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Craigslist: 1963 King Midget Model 3
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When you dig deep into the shadier corners of Craigslist you are bound to find some strange shadows of the past. Even those of us who are confessed car nerds could be excused to have never heard of a King Midget. [Source: Austin Craigslist | Thanks for the tip Shawn!] Note: this was written by…
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Rolex24 Heritage Exhibition, Lap One
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As this olelongrooffan has previously shared with my fellow Hoons, this past weekend was the 51st running of the Rolex24 at Daytona. This year the esteemed Hurley Haywood was the Grand Marshall and I must admit, I remember this guy when he first started driving back in the day. My older brother, Bus-Plunge, was a…
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Craigslist Crapshoot
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They say there’s an ass for every seat, and that heartening vulgarity is the likely reason that there exists in the world so much crap on the likes of Craigslist and other online classified providers. And THAT’S the reason we have Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly commenter compendium of crap that rivals a George Romero movie…
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Confirmed: Top Gear USA Filming in Iceland – More Pics!
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Yesterday we ran a couple of quick phone shots of what appeared to be a trio of Top Gear USA cars parked at the Hallgrimskirkja in Reykjavík, Iceland. An Instagram update by Tanner Foust confirmed they were in Iceland, and now our Icelandic commenter Eywolf sent us more photos, taken with a better camera. As…
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BREAKCLUSIVE!!! Bob Lutz named Secretary of Transportation!
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(WASHINGTON – From the Future) – One month ago today Robert Anthony “Bob” Lutz’s was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the next Secretary of Transportation. Lutz succeeds Ray LaHood as the country’s top transportation authority. LaHood resigned in January saying, “He’d rather leave while the world still loved him.” The Senate unanimously approved…
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Wagon-y Wednesday: Ford Mustang Hearse
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Yes, it is what it seems, a Mustang GT convertible converted (ha!) into a hearse. The wheelbase got stretched and the top permanently (I think) converted (!) into a shooting brake kind of a wagon thing with what looks like a tailgate or a hatch. Great way for a Mustang enthusiast go out. I wonder…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Brand's Long Lost Styling Trope Would You Like to See Make a Return?
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Did you know that the toothed tail lights of the seventies and early eighties Mercedes Benz vehicles were designed not as a styling aesthetic, but to improve visibility when dirty? That kind of functional beauty is an element of the Swabians’ products that I miss in this era of form over function. Other brands have…
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Last Call- What Could Have Been Edition
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Introduced about the same time – and with much the same engine – the Mazda MX5 and Australian-built Mercury Capri couldn’t have had more different career arcs. Thing of it is, it didn’t need to be that way. While still FWD, the Fiesta XR2-based 1983 Ghia Barchetta came within a hair’s breadth of becoming a…
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R.A-S.H: The Volkswagen K70 (LS)
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Good evening, and welcome back to the series that gets more attention than Scarlett Johannson driving a transparent AMC Pacer in the nude. It’s part twelve. We’re notching the dial o’ intrigue up a couple of clicks, here, to take a look at what the Germans were up to in the early seventies, namely VW…
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Rolex24 at Daytona Weekend: Let's Get This Started
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This past weekend was the 51 running of the Rolex24 at Daytona and this olelongrooffan spent an alcohol induced a sleep deprived weekend just trying to see what could be seen. As the Hooniverse is a bit short on posts and all the Overlords are out and about, I thought I would pop up my…
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Help A Hoon – AutoTempest Needs Your Help
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I look at a lot of car ads – I mean really a lot – every week. And my go-to tool of the trade for finding the gold among the old has been for some time now AutoTempest, the web site that lets you search for a particular make and model across multiple sales sites and…
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Top Gear USA filming in Reykjavík
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Our readers are a great bunch, and we often get excellent stuff dropped at our tipsline. Keep ’em coming! From commenter Eywolf comes this scoop, fresher than Icelandic Hákarl shark: he was out driving in the Reykjavík city centre and saw what he identified as Top Gear USA filming an Icelandic special at the Hallgrimskirkja,…
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The Toyota Land Cruiser is not a car
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Read this ad. I have nothing to else to add to it. Well, I could add that I would give my left kidney, stone n’ all, for a brand new $3320 1970 Land Cruiser. Image source – I don’t remember, somewhere of GooglePlus me thinks. Sorry.
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Hooniverse Asks- Would You Buy a Three-Wheeler?
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Should you choose to lop one wheel off of your car it suddenly doesn’t have to meet the myriad of Federal safety and emissions standards that have been holding it back all these years. Well, that’s not exactly true, but it is the case that three-wheelers in the US are granted motorcycle status meaning that…
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Last Call- M&Ms Edition
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It’s always a pulse quickening experience to see a huge number of your favorite cars all in one place. In the case of this awesome shot taken by BimmerForum member NorCalCab at gathering of the faithful, it can also be quite beautiful. Image source: [NorCalCab via Bimmerforums]
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R.A-S.H: The '82 Metros!
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It’s Monday, and time to wearily embrace Part Ten (already?!) of the series that The Man never wanted you to read. Last week I went all teary-eyed and nostalgic for one of the high-notes in the history of the British car industry, with the Rover SD1. Today we’re going to the opposite end of the…