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Wrenching Tips: How to Get the Most Out of Your Local Chain Auto Parts Store
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This week is thematically similar to our jaunt through used and cheap tools: something we’d avoid if we could afford the luxury, but an unfortunate reality that must be dealt with. While we wish there were a good old fashioned auto parts store (complete with grumpy old guy(s) behind the counter), such outfits are outnumbered…
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Le Mans On-Board Mechanic: Motoyama and the Deltawing
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Not all of us are fans of the DeltaWing. In fact, some Le Mans fans are quite vocal about their lack of respect for the car, dubbing it the Delta-Wang, the Nissan-powered phallus, or even equating it to the car driven by the “Ambiguously-Gay duo” of SNL TV Funhouse fame. Regardless of how you feel…
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Get The Balance Right – 1989 Volvo 340 GL
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Life, death, existence, the universe and the Hooniverse pretty much depend on a balance. Or that’s how I like to think about things. Everything balances itself out, or if not, one must consciously balance things out. So, for every V8 behemoth Cadillac monster-a-palooza I just have to post something that’s the complete polar opposite, or…
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Truck Thursday: Jeep Cherokee CrossCabrio
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Hi, I am one of the five people on earth who appreciates the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. Don’t hate me, don’t judge me. Besides, we all must love Nissan now because they announced today that they will build the Juke R and we all want to drive one. Personally, I’ll hold off for the Juke R…
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Hooniverse Asks- Who Should Be the New Click and Clack?
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It’s hard to say which one has the more grating laugh, a facet of their weekly show that has my wife wanting to vote Republican just so NPR can finally get defunded. Regardless, the Magliozzi brothers – older and less skilled at marriage Tom, and balder and color blind (seriously, go look it up) Ray –…
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Hoonage Classics – Modified 1973 VW Beetle 1303
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The last Beetle I featured was a worn-but-absolutely-stock orange one. This time, it’s time to show this bright red Beetle that shows what hoonists did to them around here back in the day; ditch the bumpers, mean up the looks and fit some extremely period-correct ’70s-’80s modifications – including a glassfibre ducktail. Yes-sir’ee, this one…
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New French President gets an interesting new car – Citroen DS5 Hybrid4
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Sometime ago we learned that France’s former president and hot babe husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, rode around in a very special Peugeot 607 Paladine Concept. Baller? No doubt. However, President Sarkozy did not win the re-election this year. Still baller? Yea, I think he’s going to be ok. His successor, François Hollande, took office and his ride of choice…
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EV Midget Build – Part 8: Finishing Touches and Adventures
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35 days had gone by since I decided to do this build. With a lot of help from my friend Sam and my dad, this thing was up and running in time to take it to the Wells Fun Run in Wells, Nevada. But, it still needed a few things. It needed a proper seat,…
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Hooniverse Asks- What’s Your Favorite Two-Wheel Tourer?
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I have questionable acquaintances. One of those friends once told me that his preferred vehicle for an L.A. to Vegas run was the early ’80s Cadillac Eldorado due to the fact that it had a glove box door which would drop down flat making for an excellent platform from which to snort blow. Like I…
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CAS 2012: Day 2 Afternoon Recap
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One of the first things I did to start off the second media day, was climb up inside of a giant Army Styker vehicle and hop up on the turret. I just had too. Pictures coming soon to Hooniverse. I walked past the papa bear on wheels (Nissan Quest), towards Honda to check out the absolutely…
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Vintage Advertising: Uberbird Edition
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[singlepic id=3506 w=720 h=999 float=center] From my recently acquired 1970s automotive magazines, here is something… for Jeff and Tim!! By the way, did you like our Facebook Page yet? Do it NAU!!! And as usual, clicky for bigger picy.
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Vintage Advertising: Nurburgring Lap Alfa Romeo Edition
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Kamil’s recent run of vintage ads inspired me to pull the few I have out of my collection and share them with the Hooniverse. It looks like Nurburgring lap times mattered, even in the 1960s. By the way, this is a tease of the stuff you get as the $20/month as a Hooniverse Gold subscriber… avert…
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Mystery Car!
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Did you know that the word mystery is derived from the latin mystērium which was the term used for a secret rite or worship? No? Well, you do now. Here at the Hooniverse – or Hoonuniversum to you Latin lovers – we pretty much worship cars, and that’s no secret. Not only do we all venerate the…
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Two Wheel Tuesday: Project Hoonda MB5 Update
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In case you had not heard, or you have suffered the misfortune of being in a coma for the first month of this year, Project Hoonda MB5 is our extremely ambitious project with the aim of going 100 miles per hour on an 82 Honda MB5. Crazy? We’ll find out soon enough. This is the second installment…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday – 1989 Nissan 200SX S13
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Right now, it feels like the Toyotabaruion FRZ-86 is the car of the moment. It’s got the basics right: a reasonabru four-cylinder engine, rear wheel drive and a sleek fastback two-door shape. I do think it’s got too much of the 2010s kinetic ADD design feature gadgetry about it, as there’s hardly a clean angle…
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Video: How to turn a Volvo 245 into an art car
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The way that one views a work of art is quite similar to the way a person might view a custom car. Any opinions expressed are subjective, and some will love a piece or vehicle, while others might abhor it. What happens when you take a car and apply a work of art upon the…