Articles
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V.I.S.I.T. – Vehicles I Saw In Traffic (on the A36 From Montbéliard to Dijon in 1991)
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A 10-year-old non-artist’s dramatic depiction of a rented Fiat Uno’s rear license plate. A moving truck full of stuff showed up at my house two weeks ago. It wasn’t unexpected, as I had hired the movers myself. But the contents of the truck wasn’t strictly all mine (though I suppose now it is) –…
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Hooniverse Asks- In Your Experience What is the Worst City in Which to Drive?
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Let’s face it, even cities built around the automobile – like Los Angeles – are still a pain to get through by car. And when you consider the narrow thoroughfares, quaint cobblestone paving, and maze-like cartography of some of the world’s oldest and most densely populated urban landscapes, well, it makes investing in a good…
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Weekend Edition – A 1989 Range Rover Limo on Craigslist
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Have I told you that we have the best readers on the web? Without them, the weekends here would be, well, less exciting than they are. Here is an example: We received this tip from Craig (Thanks Man!) about a Range Rover Stretch Limo that was suppose to have appeared in the Jim Carrey, Jeff…
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Weekend Edition – A Porsche 944 with the heart of a Chevy
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Welcome to the Sunday Edition of Hooniverse Weekends, as I continue with the tips that our fans keep sending in to the editorial offices. (Makes us sound bigger than we are, right?) Anyway, this tip is from Leo (Thanks Man!) about a Porsche with an LS2 in place of the original 4-Cylinder. Lustworthy or not……
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Weekend Edition – A 1970 Datsun Pickup on Craigslist
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Continuing on with our tips and suggestions weekend, we received this tip from Dan the Man (er, Thanks Man!) about this Datsun Truck, saying he thought it was up our alley. Well, what do you think?
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Saturday Matinee- Gone in 60 Seconds (The Good One)
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Who doesn’t like a Saturday movie? And more to the point, who doesn’t like one filled with wall to wall car chases and spectacular crashes? well, if you find out who, be sure to tell them not to click on the jump because today’s Saturday Matinee we’re bringing you that classic caper of car carnage-…
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Weekend Edition – The Fordge Broncoram
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Welcome to the Hooniverse Weekend Edition, where I comb through suggestions, and try and post them here for your enjoyment. We received this tip from Michael (Thanks Man!) about a weird looking Ford Bronco Prerunner that he found on Craigslist while looking for a Bronco. So, what do you think of it?
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Last Call- Welcome to my Nightmare Edition
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With its army of dead-eyed bears marching around its flank this Terce-hellion creeps me out every time I see it. And now it can creep you out too. Image source: ©2013 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved
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Fastback Friday – Inspecting a used Porsche 924
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In the Lumina Euro article, I referred to a Porsche 924 in the last paragraph. In this article, I show you the one we went to look at, a 1981 car that had been imported from Sweden in 1988. The two-three grand price range is such a wide scope, that you can practically buy anything…
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This Tree Won't Give Up Without a Fight
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You know, I enjoy yard work. I take the solitude of mowing the lawn, running the edger, and clipping the hedges as a great opportunity for reflection and introspection. Of course, my yard doesn’t often fight back like this guy’s does. Image source: pikabu
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Citroen Rendezvous Preview: Peugeot 504 GL
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Some of us remember a time when Peugeot 504s were more or less common on our streets, provided those streets were either on the left coast or the right coast. It seems it wasn’t that long ago that these were just used cars and everyone’s grandma had one locked away in the garage out back…
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The News for June 14th, 2013
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or the bull. I also throw in a little opinion of mine, just because I can. This week: BMW 4 Series revealed in production trim Cadillac prices the all-new CTS higher than before Jeep…
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Mystery Car
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Today is Flag Day in the U.S.A.. Now I’m all for being patriotic and stuff but I think this is just another one of those phony holidays manufactured by Hallmark, in this case to sell Flag Day cards. Just my opinion. Regardless, we’re unfurling the starting flag – you know the green one – for…
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Hooniverse Obscure Muscle Car Garage – The 1962-63 Oldsmobile F-85 Jetfire
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Welcome to the Hooniverse Obscure Muscle Car Garage, a regular feature which aims to expand the notion of what a muscle car is, and to have some fun in the process. This week, the featured car is a pioneer of sorts. It was described as the hottest new Oldsmobile since the high-compression Rocket V-8s were…
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Hooniverse Asks- Which Classic Car Are You Planning to 3D Print?
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A recent article in Popular Mechanics considers the possibility of recreating pretty much any classic car by way of that new fangled technology, 3D printing. In case you are unfamiliar, these machines that create three dimensional output from a scanned sample or simply amorphous computer code are the latest hot thing, and work like science fiction. What…
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Last Call- We Are The Champions Edition
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Freddie Mercury Montego. That is all. Image sources: 7is7, Antique Automobile Club of America