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CAS 2012: Afternoon Rundown
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After the morning rush (and nearly getting trampled during Ford’s press conference about the new GT500 convertible), the rest of the day was filled with cupcakes, more press conferences, and some awesome new cars. Nissan held their press conference at 1:30pm, revealing a variant of their new Nissan NV 200 smaller commercial van. Surrounded by hundreds of…
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Finding a Good 190E – How Hard Can It Be?
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It’s been a Benz-filled couple weeks lately; with the North Korean 190:s making the headlines I’ve been thinking of the Mercedes-Benz W201-series quite a lot. Over here, there are two kinds of W201:s driving around. The first category consists of the cars originally imported in Finland when new, which usually means well-used cars well past…
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – Jeep Comanche Pioneer
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Today’s sighting must be one of the Hooniversiest sightings I’ve done, right after that Roadmaster: it’s a bona fide Jeep Comanche right where I walk for lunch every day. And it seems to be in pretty damn nice shape; the metallic blue paint looks good and there’s no rust or dents to speak of. The…
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Hooniverse "It's 1987" Weekend Edition – Some European Delights with a Poll!
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Welcome to another “It’s 1987” weekend here at Hooniverse. Last week, we celebrated the weekend due to the Antique Automobile Club of America specifying that cars over 25 years old were now considered Antiques, and I highlighted primarily domestic vehicles that were for sale on eBay. Well, this weekend, I decided to concentrate on vehicles…
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Gimme Shelter – Jaguar XJ40 Comes In From the Cold
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In keeping with the wintery theme that my posts currently maintain, here’s another Jaguar posting from the parking garage that I use to melt off the ice on my daily driver. The Jaguar driver seems to utilise the garage for the same purpose; it’s the warmest open garage within a stone’s throw and it also…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The Little Known Caravan Option
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Ya know how all of we Hoons seem to see some crazy shit around these tubes and over at sites like failblog.org? Well a whiles back, this olelongrooffan spotted this while on my way to the 2011 Turkey Run. I couldn’t get my image taker out quickly enough to get a full on frontal of…
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Dakar 2012: The Madness Begins with Hooniverse Exclusive Pictures!
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It’s been a New Years day tradition since as long as I can remember. The Dakar Rally, now taking place complete oceans away from Dakar proper, left Buenos Aires, Argentina on Sunday. The end game will be on the 15th in Lima, Peru, where we will see who has survived the struggles of Dakar 2012.…
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Vintage Advertising: Two Wheel Tuesday Edition
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[singlepic id=3454 w=720 h=1000 float=center] From my recently acquired 1970s automotive magazines, these are some of the ads in those magazines. I am in the very slow process of finding out if I can scan some of the actual articles. I’m going to leave them here with no comment of my own, expecting comments from you Hoons.…
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The "Why Not?" EV Midget Build – Part 1
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Why would you merge a 1979 EZ-GO electric golf cart with a late ’30s midget race car? Why wouldn’t you? Years ago, when my grandfather moved out of his big, old house, I was able to talk him into letting me drag the old midget race car out of his crawlspace and take it home. …
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Jeepy Showdown: 1942 Willys vs 1946 Willys
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What we have here is a failure to communicate are two very different, yet similar vehicles. They are obviously both Jeeps (I use this term descriptively), but one is a World War 2 hero, whereas the other forecasts the shape of things to come for the next decades. Both were manufactured in the 1940s and both are…
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For Volvo Lovers – Volvo 240 Bingo Cards!
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[singlepic id=3234 w=340 h=500 float=left] [singlepic id=3235 w=340 h=500 float=left] Yea, that’s right, Volvo 240 bingo cards. Download the pdf version here of the six different cards here. Print them out, hand them out to friends. There are no directions but there are two options to play: make bingo chips from additional cards or, better yet, spot the…
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Last Call- Classical Gas Edition
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In the early age of the motor car there used to be these places called Service Stations which catered to the meeds of early adopter motorists and the facile nature of their mechanical charges. As cars became more and more reliable – most today not even needing the traditional oil check at every other fill…
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Video: Battle of Britain 2012 demolition derby is brilliant entertainment
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The Sheffield Battle of Britain 2012 is part of a demolition derby circuit run by our friends across the pond. We have no previous experience viewing this race series before, but judging by the clip sent into the tips line, we need to pay more attention. This is serious demolition derby in its best no-holds-barred…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Say Goodbye to the Hyundai Veracruz, and the Mazda CX-7
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The term crossover is applied to a class of vehicle that seems to be the default family car. The “Crossover” label is applied to cars that are nothing more than Station Wagon and Minivan replacements, and are classified as “Trucks” by the automakers and the various Federal Agencies when it comes to safety regulations, emission…
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Hoonimerch: Let's Try This Again…
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Update – as of this morning (4-26-2012) we have sold out! Thank you so much to those of you who have ordered!! For those who didn’t get a chance to buy one (or 5), we are placing a new order right now for more decals (in a few more color options to boot). We will let…
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Vintage Advertising: 4 for 3 Adjustable Shock Sale Edition
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[singlepic id=3498 w=720 h=900 float=center] From my recently acquired 1970s automotive magazines, here is something… for Motorsports fans? And as usual, clicky for bigger picy.