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Rendez-vous in Jakobstad – 2000 Alfa Romeo 166 V6 Turbo
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Last weekend, I was out with my camera in the coastal town of Pietarsaari, Finland – also known as Jakobstad for those with a more international language than Finnish in their use. As I parked my BMW in the street, I noticed this Alfa Romeo 166 parked on the other side. Only going through the…
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Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach: The Opening Night Gala Edition
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So this olelongrooffan was fortunate enough to have bestowed upon me a full truckload credential package for the Barrett-Jackson experience down in Palm Beach, Florida for this weekend. That package included an invitation to the opening night gala out there at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Although I’m not really into the old cocktail party experience,…
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Fastback Friday – 1992 Honda CRX
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Going against the odds, right here. Someone in my town is using a 1992 Honda CRX as a wintertime daily driver, and like Blake the Z. puts it: “Those things rust even in California”. The Honda appears dirty and salty indeed, but it doesn’t look rusty. For how long, that’s anybody’s guess. The second generation…
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Carlisle Import Nationals Preview: The 38th Saab 9-4X Built
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The Carlisle Import and Kit Nationals is only 6 or so weeks away, and this is as good time as any to take a look at some highlights from last year. The 2013 edition of the only classic car event in the US of A where you’re likely to see a Tatra 613 just a…
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Fastback Friday: 1968 Ford Mustang is a turbocharged monster in the making
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Fairly recently I was up in Los Angeles for the launch party of the new West Coast location of Gotham Dream Cars. While there I met a young chap named Jason Connor. Mr. Connor is what you might call a motoring enthusiast, like the rest of us here in the Hooniverse, and he started telling…
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The News for April 5th, 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: 2014 Panamera gets a new hybrid and a new face BMW does the inevitable once more…
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Mystery Car
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We all know that the biggest mystery provided by the month of April is where are you going to come up with the money to pay your taxes come the fifteenth? To take your mind off that looming financial conundrum, we bring you this week’s Mystery Car. For once it’s not red, but instead a…
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Do you get in a tizzy for the Renault Twizzy?
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So, I’ve seen these things around on plenty of occasions. I’ve seen Oakley-Thermonuclear clad, smart-suited city types and look-at-me-I’ve-just-sold-my-Smart Ugg-boot toting yummy mummies swerving smugly through urban traffic in the bizarre egg-on-wheels with bicycle lights that is the Renault Twizy. And I’ve kind of ignored them. That is, until tonight, when I found that one…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Microcar Do You Really Really Want to Own?
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World War II was not only notable for the tragic loss of life and wanton destruction of historic cities, but also for the sheer volume of raw materials it consumed as it was waged. So much went into the making of the fabric of war that when the fighting ceased and the dust settled there…
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Last Call- Canadian Car Wash Edition
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Salting the roads may wreak havoc on a car’s structure, turning ferrous metal into swiss cheese, but it does also turn highway travelers into impromptu salt licks for appreciative megafauna. By the way, do you think that moose has but one ear? Image source: Imgur
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Sears Pointless Highlight: TransMission IMPossible
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[image: caranddriver.com] The guys over at Flaming A-Holes racing put together one of the greatest Lemons cars in the history of ever. A Hillman/Sunbeam Imp. Not only did it start the race, which was an impressive acheivment, it accomplished several other amazing feats. First, it raced all day Saturday. Second, it raced all day Sunday. …
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Truck Thursday – S-10 Pro Truck
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If there’s one thing I like, it’s pickups. If there’s two things I like, it’s pickups and racing. Ignore my paltry use of the English language for a moment and focus on this fun S-10, which has been built for road racing. What we have here is a full-on tube frame race car with the…
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R.A-S.H: The Volvo 480
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R.A-S.H is staying properly European this week; and the after visiting the French and looking at an off-roader that really, really wasn’t, we’re heading North to look at a car that, well, didn’t really know what it was. And nor, in truth, did Volvo or anybody else. Volvo had played this game before, as every…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Rover Streetwise
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The black plastic-cladded Streetwise is the Outback-y development of the Rover 25, itself a facelift and rebranding of the new-for-1995 Rover R3 200-series. The Streetwise was one of the least well-received cars from the dying brand, and it was only made from 2003 to 2005, when MG Rover ceased operations. It’s also about as well…
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Truck Thursday: From Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach
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So this olelongrooffan has been the lucky recipient of many things during my over 1/2 century of occupying a place on this planet Earth. One of the coolest I have received in recent memory was a full truckload pass to all things that are Barrett-Jackson down in the Sunshine State for their 11th annual Palm…
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The most amazing vehicle I've ever driven doesn't have four wheels
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Certain vehicles reach deep into your chest and affix themselves permanently to your heart. To your brain. To your very soul. One of the greatest vehicles I’ve ever had the pleasure of putting in my driveway is, without a doubt, the Hotchkis E-Max Challenger. For new machines, I still have strong memories of my time…