video: Watch touring car pro Rob Huff flog a classic British Touring Car
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On my way to work last week, I happened to spot a rare-in-the-Midwest clean, stock Infinti G20 in write-me-a-ticket red. I’ve always liked the car’s clean lines and after my mind and my Internet browser wandered a bit, I came across this video of modern touring car legend and current Lada factory driver (No, really!)…
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Hooniverse Asks- Self-Balancing Cars- Bygone Insanity, or Unfulfilled Dream?
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What is the greatest promise of the future that has so far gone unfulfilled? Yep, that’s right, self zipping trousers. They keep promising them year after year, and yet here we are today with no assurance that our flies might be down at any time. The other tantalizing future dream that also so far still…
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Last Call- The Slow Café Edition
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Even if you can’t go fast, it’s always nice to at least look fast. This little Super Cub may not be ready to set any TT records, but it sure looks like it would like to try. I especially like the copper plumbing T fitted to the top of the carb. That’s got to add at least…
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eBay Insanity – Here is a 1970 Chrysler Newport Convertible, with a 3-Speed Manual, Armstrong Steering, and Bench Press Brakes…
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So we are in the middle of the Blizzard of 2015 here in the Northeast, and you know where my thoughts are… on Summer of course, and so I thought I would share this very unusual Chrysler Newport Convertible with all of you, which is my way of getting past the snowpocalypse currently swirling around…
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Cars and Coffee: Blackjack Zero
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With the inevitable closing of Cars and Coffee Irvine other Southern California ungodly hour Saturday morning car shows which existed before are seeming to flourish. With other SoCal automotive events such as Supercar Sunday and Donuts and Derelicts, local weekend meetings have quickly become the norm for automotive enthusiasts. Here at Hooniverse we love the obscure…
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Diecast Delights: A '78 Mustang II Cobra in 1:18 Scale
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What on Earth was I thinking, posting an Aston Martin Vanquish last week? This isn’t Billionaires Gazette, this isn’t the kind of on-line motoring organ whose participants spend their days on chaise longues, being handed trays of crackers and Grey Poupon, heck, some of us don’t even have butlers. Lets get back to a model…
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Friends of Hooniverse- Let's Help a Hoon
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If you’re like me and do your own wrenching, then one of your first stops before tackling any unfamiliar project is bound to be YouTube to see if there is a how-to video for the task at hand. As a new owner of an old Volvo (more on that another time) one of the best…
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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 Western Hemisphere. Good luck! Image: ©2015 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved
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Project Subaru Justy: Itty Bitty Wheels and Tires
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My Justy’s previous owner sold the car to me with a brand-new set of tires mounted on alloy wheels. He said he had spent a good amount of time finding wheels that were the right size and period-correct. It was clear the man loved the car and was interested in taking good care of it, but…
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Classic Captions – The 1961 Chrysler Newport 4-Door Hardtop 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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Hooniverse Asks- Do You Use Classic Car Insurance?
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I have just recently made the move to classic car insurance for my 1971 Datsun 240Z. The mileage limitations mean that I probably won’t be using it to see all 48 continental states anytime soon, but the cost savings over daily driver insurance is eye opening. I also like being able to tell people that,…
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Last Call- Tomorrowland Edition
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I think this clever reimagining of this ad is the future we always imagine, but that we never seem to reach. 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: Go Away Garage
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Turbo AMC Spirit Does Wicked Burnouts
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When you add boost to the legendary Jeep 4.0-liter inline 6 engine, magic happens. If you put that magic inside a yellow and brown box of delicious defunct automaker and take it to an automotive competition, you might just win. But it’s more likely you’ll end up mid-pack in competition as the crowd favorite, especially when they…
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Motorboat Monday: Inspired By Cars- The Moonfleet Aquilla
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Motorboat Monday is still a thing here in the Hooniverse. Always has been, always will. It seems to me fair to put it out there, though, that car people and boat people seem to be drifting farther and farther apart. Certainly, in Britain in the ’60s boating was far more the “everyman” activity than…
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24 Hours of LeMons: 'Good Effort Grand Prix' wrap-up
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The 24 Hours of LeMons, better known as one of Hooniverse’s motorsports spirit animals, opened its 2015 season with at Sonoma Raceway a week ago for the “Good Effort Grand Prix.” LeMons held a race at Sonoma a month prior, but since several teams had to be cut from the entry list to accommodate limited…