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Last Call – Haulin' Ass Edition
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Oh, so that’s how McDonald’s gets its food. [Source: Reddit]
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Velocity Trumpets and Offenhausers
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Okay, so it’s not actually a true Offenhauser engine — which I’m working on a proper article about — but rather Offenhauser parts on what appears to be a standard small-block Chevy. Nevertheless, it’s a damned pretty sight.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Automotive Engine, Ever?
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Engineering has been the rule of thumb this week, and we’ve gathered your opinions on examples both good and bad, but there’s no more important mechanical part of any car than the one that makes it go. The earliest were tiny one-lungs, while the biggest can make the thumps of Paul Bunyan’s axe seem like…
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Last Call – It's The Real Thing Edition
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For more than 100 years Coca Cola has closely guarded their secret recipe. Maybe that’s a good thing. IMage source: [Imgur.com]
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Meet the owner of the Cragar Equipped 1962 Chevy Impala…
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Remember that 1962 Impala that sported a set of Cragar S/S rims that I featured last week? Come to find out, its owned by one of the Nurses that is on the staff at the Rehabilitation Center (Nursing Home) that my mom is currently staying. I got to know some of the staff over the…
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Hooniverse Asks- What is the Best Automotive Engineering Feature Ever Introduced?
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Yesterday we filled these pages with the angst that is the result of bad engineering, and boy did you all have a lot of pain to share. But I’m not Dr. Phil, and you’re just going to have to deal, m’kay? As part of that healing process, I’m flipping yesterday’s question on it head, and…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – Meet the Big Kahuna, A 1965 Mercury Commuter Wagon
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Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday. During the 50s and 60s, Mercury produced some of the most unique wagons offered by any Detroit based Auto Maker. They had other-worldly features, pillarless hardtop styling, and were among the best equipped wagons of their time. By 1965, Mercury shared their wagon body with Ford, and…
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Last Call- Riding A Moped is Like. . . Edition
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Words. . . escape me. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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2012 Hyundai Genesis R-Spec And V6
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There’s a scene in Glengarry Glen Ross when maestro salesman Blake (played by Alec Baldwin, a fact I’m particularly fond of) berates a wage slave of the offices of Mitch and Murray: Dave Moss: What’s your name? Blake: F**k you. That’s my name. You know why, mister? ‘Cause you drove a Hyundai to get here…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Was the Worst Automotive Engineering Feature Ever Introduced?
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The automotive engineering foisted on the public has, over the years, been pretty hit or miss. For every direct injection there’s a talking dashboard. Ford’s external keypad is pretty brilliant, while Cadillac’s attempt to fool buyers of its cars into driving four cylinder when they coulda’ had a V8 is one of the most noteworthy…
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Last Call- Snow Job Edition
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All the kids loved it when it was Billy’s mom’s turn to drive car pool, except on snow days that is. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Time capsule – 1915 Model T Hot Rod
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Many moons ago a young Sparky and his friends came across a pile of old car parts abandoned in the forest that excitedly stirred our imaginations. While someone looked at this collection of junk as unwanted garbage to be dumped late at night, we saw it as the foundation of our future Hot Rod and…