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Podcast: Episode 7 – With Tesla math, this is really only episode 3!
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Rejoice with your ears because the Hooniverse Podcast is back again. This is Episode 7, and we’ve apparently decided it’s time to be funny. Blake and I run through a wide range of topics, but we start with some left over feelings from the NY Auto Show. Up first, we blather on about both the…
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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 find weird engine swaps, the weirder the better. We’ll get to the winner of that hunt after the jump, but first let’s get to this week’s assignment.…
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Found in the Forums: Automotive items become beloved furniture
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You’ve no doubt seen various ways in which clever folks across the Internet turn automotive items into household helpers. Be it a coffee table, desk chair, or a BMW V8 engine block that doubles as both an end table and wine rack, there are plenty of excellent ways to reuse car parts in the house.…
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Hooniverse Asks- What’s The Most Tragic Almost Was?
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Everyone has a dream. For most that dream may be just a few beers and some hot wings at Hooters on a Friday night, but for a select few it’s realizing in metal and rubber their vision of automotive perfection. Take the Momo Mirage above for example. It represents the vision of Alfred Momo, former…
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Last Call- Junk Bonds Edition
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Although it may have once served as an advertisement for how you could get out of jail, apparently the bail’s been set too high for this Lincoln limo to ever seen freedom again. Image source: ©2013 Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved
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Decent Karmann Ghia is Decent
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The Volkswagen Karmann Ghia used to be everywhere, at least in the rust-free Northern California days of my youth. They blended in with the classic-but-yet appreciated, oxidized, band-stickered Beetles, Mustangs and endless early 70s GM midsizers. Then – suddenly – they were all either total basket cases or restomoded out to $12 grand. Today, we find…
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For Sale – 1964 B&Z Electra King is a true original
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“In case you thought you were a true enviro-buff, driving your useless hybrid trinket, ooh take a look at this – our storage dude has driven this electric runabout for 50 years.” Those are the convincing words of the seller, who has put this 1964 Electra King up for sale. It’s difficult to perfectly capture…
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2013 Honda GP takes over the streets of St. Petersburg
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It is always exciting this time of year when the Honda Grand Prix takes over the streets of St Pete, but this year was especially thrilling, because I got to shoot the event as part of the photographer pool. This was closer than I’ve ever gotten to see the track, the drivers, the pit lane,…
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Streetwalker – 1991 Jaguar XJ40 Sovereign brings class to the forecourt
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I shot this for-sale feline around the same time as the outside-kept collection of Saabs. While I haven’t got the faintest idea if the owner of the Saabs is willing to let them go, this blue 1991 Jaguar Sovereign is being advertised for sale by the caravan dealer. By the looks of things, the Jaguar…
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Video Review: Aston Martin VanquishIs it the best Aston ever assembled?
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I got a taste of the new Aston Martin Vanquish during a sopping wet day on a racetrack outside of New Orleans. The car was impressive but my time with the Brit-bred brute was far too brief. I needed more time. I needed to more deeply sample the new seats. I needed time to experience…
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The Queen's English Car Show 2013 – a Day fit for a Queen
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This past Sunday the perennially 72° and sunny Southern California weather turned out to be more befitting of the British Isles. That was a good thing however, and equally appropriate because Sunday also brought out the English cars in droves, all coming together for the annual Queen’s English Car Show and Jumble, held annually at Van…
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Hooniverse Asks- Do You Have a Cool Key Fob?
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Look, I’m just going to come right out and say it, when it comes to cool key fobs, I win. That’s my original BRM (British Racing Motors) fob, all stiff black leather and enameled pot metal. I obtained it years ago, along with an AC key wallet, in a purchase of NOS BMC parts. Talk about…
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Last Call- Cat-A-Tonic Edition
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The E-Type was called – by no less than Enzo Ferrari himself – the most beautiful car ever made. Of course with its race bred semi-monocoque structure and powerful DOHC straight six, part of its beauty is the speed it makes, as exemplified by this beautiful shot. Image source: JonathanReed
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Black Circles and Colourful Metaphors.
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It’s a classic proposition; the fast moving, ultra secretive, hush-hush, high-drama world of the secret agent. Let’s explore the image. We have a suave, confident, international man of mystery, but this ain’t no Bond that I recognize; not even George Lazenby. This guy is clearly bringing a fresh mindset to the business of low profile…
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The Carchive: The De Lorean DMC-12
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To further prove that there is literally no process followed in choosing topic vehicles for this series, our final machine this week isn’t Korean, isn’t French and isn’t a mobility scooter either. I don’t claim to know a whole lot about DeLoreans. Fortunately the internet is stacked to the brim with sites full of DMC-12…
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Carlisle Import Nationals Preview: 1986 MG Metro Turbo
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Continuing our survey of the rare machinery you’re likely to glimpse at the Carlisle Import Nationals on May 17th through May 19th, provided you spend the more than 10 hours required to see most of the field, here is likely the first MG Metro to appear at Carlisle. This MG Metro Turbo from 1986 was…