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Still out here at the Rolex24 at the Daytona International Speedway and this olelongrooffan thought I might share my experiences earlier today. It is currently 4:15 pm Eastern and the race just got underway. For the record, 12 of us formed a pool and drew car numbers to win a slightly legal pool. For the…

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Johnny Cash’s song One Piece at a Time – about a GM lineworker who snuck parts out of the plant in his lunchbox – was so popular, that a Nashville wrecking yard managed to cobble together the real deal, albeit from cars already having seen service rather than those yet to be. Listen to Man in…

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[singlepic id=3243 w=720 float=] Another morning, another amazing view. Through the morning haze we could make out the purplish hues of the German Alps. We had been flanked by valley sides for much of our drive from Austria the previous night, it was so dark that mountains merged with sky, but occasionally the lights of…

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We’ll be waiting for you… Got that? No? We’ll clarify: get your sorry behind on up, down or over to Hanzel’s Auto Body Works in Oakland. Tomorrow, as that’s Saturday. Last season featured such gems as a uber-lightweight Porsche 912, a big block Ford powered Heckflosse and 2011 Hooniversal Car of the Year: the Zombee…

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The 250 GTO is most likely the most desirable of all Ferraris. With only 39 made it is far from the rarest of Ferraris, what with so many one-offs, but chances of seeing one at your local Starbucks are rather slim. Justin Lapriore of letsmakemedia.com was at Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance where he spent his…

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It was invented by the CEO of Swatch watch company. That right there should have raised some flags, and it did for many manufacturers, but not Mercedes Benz. Currently the Smart is a division of Daimler AG and its ForTwo model, currently its only offering, has been imported into the U.S. since 2008.

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You know how you test the load limits of a 500-foot mega-crane? Apparently for one company, it’s in the field. Actually it seems that a mechanical malfunction caused the crane to fall while working to repair earthquake damage at Washington’s National Cathedral last fall. Nobody was hurt although several empty cars were flattened and the…

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If you’ve been following along with Zach Bowman’s tale of his project Mustang, you may be wondering why there hasn’t been an update recently. Well, Project Ugly Horse is taking a breather for a moment so that Mr. Bowman can concentrate on another project. This one has been unfolding in the Tennessee hills for a…

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Last post for Saturday, and yes, there is even more shots from the New York International Auto Show. This time, the theme is Red, with all the cars in red. Yes, I will be doing the same thing for Sunday, as I have about 30 people coming over for Easter….

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Good things come in crates – oranges, avocados, and of course, hot engines. Seemingly – that is if you page through Hot Rod magazine – the most common ‘Crate Motor’ is Chevy’s ubiquitous V8, either in SBC or L-something form. That being said, both FoMoCo and Mopar also offer competing wood-ensconced long blocks of equal…

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Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for making a car feel like your own. A cocoon shaped from sheetmetal and glass, it’s a place made for spending time, and you should feel comfortable in it. A car of your own should also reflect your values, your interests, your taste; it should stand for what you…

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Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.  There is more. 

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Well, this will be my last posting for the weekend, and i wanted to make it one of the more talked about postings. I have been doing a series of Showdowns, like the Buick vs Buick, the Citroen vs Citroen, the Rambler vs AMC, the Datsun Z vs Datsun ZX, the Shelby vs Shelby, and…

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Here it is, real and magnificent, one of the original Ford GT40 race cars. The ad says that this P/1003 maybe the most original in existence, and goes a little bit into its history. It has competed in the 1965 and 1966 Nurburgring 1000Km endurance races and various others such as Trophee du Cognac and Targa Florio. It has had the…

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Sorry for the glare on the rear window of this ole bug. I was trying to capture the two huge ass speakers behind the rear seat. This olelongrooffan can only imagine how freakin loud those things are in such a small space. What space is that my fellow Hoons may ask? Make the jump to…

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Welcome to the Hooniverse Segment Busting Truck Weekend, in which I try and convince you to mourn for all those attempts at Segment Busting within the Pickup Truck Market during the years between 2000 and 2012, without much success I might add. Well, it’s time to turn back the Way-Back machine to see what “Segment…

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