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Long Shots: The Green Street Rod Edition
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So the other morning this olelongrooffan was doing my usual sausage burrito drive thru at my local beachside Mickey D’s and I spotted this green beauty. Nice to see this as a weekday daily driver at 8:30 am.
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It looks like Top Gear USA wants to sell you a car
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Jalopnik recently ran a post showing a photo of the Top Gear USA crew just south of our Southern California Hooniverse HQ. It seems the trio of Tanner, Adam, and Rutledge were snapped in San Diego hanging out with a Subaru SVX, Cadillac Allanté, and Merkur XR4Ti. Why are the three hosts hanging out with…
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Cool As Ice – Lincoln Mark VIII
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Let me tell you, the iPhone I use for most of my sightings is not a cold-weather appliance. At -20°C with some wind chill added, using the touch screen was especially painful. Don’t get me wrong, the phone worked impeccably – it’s just that I almost froze my fingers off trying to snap these pics…
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SLC Autorama Highlight: Apolo Ohno's 1964 Cadillac
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This beautiful 1964 Cadillac made its debut at SEMA a few months ago, but with all the goings-on at SEMA, it may have been lost in the shuffle a bit. Let’s take a closer look at this beautiful car.
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Used Car Reviews – Getting to Know the Citroën BX
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My adventures in the world of French cars continue. Citroëns in particular occupy a certain section of my brain that seems to be on a very special diet of bloodflow; despite their possible shortcomings and idiosyncracies, a Citroën will always catch my eye and tempt me closer. In a way, this article is a song…
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The most bizarre Daytona 500 in the history of ever.
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Sunday started in Daytona Beach with rain, and a lot of it. The problem was that it never went away. For the first time in the 54 year history of the event, it was rain delayed until the following day. Initially the delay was set for Monday at noon eastern. On Monday, it was decided…
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Review: 2012 BMW 650i Convertible
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[singlepic id=3071 w=700 h=600 float=center] In a perfect world, vehicle evaluations would occur in the environment the vehicle was designed for: a VW Jetta at a sorority house, a Range Rover at Short Hills Mall, and a Toyota Corolla in the left lane of a four-lane highway going 50mph. When I was told that I…
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Does An Original Fuelie Meet The Definition Of Hoon?
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So last weekend down at that car show this olelongrooffan has been talking about all week, there were a tons of fancy dancy new cars, shiny ass show cars, rare muscles and even a few race cars with the requisite booth babes. There were also a few original cars. This was one of the rare,…
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Found in the Forums: The Great Hooniverse Beer Swap
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Typically, when I highlight a thread from the forums, it has to do with things powered by engines. This time around, however, we’re taking a minute to examine a thread that features something that powers us. I’m talking about beer, and more specifically, I’m talking about The Great Hooniverse Beer Swap. The thread was started…
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Last Call- Night Life Edition
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The year is 1964, the city is Los Angeles, which is a labyrinthian construct of both barrio and nestled enclave that seems to hum at night, and the date. . . well, from the look of things in this too cool for school Gary Winogrand photo, it could be going better. For a little more…
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A Jeep Story: Stuck One, Broke The Other
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It has been quite a few Jeeps ago since this olelongrooffan captured this image thejeepjunkie and the Kid replacing the clutch and clutch cable in the Kid’s CJ5. This is the story of why that replacement was necessary.
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Incredible Cardboard Model of Sebastian Vettel's Redbull RB7
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It took Paul Bischof 308 days, 800 hundred work hours, to create and assemble 6500 parts which make up this RB7. The end result is a perfect 1:10 scale replica of Sebastian Vettel’s championship winning RedBull racer, internally known as Kinky Kylie. The most incredible part is the materials which Paul used to make this model out of: cardboard,…
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Mystery Car!
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They say March comes in like a lion and leaves like a lamb, and today being March 2nd, that implies that today’s Mystery Car! may have a feline aspect to it. Or maybe that’s just being sheepish, heh, heh, heh. Of course, as this is the weekly Mystery Car!, that must mean that not only…
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Hooniverse Two Wheel Tuesday: Who's The Boss?
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It’s BikeWeek down here in the World Center of Racing and since this olelongrooffan is now gainfully employed selling trailers, I am busier that a one legged man in a butt kicking contest. However, I did spot something today that, at least to me, is just over the top. That’s it right there. The first…
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V.I.S.I.T.: You Have Beautiful Eyes My Dear
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So it has been nearly six weeks ago since this olelongrooffan hung up my carpentry tool belt for the last time and started selling motorcycle, automobile and cargo trailers. In that six weeks I have sold about forty trailers. The worst part of my new job? I don’t have the time to wander around the…
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Hooniverse Rolex24 Weekend Edition: Last Call: The "In The Weeds" Edition
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If you expect to make it racing for 24 hours and 750 plus laps, you probably want to remember the engine in your Ferrari should stay to the rear.