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A Year of Commuting in a 1964 Ford Falcon, Part Two
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More often than not, someone compliments my car when I get gas. Half the time people want to know all about it. Once, a lady ran up and “just wanted to shake [my] hand”. Another guy was reduced to a sort of stupor, just gawking, sighing and saying “wow…”. The situation’s similar on the…
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Unbelievable Power of the Wind – Tornado Tragedy
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The pictures of Joplin Missouri speak to the destruction of what has been called the worst spate of tornados in a century. But while pictures of homes and vehicles reduced to smashed and unrecognizable wreckage may be sobering, what happened to Joplin teen, Will Norton, takes the oh crap to a whole ‘nother level. Will…
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Hooniverse Asks- How Do You Man-up a Girlie Car?
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I’m all for gender equality, and think that women should have the same opportunities, and earn as much as do men for the same work. But despite that, I do think there’s some significant differences between men and women – and there’s a couple of those differences for which I am eternally grateful. One of…
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Last Call- Man, That Guy's Following Really Close Edition
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A friend of mine has always said that with enough time and money, anything is possible. In the case of this 924 Trike, I guess you could add to that equation enough PBR. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Found on Ebay: Alouette AX125
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The nearly forgotten Canandian motorsports manufacturer Alouette had been making snowmobiles fairly successfully for about half a decade when they decided to “me-too” their cross-provence rival Bombardier and get into the dirt bike biz in 1973. They sourced proven Sachs motors from Austria, sculpted some rather bizarre bodywork, and…promptly fell flat on their collective corporate…
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Hoonicast #10: Pardon Our Dust We Were En-Raptured Edition
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You’ll have to forgive the delay in getting this latest installment of the Hoonicast up. You see, we all sold our belongings, quit our jobs, and gathered in Chicago to be transported up to meet our maker. I awoke naked except for a t-shirt that said “I Went to the Rapture and All I Got…
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A Year of Commuting in a 1964 Ford Falcon, Part One
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Roughly a year and a half ago, I picked up my 1964 Ford Falcon with the intention of using it as a daily driver. It sports a 260c.i. V8 (a baby 289, if you will), a four speed manual transmission, and power nothing. I figured it might be worth an update to see how commuting…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Crap Car?
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Yesterday I polled your take on what car you were circling like a shark around a dying whale, waiting to swoosh in for the coup de grâce when the price finally falls to non-nosebleed levels. Of course many of you grandmas chastised that the purchase price of a bargain exotic was only the first in a…
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Last Call- Are You Sure That Mount is OEM? Edition
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Colin Chapman famously liked to ‘add lightness’ to his progeny, but this Esprit engine mount may be taking that one step too far. Actually, this is a template for a steel mount that the builder of this Audi 4.2-powered Esprit cobbled together in order to craft the real edition. The amazing, and amazingly detailed, build…
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Smokey + Bear
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7FT4z4U8Xw[/youtube] “10-4 good buddy, Smokey-Bear heading north on… Wait, 10-9? Did you say Smokey or Bear? Over.” <radio crackles> “Uh… Yes? Over.” Sheer awesomenessitude…
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Concorso Ferrari Car Show
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The skies may have been grey, but that didn’t stop plenty of red cars from coming out and their owners from enjoying being the center of attention down Colorado Boulevard in Old Pasadena on Sunday. Despite the somewhat grim weather, the turnout for the 2011 Concorso Ferrari was higher than expected, with nearly 150 cars…
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300% Power Increase, 100% Roof Decrease: This Volksrod's Got the Math Right
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I’ll come right out and highlight my ignorance: are Volksrod’s a new thing…or have I managed to live under a rock for my nearly 29 years? I’m already used to having no idea who the people on the magazine covers at the supermarket are, but generally pride myself on staying abreast of the hottest trends…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Bargin Classic?
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Some of the most desirable cars are also some of the most difficult to obtain due to astronomical pricing, severely constrained production numbers, or a combination of both. But time wounds all heels and eventually a lot of the cars that were once out of reach financially – or because your demand for one didn’t…