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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. Last week I asked you to go long and intercept some American Cars for sale outside of the U.S. of A., and boy, it was surprising just how ubiquitous American iron has become.…
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VIDEO: Born of a Blue Sky, The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Experience
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Sometime ago we have shared with an amazing video by Justin Lapriore of letsmakemedia.com about the Ferrari 250 GTOs at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance. This year Justin went back to Amelia Island and came back with an even more amazing video. Hit the jump to watch Justin’s amazing sixteen-minute video and get the experience of…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car Has The Coolest Fitted Luggage?
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You know what speaks of luxury? Tailor made, that’s’ what. Bespoke accoutrements of a life well lived are where it’s at, and when it comes to cars, having custom bags that fit the boot is the ultimate way to separate the haves from the have nots. Okay, that was totally elitist and kind of a douchie…
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Last Call- Xray-ted Edition
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Shorter than ultraviolet but longer than gamma rays, X-rays provide one of science’s most useful tools for doing what was once thought impossible, seeing inside of solid objects. Thanks to Wilhelm Röntgen’s discovery we can now see past skin and muscle, or in the case of this cleverly wrapped Mini, steel and plastic. Remarkable as…
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Reader Submission: Shelby-powered Fiat X1/9
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What you’re seeing here is a Fiat X1/9 with a Dodge Shelby Daytona Turbo II drivetrain, tuned to around 240WHP, and other tasteful modifications. While it is not for sale, compare that the $22,000 “Dallara” X1/9 which Antii featured in the past, and draw your own conclusions. Reader Alan Arnold owns this car, search for…
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For Sale – Forest Find: 1960s Skoda Octavia Combi
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Along with the Samara and the Peugeot 404, the local auto club has a third donated car they want to offload. This was left on the auction/show venue’s parking lot on Sunday as a decorative element of sorts, and no-one really wants it too much. So, since I’m probably one of five club members born…
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Motorcycles Will Bring Noise, Bike Fans to Greenwich Concours
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The Greewich Concours isn’t all about cars. Every year some very very fine motorcycles make an appearance, and even though there are usually only about twenty of them, they tend to be as brilliantly chosen as the cars themselves. And often their values eclipse the cars that visitors drive to the show itself. Well, some…
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Review: 2013 Suzuki Swift Sport
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The last time I drove a Suzuki Swift over on Roadwork it was a slightly exhausted version of the old driving-school special that’s been around for donkeys years, and I absolutely loved it. You may have known the car as the Suzuki Cultus, or the Geo Metro. These cars offered three (of four) cylinders of…
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The Junkman Trailer Will Make You Heart the '80s
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After making the original Gone in 60 Seconds, that ’70s paean to screeching tires and wanton destruction, H.B. Halicki went back to the well for 1982’s The Junkman. Less well known than GI60S, it follows a similar theme of car chases and spectacular crashes. Halicki once again fills both lead role and director’s chair, and…
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Classic Captions – The 1978 Excalibur Series III Roadster Edition
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Welcome to the Hooniverse Classic Captions Post. This is a series of posts that are set to run this time each week, so let’s review the premise; I search for images that were used by the car companies in their print advertising or brochures, and it is your job to provide a humorous, snarky, or…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Car to Camp in?
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Bear Grylls may like to quench his thirst with a nice hot cup of his own frothy urine, but for me, roughing it means the hotel doesn’t offer HBO and room service ends at 10:00 pm. I mean really! I’m sure that most of you fall somewhere in between those two extremes, and while camping…
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Last Call- Garageman a Hero Edition
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Originally called decoration day, the last Monday in May was set aside here in the U.S. to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who lost their lives in the American Civil War. Now called Memorial Day, and designated the official start of summer and white shoe and belt season, I think the real meaning of…
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SAABs Run the Show at Carlisle Imports 2013
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Just like last year, SAABs have completely dominated the Carlisle Import Nationals. In terms of plain numbers, SAABs led the way with 251 cars on the show field and 310 registered attendees, with Audi being a distant second with around a hundred cars. And then it was downhill from there, with every other marque gathering…
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Hoonivercinema- Monday Music Video
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Today being Memorial Day, a uniquely American holiday, there’s nothing more appropriate than a music video based on that most American of automotive traditions, the road trip infused with petty crime. Today we have k-os (ft. Saukrates) playing with muscle cars (also wickedly American) and pretending they’re the Dukes of Hazzard. If the melody sounds…
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Holiday Road – A 1990 Ford E-150 Chinook High Top, and it's affordable!
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Welcome to the first Holiday Weekend of 2013, and what better way to spend it than with an RV… No, I’m not talking about those overgrown mansions that take up two lanes on the freeway, or are as long as a city bus, but what about something that is no larger than a typical van,…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Vintage Indy Car Would You Display in Your Living Room?
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The first competitive event held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was in fact a helium balloon event held on June 5, 1909, two months before the oval track was completed. Since then however, competitors have vied for supremacy in far more earth-bound vehicles, the most modern of which in fact use their speed to provide…