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Saw it on Autoholics. Originally from the Hagerty Insurance Facebook Page. Enjoy…

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Welcome to another Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday feature, and you guys know I love the Malaise Era Wagons. Here is a gorgeous Plymouth Custom Suburban Wagon, bathed in Malaise Brown, and sporting only 14,000 miles. This car was featured on Bring-a-Trailer for some reason of another (aren’t they like Eurocentric?), but we are the only auto…

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Yesterday we saw some of the automotive collection of the Dezer Collection Museum & Pavilion in North Miami. Today we look at the bikes in this collection. The bike collection  is not as rich as the automotive as it consists mostly of early motorcycles (motorized bicycles) and a variety of scooters. And a Czech Java…

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[singlepic id=2475 w=720 h=800 float=center] Some of you may remember my Octorber 2011 visit to Eastern Europe. I reviewed the almighty, almost HCOTY winning, FSO Polonez, drove the Lada Niva, checked out some Polish “trucks“, and spotted a rear-engined exotic a Skoda. While recently going over my pictures from that trip I found images of…

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It’s always fun to look at what manufacturers are offering in foreign lands.  Their websites, no matter the language, are all fairly easy to navigate and figure out.  So what does the fabled marque Lancia have in its stable? Ypsilon: Shares platform with Fiat 500 and Fiat Panda. Delta: Distantly related to the Fiat Bravo.…

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Still reeling from the SFX-grade visual shock offered by the near-destroyed, black-sprayed Mitsubishi Eclipse featured a few weeks ago, I went to look at another Eclipse advertised for sale in the same town. I wanted to see a nice DSM for a change, since most of them currently for sale seem to be beaten halfway…

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It’s surprising considering California’s strictest in the nation automobile emissions standards, and seemingly highest in the contiguous 48 gas prices, but the car culture still pervades this state, and especially its southern region. Local So Cal NPR station KPCC has produced Last Drag, a short film about one aspect of that car culture – and…

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Some in the political melieu lament this modern era, and wish to return to simpler and more wholesome times, such as the fifties. If this custom MX5 with its ’59 Cadillac ass (the front is even more horrific) is any example, I’ll think I’ll just leave it to beaver. Image: [essays & efflivia]

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Rob Krider is a man who’s obsessed with racing. This friend of the Hooniverse has graced our virtual pages in the past, and we’ve witnessed first hand just how focused the man can be. We’ve shown you his autocross antics, and our own eyes got to see him flip a car during a 24 Hours…

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We’re well along with Weird Week, taking a tour of what you consider to be Europe’s oddest cars. So far we’ve seen Italy’s Latin lunatics, the UK’s bizarre Brits and some pretty freaky French. And today we’re visiting that ultimate bastion of quirk known as Germany. Okay, so German and weird don’t quite go together.…

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I’ve never met a Lada guy who wasn’t the epitome of laid-back friendliness. I know a few Lada drivers, and none of them ever take anything motoring-related too seriously. I guess it’s in the blood – it might be some random particles or gas fumes that enter the bloodstream, turning you into the complete opposite…

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Hey, and it’s got an LS1 under the hood! Dude, my Vanagon? It’s rocking an STi mill, totally off the hook! Wow, that’s really gre. . . zzzzzzzzz. Are you getting as tired of the same old engine swaps as we are? I mean geez louise, if I see another SBC Volvo or 240Z I’m…

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With the Miura, Lamborghini secured its place in the pantheon of ultimate desirable things. This shot, looking across the 3,929-cc Bizzarini-designed twelve demonstrates both its mechanical beauty and its standing as an object of contemplation. Of course, should you choose to meditate over it, your mantra should be BWAAAAAAAAAAAAA, BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! Image source: [me]

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Boeing’s C-17A is one of the few aircraft today that is able to deploy reverse thrust in-flight, allowing for rapid descents and mass crew butt puckers. It’s able to create some amazingly bizarre effects on the ground as well. Image: [Final Gear Forums]

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Cars and Coffee in Irvine, California is the greatest reoccurring car show on the face of the planet. It takes place every Saturday morning, and the vehicles that show up continue to astound visitors every single week. Friend of Hooniverse Leo also arrives every Saturday to capture images of the awesome, which he then shares on…

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Those of us fortunate enough to be able to custom order a new German car have an option of picking it in the motherland (even if grandma is from Chicago). I know several people who have done the European Delivery program and every single one of them had an absolute blast on their trip. The…

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