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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1985 Bitter SC Project
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Welcome to another Hooniverse Weekend Edition. There was a posting this past week in which Jim Yu wrote about a group of classic car enthusiasts exercising their vehicles of choice through the counties of Marin and Sonoma. Since this is Hooniverse, I thought I would devote an entire weekend of low cost, but very interesting…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Do You Picture Yourself Driving in Ten Years?
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When I was an adolescent, I had a list of cars I planned on owning approximately 10 years hence – once I had a steady job and could manage a stable of 8 or 10 cars. Well, reflecting on that list (which I won’t share), it appears I had extremely plebeian tastes and little concept…
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You don't smoke under caution? That's so cute
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You may have heard that during the 2012 Daytona 500 Endurnace Race Brad Keselowski did something incredible. He, OMFG, tweeted! That’s great and all, but here is Dick Trickle (possibly the greatest NASCAR name EVER!) taking a cigarette break under caution during the 1990 Talladega race. [Source: YouTube via my friend’s Facebook page]
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Hooniverse Classic Captions – The 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Edition
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It must be another Monday because it’s time for another Classic Caption Contest here at Hooniverse. To review, I search for images that were used by the car companies in their advertising or brochures, and it is your job to provide a well thought out (or not) humorous caption that is tied in with the…
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California Craigslist: 1976 Peugeot 504 turbo diesel wagon is stylishly slow
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Are you a fan of the saying “slow car fast”? What about plain old slow car slow? Do you like to live your life a quarter mile at a time, and in those 35 seconds or more, you’re free? I have the perfect longroof for you. Browsing my local Craigslist, I happened upon this 1976…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: What's A Hoon To Do?
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On my way back to the Taj Mahal after seeing that Austin Gipsy get some new brake shoes installed, I was cruising down Riverside Avenue here in the Birthplace of Speed and spotted its newer, and sketchily related, cousin.
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Fastback Friday: 1977 Toyota Celica GT Liftback
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Despite that the fact that so many were sold we are not likely to see many older Japanese cars survive to be classics. One of the reasons for that is the fact that they were just used as daily vehicles, reliably racking up hundreds of thousands of miles before ending up in a junk yard,…
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Hoonage Classics – 1983 Toyota Corolla DX
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I’ve been eager to document the Finnish car culture here. It’s not just about well-preserved older cars, or oddities, though. Quite the contrary; if you were to imagine the absolute nucleus of Finnish spirited driving, you would have the KE70 Toyota Corolla. Cheap, durable, light, frugal, rear wheel drive, that’s all the Corolla is about,…
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Long Shots: The Bonneville Salt Flats Ringer Edition
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In honor of Two Wheeled Tuesday, this olelongrooffan thought I might pop this thing up for my fellow Hoons consideration but you will need to make the jump to see what it looks like.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Uh, Hi There
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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. This time it’s Bradley Brownell who is our own Hooniverse Motorsports Editor. Let Bradley know how much you appreciate his writing here. The life of…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday: What's The Tappet Clearance on a 1927 McFarlan?
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I know this is only tangentally related to a wagon but read on my fellow Hoons, read on. Last year for this olelongrooffan’s birthday my older brother and his lovely spouse, that would be thehorsefarmer and thebarngoddess, presented me with a super cool pictural history book appropriately titled “Cars.” It is truly a “Visual Encyclopedia”…
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Hooniverse Asks- What’s the Greatest Exotic That Never Was?
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Shoulda-coulda-woulda, that seems to be the mantra of every would-be exotic car maker on the planet. Cizeta, Dome (above), and Yamaha with their OX99-11, the list seems almost as endless as the road one would want to fully experience any of them to their full potential. But sadly, for the dreamers of these missing marques…
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1937 Chrysler Imperial Town Car is latest focal point in the restore or preserve discussion
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To restore, or not to restore… that is the question that confounds many an automotive enthusiast. Restorations can return previously stunning machines into works of art that are in greater shape than when they left the factory floor. Some cars, however, are viewed as important notes in history, and many feel that these cars and…
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Daytona 24: 11 hours down
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With 10 hours in the books, there has been some exciting racing. There are some clear leaders, and some that are clearly not leaders. One thing that has surprised me is the utter lack of attrition induced middle of the night thrashes in the garages. The teams that are falling out of the race are…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The Easter Egg Edition
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The closest to Easter egg colored vehicle this olelongrooffan could find in my library. Happy Easter to all my fellow Hoons.
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Video: More realistic crash simulation for video games isn't far away
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The crashes portrayed in most automotive video games typically involve a few tweaked polygons, and the result is a dirtied-up car that has trouble turning in both directions. Even in the top-tier simulations available for the average console gamer, crashes are offered up in one of two ways. Vehicles will smash together in scenes that…