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Video: Riding high atop the Tyrrell P34 around Monaco
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The Tyrrell P34 remains one of the most audacious experiments in the history of Formula One racing. Two normal racing wheels sat out back where you’d expect them, but four 10-inch wheels were position up front. That’s six in total, for those of you who dun flunked ‘rithmetic. Designed by Tyrrell Chief Engineer Derek Gardner,…
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Hooniverse Asks- Who Could Potentially Dethrone The Miata?
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When it debuted in 1989, Mazda’s MX-5 Miata was considered a homage to the great proletariat sports cars of the past, cars such as the MGB and Triumph Spitfire. Today however, it is the standard against which all cheap sports car contenders are judged, its acumen and desirability maintained all these years hence. Is that…
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Last Call- The Junkyard Primeval Edition
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When Little Red Riding Hood was making here way to Grandma’s house, she came across the sly Wolf, who was sitting despondently among his collection of wrecked and discarded cars along the path. What big Isettas you have, exclaimed Red Riding Hood. The better to seat you with, replied the wolf. And what big Peerless’…
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Last Call- The Acting Bug Edition
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Having just this past week celebrated his 75th birthday it’s not unexpected that someone would look back on the life and long career of Hollywood luminary Jack Nicholson, which is just what Life Magazine has done. Here’s Jack back in 1969 driving his beloved ragtop VW Beetle about which he opined “anyone out here who…
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Hooniverse Asks- What’s The Weirdest Non-Car Product Sold By a Car Company?
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If you think Henry Ford got rich off of building cars, you’d be. . . well, right. But that doesn’t mean the old man didn’t have a few other tricks up his money making sleeve. Kingsford charcoal was founded by Ford and E.G. Kingsford as a way to profitably dispose of a waste product from…
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Last Call- Take This Job and Blow It Edition
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Unless modified by zombie-expecting pranksters, road condition signs are usually as dull and characterless as they are succinctly informative. This one however, on a Scottish bridge, proves that they needn’t be. It seems what’s required is a sign programer with a ribald sense of humor, and another job waiting for him. The NSFW version may…
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VIDEO: E30 M3 Street Car to Race Car in Minutes
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My friend Miguel recently acquired Will Turner’s, the guy behind Turner Motorsports, BMW E30 M3. While super clean, Will’s M3 was setup for street and track duty. After a few track events and auto-crosses, Miguel, who is an experienced racer, decided to turn the M3 into a full race car to the BMWCCA M3T Spec. This morning…
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This Moggie Loves Donuts: With Video
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25% fewer wheels, 100% more burnout! The Morgan 3-wheeler, while visually similar to the Supersport model of the company’s hayday in the 1930s, this 3-wheeler sports a bit more modern construction with a contemporary V-Twin motorcycle engine mated to a Mazda sourced 5-speed manual transmission. Whatever is powering it, it can do one hell of…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Hello, I'm One Of The New People
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[singlepic id=3452 w=640 h=385 float=center] Editors Note: This weekend, Hooniverse will be running a series of posts introducing you to some of the new writers who are now in our part of the Hooniverse. Please welcome William Maley, and let him know how much you appreciate his contributions. Hi, I’m that person. The person who…
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Last Call- Free Range Bumper Cars Edition
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But officer, I only bumped her. Image: [Imgur]
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The News for April 13th, 2012
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of the week’s biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or the BS. I also throw in some opinion, just because I can. This week: Ferrari celebrates 20 years in China… with dragons Porsche brings the Cayenne GTS back to life Mercedes-Benz is…
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NYIAS – The very sad state of Mitsubishi Cars
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Wandering around the bottom level of the show, I came across the Mitsubishi Cars booth, and all I can think is how sad the display is. There were a few Lancers (though not one Evo!), a few Outlanders, more than a few Outlander Sports, and a couple of Mitsubishi i Electric Vehicles. Nothing really exciting,…
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Eric Clapton's Custom One-off Ferrari SP12 EC
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It’s not everyday that we cover new cars here at the Hoon but this… this is special. What you are looking at is a factory one-off Ferrari created for Eric Clapton. The SP12 EC was designed at Centro Stile Ferrari in collaboration with Pininfarina. The car is am homage to the 512 BB, which Mr. Clapton owned…
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Vintage Advertisement: GM has something to hide
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[singlepic id=3770 w=720 h=999 float=center] This ad is so great in so many ways. Please comment the first thing that comes to your mind.
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Last Call- Motorcycles, You're Doing It Wrong Edition
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Everyone thought Bill was a standup guy, which, while making him popular around town, did make his cycle excursions a little hair-raising. Image: [Imgur]
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Video: Big Muscle shows us a super sleeper 1972 Nova
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I’m not in love with every show on the Drive network on YouTube. There are, however, a few shows that should be firmly planted on your radar. Oddly enough, all three shows are shot and produced by our friends behind the excellent videos from TheSmokingTire.com. I’m talking about Ride Apart, Tuned, and the newcomer Big…