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Hooniverse Asks- What Decade Had The Most Jarring Styling Transformation?
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Humans have a natural proclivity for picking out patterns. It’s probably evidence of the survival of the fittest as those proto-human hairy apes that were most adept at picking out out the leopard’s camouflage from the background waving grass were the most likely to survive and get busy with their other sharp-eyed hairy ape brethren.…
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Entertainment: Car Show Scavenger Hunt
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Springtime, and car show season, are only a few weeks away. Yes, a chance to walk around and admire the hard work and dedication of others. Also, a chance to turn up your nose at someone else’s poor taste. A chance to nitpick details that you would never dream of having on your car. Since…
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California Car Museums, A Hoon's Guide to
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It’s January and the weather outside is miserable. But all is well. You are planning that California road trip you are going to take in [insert time in near or far future]. Here are a few overlooked destinations in the Golden State worth visiting and drooling over, from south to north:
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Last Call- Ride, Rastus Ride Edition
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That’s Rastus, New Zealand’s famous motorcycle riding cat, and behind him, his companion Max Corkhill. Rastus and Max became legendary for their treks on Max’s pistachio green 1952 Sunbeam. Tragically, Max and Rastus were both killing in January 1998 when they were hit head-on by a wrong-way driver. Their memories live on however, as friends…
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European Cars of the May 1st Cruise
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Continuing with the cars from today’s cruise through town, it’s time to show off the European selection of the cruise. Widely ranging from recent to good old stuff, the gallery is worth scrolling through. Even this MG F is excellent; those chunky wheels fitting those Hydragas-suspended wheelarches perfectly. But wait! There’s more.
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Fastback Friday: Differences: Subaru BRZ vs. Scion FR-S
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Twenty years from now we may be looking for an unmolested one of these on Craigslist, if not for ourselves then perhaps for our sons or daughters (wow). In the mean time, let’s take a closer look at this car these two vehicles which were specifically designed with the practical and cheap enthusiast in mind.…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday – Ford Probe 24V V6
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Hot on the heels of Wednesday’s wheels, here’s another Ford Probe for me to feature. The earlier one was an earlier one, not lipstick red and had a fairly huge Mercedes emblem stuck on the front for whatever reason; this Probe is a later, swoopier 1993 example with any badges completely shaved off the front…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Was Your Most Awkward Driving Experience?
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Decades ago, I got to drive a Caterham Se7en. That might seem like a plum opportunity, and one to be savored, however this Caterham in question was right-hand drive, had Webers that were jetted for the track, as well as a clutch that Arnold Schwarzenegger would find harder than explaining why the maid’s son has…
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Found on the Street: Daily-driven Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5
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Finding rare rides on the street is always fun, but you might not have a camera handy. Thankfully, reader Marcal did have his camera at the go by way of his phone, and he was able to send in two shots of this oh-so-sweet Alfa Romeo GTV6. According to Marcal, he walks by this car…
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Miniature vintage barn-finds refuse restoration
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Scale models and other related,… umm,… “adult toys” for the lack of better term, have been discussed here many times. Rarely however do we come upon a collection of classic unrestorded such cars. Recently CollectorsWeekly.com came upon such collections and performed a quick interview with Michael Spengler, collector and photographer. Check out the Collector’s Weekly…
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An Afternoon Stroll With The MOPARs
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So, the other weekend while this olelongrooffan was out picking body parts for the “Charles Barrett Special,” I decided to tour a couple u-pull-its on my way back to the Taj Mahal. I have previously shared the experience of the smallish mom and pop one down in Deland. After that I stopped off at the…
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May This olelongrooffan Introduce The Newest YouTube Sensation? Bus-Plunge
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This olelongrooffan has often blogged about my older brother affectionately, known as Bus-Plunge, and commented about the toy budget for cool old shit he has. Apparently someone else a total stranger has noticed this as well.
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Another Afternoon Stroll With This olelongrooffan
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So as my fellow Hoons may have noticed by now, this olelongrooffan likes me some junkyards. Not just any ole junkyard though. The vehicles seen in the above image, well maybe with the exception of the semi truck, hold no interest for me. Yeah 90’s era cars just don’t do it for me.
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113,000 Miles Of Adventure
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So you read Jeff’s post about the Xplore FJ Cruiser. You watched Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman ride motorcycles around the world in Long Way Round. Now you’re itching to go find your adventure. But you drive a Honda.
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Hooniverse Bookshelf: Heavily Censored Hesketh
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Heseketh Racing is famously known as the grand prix team that brought the FUN back to F1 between 1973 and 1978. Formula One has not had a constructor quite like Hesketh, either before or since, and this short book gives you an idea of exactly why that is. Hesketh Racing was the brainchild of wealthy…
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Last Call- Left Turn Back The Clock Edition
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Just a street scene from sixties Los Angeles, it’s no big deal. Still, all the automotive awesome contained in this simple black & white snapshot is worth contemplation. But quick, before that, name all the cars you can see! Image: [The Car Lounge]