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A cemetery in Hollywood and the Bentley Flying Spur Series 51
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Movie making and Hollywood have been intertwined since the start of the 20th century. Director D.W. Griffith, best known for the film Birth of a Nation, was the first person to film a movie in Hollywood. The 17-minute work was titled In Old California, and was shot entirely in an area known as the village…
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Sold Off, Priced Accordingly – 10 Picks From the Saab Museum Auction
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Hello, and welcome to yet another edition of Killing Saab Slowly With His Song. Today, it’s not the future of Saab that’s in jeopardy, but the past. We’ve (alright, some have) waited to know what will be the last Saab built; this listing enclosed here includes the first ever Saab built. In addition, here stands…
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Last Call- Company Man Editon
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Had he lived, next month Anthony Bruce Colin Chapman would be 84 years old. Instead he barely made it into the 1980s, succumbing to a heart attack at age 54 back in 1982. Years before that he posed for this picture with a Lotus Esprit S2 and JPS-liveried (Team Lotus’s primary sponsor at the time)…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – An Original, 2 Owner 1986 Maserati Quattroporte
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Continuing on with our Weekend Edition of the Hooniverse Weekend, with me stumbling around the “Other Makes” category of eBay Motors. This is an unmolested, original 1986 Maserati Quattroporte which is somewhat rare on this side of the Atlantic. Maserati has redeemed itself under the ownership of Ferrari recently, with sedans and coupes that are…
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Mystery Car
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There are certain words that get expunged from society’s lexicon due to either obsolescence or their usage becoming warped from the original meaning and used as derogative fro one group or another. One of those words is ‘retarded‘ which once was a socially acceptable form of reference for those of limited mental faculties. As the…
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Long Shots: An Eldorado, The Same Only Different
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Since Friday’s Mystery Car was basically a late 60’s Eldorado, well kind of, this olelongrooffan thought I would include a copy of an Eldo from the previous generation. This one is rear wheel drive and it’s a convertible.
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Quick Shift: How The Hell Do You Turn This Thing?
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I spotted this in front of an oceanfront hotel on my way to work. I’ve seen alot of limos including a pink Hummer one in Denver last fall but this is by far the longest one of these this olelongrooffan has ever seen in the flesh.
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car Factory Would You Most Like to Tour?
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Otto Von Bismarck is famously quoted as saying that laws and sausage are the two things it’s best not to be seen being made. Fortunately Otto passed away before his vision for an industrialized Germany extended to the making of automobiles so he didn’t include cars in his dictum. Still, I bet Otto Von…
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Vintage Advertising: Flighty Saab Edition
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[singlepic id=3499 w=720 h=999 float=center] From my recently acquired 1970s automotive magazines, here is something… for Saab lovers! And as usual, clicky for bigger picy.
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Your Very Own Corvette Stingray Concept
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[singlepic id=3720 w=499 h=329 float=center] The Chevrolet Corvette Stingray concept. Shown at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show, it was a radical departure from the current C6. The concept made a callback to the original Stingray with its split-window back end. The best feature of the concept was its ability to transform into a 20-foot-tall robot. Okay,…
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Hooniverse Motorsport News for the Week of March 5, 2012
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Welcome to the Hooniverse Motorsport News. With NASCAR in full swing, season openers down under, teams moving into the Sebring paddock, and F1 pre-season testing complete, we are entering the 2012 season at full chat. This report is aimed at telling you what you missed, and what you will miss in the near future.…
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Two Wheel Tuesday: Harley Davidson gives us Seventy Two reasons to be Slim
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Harley Davidson introduces you to its new models: the Sportster Seventy-Two and the Softail Slim. Harley Davidson designed these bikes during their two slowest sales years. By refocusing on their lower end bikes and working hard to help them stand out Harley Davidson with some impressive design. These should help The Motor Company recapture the sales…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday: Audi A4 Avant There-I-Fixed-It Edition
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Audispray is a saltwater-based solution designed to help with clogged-feeling ears. I’m still trying to find something to clean my eyes with after looking through these photos of a DIY Audi shot in Finland. It’s one thing to fix your own car, it’s perfectly alright to try to make it feel like your own, but…
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Box Flair – 1980 Ford Taunus
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A world away from the aero shapes of the later Sierra and Scorpio, this 1980 Ford Taunus is a remainder from an earlier era. The Sierra shared more than a few dirty bits with it, but the outward appearances are distinctly different. This was a solid old-world Ford, and still a Cortina by any other…
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VIDEO: Driving around 1928 New York City
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I don’t know how I found this video, but it is pretty fascinating, especially if you have spent time in New York City. It looks like pieces of silent movies slapped together. The film shows various modes of public transport are hooned around the island of Manhattan. As far as I know this could one of earliest car…
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Video: Colin McCrash Drives His MG Metro Through The Forests Of Ireland…
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…and scares the shit out of co-driver Nicky Grist!