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Mystery Car!
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Are you ready for the weekend? After all it’s going to be a three-day one if you happen to be a student, federal employee, or member of some freaky President’s Day Cult. Getting ready for the weekend – extended or not – is sort of a ritual for many, usually begun by ensuring Friday…
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday: NotSoLilJim's Hooniworthy Truck
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While this is not an official Hooniverse Asks, this olelongrooffan is gonna toss this out there in the Hooniverse. I believe Hoonage is hereditary. I mean, this is my niece and nephew standing in front of their Dad’s brand new 1986 Ford Centurian custom bodied F-350 back in the day. And guess what my NotSoLil…
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LeMons says no driver, no problem
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How many penalty points for a newer GM? We typically shy away from press releases, but this one was too good to leave alone. Do you have an autonomous $500 car that you want to race? Jay Lamm announced today that you are now able to bring it to the LeMons races, with restrictions of course. Keep…
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Twenty Five Great Jeep Concepts From The Past
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This week Jeep introduced some amazing concept vehicles, specifically the Mighty FC (Forward Control) and JC-12 concepts. All of us here at Hooniverse love them – they’re just amazingly awesome and we all want them, especially the FC. Unfortunately neither of those will ever be built. While discussing if we should or shouldn’t run the pictures of those…
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Another Oops I Found A Car Show Adventure
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This olelongrooffan used to be, back before the new home market took a crap here in the Sunshine State, a pretty well known Hoon, well at least in construction circles. I used to judge five or six New Home Shows a year around the state. A couple years ago an old friend called asked me…
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Spotted: Ford Festiva SHOgun
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The first generation Kia Mazda Ford Festiva was a rather underwhelming econo-box. Three doors on a two-box shape with a single pathetic choice of an engine, buying one meant that you have given up on life. However, where some see adversity others see opportunity. It was the great Chuck Beck who installed the 220hp Yamaha…
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Cloaca Maxima – 1982 Dodge Mirada CMX
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Another sighting in the Garage Where Dreams Are Made – or the only heated free parking garage in town – is this white Mirada. Outside, it was still insanely cold at -28’C and I had to thaw my power steering fluid leaking Mitsu at the garage. Walking from the car, I couldn’t help but admire…
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Truck Thursday: 1986 Isuzu Trooper-amino
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A 14 year old did this. Me: How long did this take you? Kid: Who knows. I was 14 and couldn’t drive so I had plenty of spare time.
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The NYIAS from the viewpoint of UDMan
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Well, here I am with Kamil and Jeff shooting the crap about what is on the floor. I have been concentrating on the very unusual and offbeat vehicles, along with other vehicles that are not covered anywhere. So let’s start with a couple of interesting vehicles that I like, and maybe so will you…
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Crossing the Strait of Magellan by Bus
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When Ferdinand Magellan crossed the yet unnamed Strait of Magellan in 1521, he hit some rough weather. In fact, he named the next body of water that he saw the Pacific because it was so calm in comparison. Here is a story of how I crossed the Strait, 489 years later. Day 1:
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Pick Your Poison – 1979 Camaro Berlinetta vs 1981 Firebird Trans Am
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Here we go, with somewhat of a twofer again for a change. It feels good to roll out two over-30-year-old V8 machines here; cars that are strongly related, fought for the same buyers and embody the infamous, Murilee-coined Malaise Era badassness perfectly. One of them is super tidy, the other looks that it’s been ridden…
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Escort Owner Demonstrates How To Write A Classified Ad
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If you are like us, you spend a considerable amount of time reading classified ads for cars. They usually contain the same information. “Nice car, low mileage, all the options” etc… Classified ads, let’s face it, are utilitarian. But occasionally, you find a gem in the pile. This ad is just such a gem. Click…
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Shopping Advice: IXOOST iPod/iPhone Docks
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Combine a custom machined block of aluminum, some old exhaust headers, and some high-quality speakers and what do you get? IXOOST, which is today’s coolest tech/automotive gadget. Rush out and buy one of these for every auto/moto enthusiast on your list. Click through for more info.
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Modern Art Monday: Speed's Fancy Bits
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Last weekend, Ray and I were fortunate enough to take in an exhibit called Speed: The Art of the Performance Automobile. It features a very impressive collection of some of the most notable racing machines of the automotive era. There were also one or two street cars in the collection (the ’54 Ferrari made me think…
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The News for June 1st, 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. Just all the facts with a little opinion thrown in – just because I can. This week: 550 horsepower Mercedes-Benz GL63 AMG coming next year Volkswagen Scirocco GTS celebrates 30 years of appearance packages…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Glastonbury AACA Show, and some of my Favorite Imports.
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Last weekend, I decided to go to the 38th annual Antique Auto Meet that was held in Glastonbury Connecticut and as you can tell from my other postings, I decided to highlight some of the iron that was at the show for this weekend. This posting is dedicated to some of my favorite imports that…