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  • Mystery Car

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    Truth be told, if the past few Mystery Car posts had been the SAT test, you’d all be going to Stanford. Those have been far, far too easy, so today I’m bringing out a rare bird to really test your mettle. Check out the photo above – I want to know what is the car…

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  • Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite 'Drive-Fast' Song?

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    Sometimes you just gotta’ get somewhere in a real big hurry. Maybe you have to take a really bad leak and your reluctant bladder won’t allow you to go anywhere but home – or in your pants. Or perhaps you’ve just pulled a Bonnie and Clyde on the local five and dime and need to…

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  • Hooniverse Fastback Friday: What is Your Definition of a Fastback?

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    Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Fastback Friday. Almost seven weeks have passed since I did a Fastback Friday posting, and that was all about the Isuzu Impulse and Piazza. That my friends is way too long, so for this edition of Fastback Friday, I thought it would be fun to try and find out…

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  • Morning Qualifying – 3 is a Magic Number edition

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    1961 was shaping up to be an especially fine vintage for Scuderia Ferrari.   In Formula 1, the 156 Dino swept away all before it in the hands of Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips.   In the World Sportscar Championship, Ferraris, in either their 250 TR/61 or 246 Dino SP, had dominated the podiums…

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  • Last Call- Ramping It Up Edition

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    You can’t tell me you’ve never seriously considered it. Image source: [Imgur.com]

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  • Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Driving Destination?

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    Image source: [dearoldhollywood]

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  • Morning Qualifying – Bittersweet edition

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    By 1972, Graham Hill and Joakim Bonnier were nearing the end of their illustrious racing careers.  Both men broke into the sport in the mid-1950’s; Bonnier excelled in sports cars, notching overall wins at Sebring, the Nurburgring, Reims, twice at Montlhery, and twice at the Targa Florio.  Hill, while highly successful in British sports car…

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  • Last Call- Spoiler Alert Edition

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    Awww damn, I was gonna watch that! Image source: [Imgur.com]                  

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  • Daaaad!

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    Rain Price is sixteen. That’s an age when kids typically get their driver’s license and start enjoying lording their new-found automotive freedom over their younger and hence less license-equipped classmates. However, in Price’s case, he still takes the school bus. There could be many reasons for this – the family may not be able to…

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  • Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Highway or Road-Related Nickname?

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    See that? It’s what we in LA call the Four Level, and it was one of the greatest engineering achievements in all of highwaydom, connecting the Pasadena Freeway with the Harbor and Hollywood Freeways. Here in the City of Angels we have a lot of nicknames for roads and road features, even preferring names to…

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  • Morning Qualifying – Ford vs. Porsche edition

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    In 1969, Porsche set out to dominate endurance racing and win the International Championship for Makes.  After a hiccup at Sebring, Porsche’s mighty 908/2 steamrolled the competition, picking up consecutive wins at Brands Hatch, Monza, the Targa Florio, Spa-Francorchamps and the Nurburgring.  If that weren’t enough, Porsche introduced the 908’s successor, the 917, midway through…

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  • Last Call- Have You Seen Me? Edition

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    You can run, but you can’t hide. Image source: [Imgur.com]

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  • Look But Don't Touch – The San Marino Motor Classic

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    There’s car shows, and then there’s those snooty events known as either a Concours d Elegance, or Motor Classic. The former feature cars that range from stuff you might see on the street to rare but obtainable classics, while the latter is typically filled with iron so valuable it could require Brinks guards to protect.…

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  • Two Wheel Tuesday: A travesty of six cylinders

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    Someone, please find me a time machine so I can go back in time and prevent this horrible desecration of a CBX. Or at least give this guy a good slap in the face.

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  • Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Dream Car Project?

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      No matter how crappy one’s life may be – even if your job involves either phrase – you want fries with that or of course we offer happy endings – you can always escape into your dreams. It’s in that dreamworld where we’re stronger, smarter, and better looking – well, in my dreams I look pretty…

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  • Morning Qualifying – The Prancing Horse's Last Ride edition

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    1965 saw an escalation of hostilities between Ford and Ferrari. Carroll Shelby had been asked to take over racing and development of the Ford GT40 program. Seeking greater reliability and fuel efficiency, Shelby fitted the all the MkI cars with the same 4.7 liter engines used in the Cobras, and replaced the fragile Colotti gearboxes…

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