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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: LeMons Ready

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    Things have been a bit slow around my pad today. I tend not to get out in the wild during a holiday weekend down here in the greater Daytona Beach, Florida area as the touristas are rampant. Therefore, I decided to head over to all things bay with an e and see what was up.…

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Last Call

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    That’s Jeep for you. Always going in the opposite direction from everyone else. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: It's Time For Another Monstrosity Edition

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    I stumbled upon this old chevy at an event down at Bellair Plaza a while back and I thought it was time to share it with my fellow Hoons. From the front it didn’t seem to merit inclusion in this category then I walked around it and commented to myself….”Yeah longroof…. you found another one.”…

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  • Last Call- May The Fork Be With You Edition

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    Long, long ago, in a business park parking lot far, far away. . . Image source: [SuperPunch]

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  • Hangin… Santa Clara monthly Import Meet

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      One of the great things I’ve come to love since moving to the Silicon Valley oh-so-many years ago,  is that there are no shortage of gearhead-orientated meets around the Southbay if you know where to look. They often pop up unexpectedly by word of mouth or via tradition in shopping centers across the bay,…

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  • "Son, You're Gonna Drive Me To Drinkin'…"

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    I’ve spent a full day trying to summarise this creation, and I’ve come to the conclusion that it speaks for itself.

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  • Hooniverse Fastback Friday: Mystery Car Revealed

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    I freaking don’t believe it! This lowly olelongrooffan stumped the band and all of my fellow Hoons! Even my fellow Floridian…tonyola…I didn’t think that was possible… You guys can identify an Alfa Romero Mustang knock off and a March Hare but a simple Opel was beyond our reach. And I’m not talking about the infamous…

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  • Hooniverse Asks- What's your Favorite Indy Pace Car?

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    This being Memorial Day Weekend there’s going to be a spectacle – one of the world’s biggest sporting events in fact – set to take place in America’s midwest. That would be the Indianapolis 500. There’s different kinds of car nuts out there – there’s those who like to drive cars, those who like to…

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  • Morning Qualifying – History Lesson, Part VI

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    Good morning class.  I know you might think the architect of New Orleans rhythm and blues, Henry Roeland Byrd aka Professor Longhair aka “Fess”, might not have any connection to the history of auto racing. You would be correct.   However, the Hooniversity Department of Inter-disciplinary Studies and general cool stuff believes in providing a…

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  • Last Call- Middle Age Edition

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    A half century may seem an eternity of time, but even today, 50 years on, Volvo’s P1800 remains an iconic symbol of the safety-minded brand’s more emotional side. This year represents the 50th anniversary of the P1800, and it’s just as lust-worthy today as it was all those years ago. Image source: [Wired]

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  • Mystery Car

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    Since my fellow Hoons can guess an 88 New Yorker from a crayon sketch—this is all you get.

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  • Hooniverse Truck Thursday: The Post-Apocalyptic Van Edition

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    I thought my fellow Hoons would like to see what our fellow Hoon, Muthalovin, calls “ultimate post-apocalyptic crepe van.” (Thanks Man!) But you have to make the jump to see it.

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  • What's Up Fremont?

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    Things have been a little slow around here lately. Like, Westy Synchro with Super Swamper TSLs slow. While a few on our staff have some seriously legit excuses, mine’s not quite as acceptable: I disappeared for the last month or so because I was in the middle of a job change and relocation from Los…

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  • Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best All-Wheel Drive System?

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    You ever notice that mountain goats can kick our asses when it comes to traversing near-vertical mountainsides? That’s mostly because millions of years of evolution has proven that those who lack an exceptional sense of balance and dexterity don’t get to reproduce because they’re lying crumpled at the bottom of the canyon. It’s also because…

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  • Morning Qualifying – You say Sarti….I say Surtees edition

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    Arguably the best depiction of auto racing in Hollywood history, John Frankenheimer’s 1966 film, “Grand Prix” is much beloved in the Hooniverse.  Using what Hollywood once called the “Grand Hotel” approach to story telling, it takes an “all-star cast” to depict the actions of a number of characters in a relatively small space; in this…

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  • Last Call- My Grill Has a Grille Edition

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    Chef Boy-R-Hemi drops the hammer on another dog. Image source: [apexforums.com]

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