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Happy Memorial Day Weekend
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We contributors here in the Hooniverse are having a lazy holiday weekend. Hope my fellow Hoons are too and all the while remembering the men and women who are honored this weekend. Image Source: titantalk.com
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Last Call- Injection is Nice and I WOULD NOT Rather be Blown Edition
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The tornado that hit Moore Oklahoma on Monday possessed the kind of destructive force usually only found in the safety of mindless summer blockbusters. Officially ranked an EF5 – and packing winds in excess of 200 miles per hour, the twister took lives and rearranged topography. It also destroyed billions in property- including a 1968…
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Hoon's Day Out: LeMay Museum – The Indy Cars
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This post comes to you just in time for the greatest spectacle in racing, the 97th running of the Indianapolis 500. The latest installment, of what I’m calling Hoon’s Day Out, is by far my favorite and one I’ve been looking forward to sharing for some time. Being a big racing fan, I spent a…
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German Cars Bring the Awesome at Carlisle Imports 2013
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The Carlisle Import Nationals wouldn’t be the show that it is without the hundreds of German cars and car fans that make the trip to Pennsylvania every year, some coming from as far away as Canada. And this year the field certainly didn’t disappoint, as the numbers of Audi cars alone seemed to approach 200.…
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The News for May 24th, 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: Aston Martin celebrates 100 years again with CC100 Speedster McLaren celebrates 50 years with limited edition…
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My Own Barn Find: 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback
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Occasionally, under very rare circumstances, you run across a true “barn find”. This is a 1968 Mustang GT Fastback that I recently found under a tarp in my parent’s barn. You see, I’ve been out of the house for a few years, in fact, out of the state for many of them. When my parents…
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V.I.S.I.T: 1969 Volvo P1800S
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It was the last thing I expected to see on a riverside walk in Essex, a beautifully preserved example of one of the most intriguing products ever to issue from Scandinavia. And in such a wonderfully understated colour that I’ll dub Swedish Racing Dolphin. The Saintly P1800 was the first successful statement of a sports…
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Mystery Car
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Well, this is the big weekend in Indianapolis: the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indy 500. Before you all prepare your TV-facing armchairs and ensure you have enough milk in the house to toast the winner – you do know that each year’s Indy champion is expected to chug the moo-juice, don’t you? Before any…
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The Drift Chronicles Part 2: What's in a Name
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[Editor’s Note – You remember the gent calling himself the Drift Idiot? His name is Sam Nalven and he’s on a mission to chronicle the current Formula Drift season, and his goal isn’t simply to cover the event but instead to dive a bit deeper. Here then is the second in a series of videos…
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Hooniverse Obscure Muscle Car Garage – The 1971 AMC Hornet SC/360
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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 shine a little light onto vehicles that certainly deserve a second look. At the beginning of the 70′s, when muscle cars were at their pinnacle, the signs were there for…
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Hooniverse Asks- Should Totally Destroyed Cars of Note be Recreated?
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When it comes to classic movies, more often than not remakes pale in comparison to the original. Such comparisons between versions are inevitable when the earlier interpretation remains readily available, but what if it were not, having been somehow destroyed? Now consider that scenario only with movies replaced with cars. The simple fact is that…
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Last Call- That's How We Roll Edition
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The old saying goes that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. That must not also apply to old Rangers as this one obviously learned how to roll over. I guess it’s to the owner’s advantage that it also didn’t learn how to play dead. Image: Imgur
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For once, a cheap Early Bronco
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Broncos made from 1966-1977 are the Hot Girl at The Party of classic 4x4s. People go crazy for them, bend over backwards, jump through hoops, pay through the nose, and several other cliches just to have one in their possession. Once acquired, they learn Early Broncos offer few advantages over their half-price competitors (Jeeps, Scouts…
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Perestroika time – Polishing up a 1987 Lada Samara for auction
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As mentioned in the earlier Peugeot 404 article, the local auto club is auctioning off two cars this coming weekend. In addition to the Peugeot, there’s this, a 1987-model Lada Samara 1300 that is going under the hammer and sickle on Sunday. In the true spirit of перестройка, the Lada was reformed after spending five…
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Diecast Delights: GAZ 3110 in 1:43
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Remember the GAZ 3110? Of course you do, it’s the taxi that was hooned by Jason Bourne in the second installment of the Bourne trilogy. And thanks to that film, millions of people got to see what they thought was a Volvo 240 with a weird front fascia. Truth be told, the GAZ dates back…
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What the Frunk?
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In all the hoopla presently surrounding Tesla, what with it paying back its government loan early, Consumer Reports dreamy-eyed review, and sales supposedly beating the gas-powered competition – for a single news cycle at least – very little has been made over the fact that people are calling the front cargo hold on the Model…