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That's It, You're Grounded – 1990 Volkswagen Jetta
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Out on a Sunday afternoon stroll, I noticed this desperately low Jetta that had crawled up to a curb. ’80s German cars still have it tough in this town, with a number of jokester tuners dropping their ride heights and plastering wood vinyl on them; this Jetta is free from adornment but is hugging the…
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Vintage Advertisement: Studebaker Gran Tourismo Hawk, for the discerning American motorist
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[singlepic id=3705 w=720 h=9999 float=center] This, ladies and gentlemen, is how you properly advertise a car. No pop-stars, no models, no happy people going camping, no family sing-along, no bull shit. Simple black ink on white, important bits in red, picture of the car. No opinion, just facts: this is what it is, this is…
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Hooninverse Asks- What Car Company Has Disappointed You The Most?
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I don’t know about you, but I feel like Studebaker has really let me down. I mean, where’s the passion for innovation, the drive to compete? What’s that you say? Really, for 44 years? Well, I’ll be damned. Okay, so Studebaker is off the hook, having been out of the game for over two and…
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Hooniverse Asks- What’s The Coolest Lincoln Your Washingtons Could Buy?
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Today being President’s Day here in Amerika it gives us an opportunity to reflect on some occupiers of the White House that history and accomplishment have allowed us to venerate. Of course, this being Hooniverse, we’re actually more interested in their automotive namesakes and as the Washington Car is excessively obscure, we’re going to focus…
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Mystery Car!
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There used to be – way back when, even before my time – a radio program called I Love a Mystery, and truth be told, who doesn’t? It’s seemingly human nature to want to solve conundrums and that’s why we like bringing you a weekly automotive puzzle. The last couple of weeks have been kind…
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Eastbound and Down – US Imports Sleeping in the Snow
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To serve as a counterweight for my earlier Lada post, here are some tons of heavyweight metal shipped here from more Western shores than those Togliatti beauties were. Sleeping under the weight of Saturday snow, these cars and trucks and whatnot have travelled quite the distance to make it here. Some of them must find…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition Last Call – See how many Logos You Can Identify…
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Here’s a twist for Last Call. I want to see if our fans of Hooniverse and Atomic Toasters can identify all of these logos. It’s not going to be easy, but when is anything worthwhile easy? (You can click on the image to see it full-size) Editors Note: We received this image from The Professor…
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Hooniverse Fabulous Friday Find: The Morgan + 4 Edition
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A whiles back, this olelongrooffan did a short post about The Gipsy, a rare and unique quasi utility vehicle that a customer at the sister company to the one I work at owns. Well just a half hour ago, I spotted this out front and knew it had to be his. It was.
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We Are The Champion, We Are The Champion
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So, yesterday when this olelongrooffan did my post about a stroll down Highway 31 and posted the above image, little did I realize it would be an inadvertant Mmystery car. muthalovin, showing infinite restraint, did not guess NSX although he was correct right out of the box. Today, I thought I might share the few…
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Saab Museum Saved – City of Trollhättan Buys Entire Collection
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I’m happy to report that my earlier post on the Saab Museum auction is now completely redundant except for those dream garage doodlings: nobody except the City of Trollhättan and the Wallenberg family fund is getting any Saabs and they’re getting them all themselves. According to Dagens Nyheter, the city together with the Wallenberg family…
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Hooniverse Malaise Era Low Mileage Weekend Edition – A 1978 Dodge Power Wagon with 16,700 Miles
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During this Malaise Era Weekend we covered this Triumph TR6, this BMW 2002tii, this 1973 Buick Apollo, this Jaguar XK-E, this Autobianchi Abarth A112, this 1972 Chevy Caprice, this 1973 Ford Thunderbird, this 1976 Ford LTD Landau, this 1979 Dodge Magnum, this 1979 MG Midget, and this 1975 Oldsmobile 442. We have yet to uncover…
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Images: 1990s New York Auto Shows
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The 2012 New York International Auto Show will commence on Wednesday morning and we (Jim, Jeff, and I) will be there LIVE!! Before going see all the new cars this year, I thought it would be a good idea to reflect back at the NYIAS cars of yore. Below are three dozen pictures taken at…
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Rock and Rohrl: Walter Returns to Pike's Peak
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The year 1987 was a strange one. First of all, I was born that year. It was also the year Audi broke a record at the little hill known as Pikes Peak during the 65th running of the Climb to the Clouds. In an equally strange dichotomy, the course in 1987 was completely dirt, while…
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Two Wheel Tuesday: LEGO Harley-Davidson Electra Glide
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I can’t possibly be the only LEGO maniac around here. While I took a break for a period of about twenty years I am now back with a… well, not with a vengeance, but with two little assistants. In that period of about twenty years, while I was chasing women cars, an interesting new phenomena developed called……
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Nurburgring infographic is your pint-sized primer to the Green Hell
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Our buzzy British car loving friends at CarWow.co.UK are quite smitten with infographics. We’re fans of them too, provided the subject matter is something we’re fond of. Case in point, this simple-yet-informative piece whipped up to display some quick stats on a certain German icon that snakes its way through many miles of dark wood.…
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Modern Art Monday – 1993 Moskvitch/AZLK Pedal Car
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Today, I’ll be introducing a car from my old personal fleet. This cornflakes-powered Moskvitch/AZLK pedal car was brought over from a trip to Russia back in 1993, and it’s one of the first cars I’ve gotten my hands on. Granted, at nine years old I didn’t really fit in there, but my younger brother hooned…