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Well, that was quick. You magnificent bastards bought all the decals we purchased for our first run. Don’t despair if you missed out on this batch, or wanted to buy enough to fund our desire for a real camera crew. We are hard at work (paying the overseas slave laborers in the Hooniverse mine) on…

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Okay, okay, I screwed up. Earlier today, I posted a 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 limousine. I failed to track down the discrepancies that were evident in the simplistic description on the dash of “Cadillac Sixty”, and failed to realize that it was, in fact, a Fleetwood instead, chalking the differences up to an aftermarket limousine conversion.…

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International Harvester may take its name from the farm machines that once plied America’s heartland, but while those effectively pulled crops from the ground to feed a growing populace, it seemed that this poor ’57 A120 seems to have met a reprisal at the roots of its forest resting place. A fitting but nonetheless ignominious…

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In the Pantheon of bad automotive ideas, the one that has the most floorspace must certainly be the Pontiac Aztek.  Justifiably derided for its appearance, the Aztek regularly appears on page-count-multiplying Top 10, 50 and 100 lists in all corners of the internet.   However, if you can get over the looks of the Aztek, you’ll…

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My good friend Sam, an international traveler, and owner of a classic dark green Volvo P1800, passed an email on to me with these photos of a few strange looking Honda Goldwings in Japan. 

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Without roads, cars would be little more than objets d’art, and they would be stationary installations at that, never even achieving the level of performance art. Thankfully that’s not the case, and roads today not only provide a raison d’être for cars, but also let us get places and make roadside dinners a heck of…

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This is the Cadillac World Thorium Concept Car. It was displayed at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show as a view into Cadillac’s idea of the future. It would be powered by a laser heating up a block of thorium to flash water to steam to drive a turbine that would then drive the wheels. In…

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Somewhere out in the hinterlands beautiful maidens demand rescuing, and wheelies must be popped- when America needs a hero, it’s Yamaha Swordsman who answers the call. Just. . . no stairs, okay? Image: [Imgur]

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Well, my fellow Hoons, as seems to regularly happen, the esteemed Mr. Brennan does a post (or a series of posts) and this olelongrooffan’s memory is jogged. It happened again this weekend with another excellent series of posts comparing two sister model styles or classes of automobiles. A whiles back this olelongrooffan was out and…

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  Wagon Wednesday rarely features a car that’s hot off the press, but for this one I think we can make an exception. Revealed just today from Jaguar HQ and before its expected launch at the Geneva Motor Show is the Jaguar XF Sportbrake, one of the best looking wagons in recent memory. 

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  Today is Friday, and that means it’s time for this week’s Mystery Car. It also means that I have  an admission to make – I’m ashamed to disclose, but think its for the best  – I am obsessed with red cars. It’s a cry for help, really. That’s why I am only doing black…

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[singlepic id=3543 w=720 h=900 float=center] It’s been twelve years since the original Toyota Prius came out. It wasn’t until the second generation, however, that people really started talking about the hybrid as the vehicle’s launch coincided with a spike in gas prices. Shortly thereafter, all the automotive experts were calculating the potential savings from buying…

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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. Welcome Dan Lee who was one of the contributors at CarGuyDad, and should fit in quite nicely. So let’s welcome Dan, and wish him well as…

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Ever feel like there’s just not enough ’80s Pontiacness in your daily life? Fear not, there’s a perfect solution that enables you to get your Pontiac kicks in audio form whenever you crave them. The aficionado of all things ’80s and awesome, TNUC, created an epic EP out of old Pontiac commercials. Make the jump…

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My grandfather-in-law was a man who never met a project that was too big. Giusappe, or Joe, didn’t talk much so when he did, people listened. I don’t recall the details of the conversation anymore but it was something about my inability to complete some project de jour that my wife tasked me with. I…

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Once a year Woodley Park in Van Nuys CA hosts the annual oiling of the grass, or as it’s better known, the Queen’s English All-British Car Meet and Jumble. This year’s feting of all things Jolly Olde falls on March 18th, less than two weeks away and plenty of time to top off the SUs…

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