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Australo-Japanese Luxobarge: 1975-79 Mazda Roadpacer
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Q: Will people pay money for a Holden HJ Premier equipped with a Dictaphone, a small fridge, and a 13B rotary engine? A: Hell no! (But Mazda tried to sell it anyway.) In the 1970s, Mazda was a small company with large aspirations. In the domestic market, Diet members and captains of industry were being…
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Fastback Friday: 2010 Morgan Aero SuperSports (Design Week)
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Let’s say that you got to the point in your life where you have become a man of confidence and class. Over the years you happened to make a little dough along the way too. You are happy, relaxed, experienced. By now you don’t talk much but when you do, people listen. Your actions speak louder…
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Our hero hoon: An interview with Rin Hortulanus
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If you haven’t yet read the tale of Rin Hortulanus, you need to stop and head here: From Heartbreak to Hero. OK, ready to proceed now? Good, let’s jump past the break and dive into our interview with the man himself.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1976 Lancia Beta Coupe
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Once again, this is a car for our Interesting Project Car Weekend, inspired by the article written by Jim Yu about cruising around in Classic Cars around Marin and Sonoma Counties in Cali. We explored a very rare Bitter, and looked Smart in a Rootes Sunbeam Alpine, and now its time to look to Italy…
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – Would You Believe this Truck has only 36,000 Miles?
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Welcome to another Hooniverse Truck Thursday. Within my non-blogging professional life, I was once a District Representative for UD Trucks (Nissan Diesel) with a territory that spread from Bangor to Buffalo, calling on more than 21 Dealers across New England and upstate New York who were authorized to sell these trucks. They were not all…
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Italo Disco Inferno Part 2 – Chill Out Collection
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Disclaimer: For this post to make more sense, you might need to refer to an earlier post of mine with the cars still uncovered by snow. Last November, almost three months ago, I had a look at three small Italian cars parked at a Bosch Car Service forecourt. One of them was for sale, the…
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Hooniverse Talks With Graham Rahal
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Rather than use this space this week to recant tales of the few racing events that took place this weekend (Audi won the 6 hours of Spa, Bruno Spengler took the DTM victory, Brad Keselowski won a NASCAR race, and Casey Stoner won a Moto GP event), I thought I would give you an up…
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Hooniverse Weekend Update – The Low Mileage Buick Apollo has been Sold!
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Welcome to another Hooniverse Weekend, and to start this weekends edition I want to share some news about a car I featured two-weeks ago. If you remember the Low Mileage Buick Apollo post, you may remember that this car was a clone to the Chevrolet Nova, and that the car only covered 8,600 miles during…
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"The Charles Barrett Special" Commando: A Quick Update
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A couple days ago this olelongrooffan shared with my fellow Hoons my experience in collecting my new to me Jeepster Commando. And as I seem to be doing the last few vehicles, I named it. Yeah, my E30 ragtop was the “Black Beauty”, the Falcon Station Bus was “the olestationbus”, and my Comanche is the…
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Truck Thursday: 1995 Hummer H1 Wagon
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Just think what the Hummer brand name and image would have been today if General Motors decided not to whore it out for all it was worth. The name would have been harmonious with longevity, heroism and dependability. Instead we are left with what maybe the worst brand image of our time. Perhaps that poor…
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – 1990 Ford Bronco II
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In a country where O.J. Simpson is known only from the Naked Gun films and not as a football player, the Ford Bronco nametag carries no car chase stigma. It is not the most common 4WD runaround here, and it’s not even the most common US-built 4WD vehicle; that tag probably belongs to the XJ…
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Mystery Car Detroit Auto Show Edition
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Mr. Emsile usually write a nice paragraph to go with his mystery car posts. I won’t do that. Just guess what it is, make and model will do.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – An Aussie 1968 Holden HK Monaro on eBay Stateside
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Continuing with the latest Hooniverse Weekend Theme, here is an Aussie living in the state of Massachusetts. This is a 1968 Holden Monaro HK GTS 327. What its doing here is anyone’s guess, but it is a glorious Australian Muscle Car that I don’t think you will find anywhere else in North America. Make the…
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The News for May 11th, 2012
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! This is a weekly recap of the automotive industry’s biggest stories without the fluff or the BS. I also throw in some opinion, just because I can. This week: Aston Martin DBS Ultimate revealed online BMW M3 and M5 M Performance Editions for the UK Cadillac ATS priced VW Passat…
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Drivers in Chechnya are a tad aggressive
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I learned how to drive in Boston, Massachusetts. People drive aggressively in Boston, but they also know what they’re doing most of the time. It was a great place to get my driving basics in check, plus I was forced to cope with a variety of weather conditions. Now, I drive in Southern California, which…
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Video: Automotive loop-the-loop Guiness Record in a Chinese Lotus
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A man named Li Yatao, who is from China, recently set the Guinness record for the biggest loop-the-loop in a car. The loop is just over 42′ in diameter and 12′ wide. Li’s vehicle of choice is the amazing Youngman (lol) Lotus L5 Sportback. Yea! First off, other than this video I found no confirmation…