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Hoonicast #9: Butterface Edition
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Separated at birth … amiright? Gawd, sometimes I crack myself up. Anyways, in this edition of the Hoonicast, we discuss some of the fugliest sportscars ever to burst into that category and challenge grenade-jumpers to jump. From the bottom-feeding SP250 to Jim’s jihad against the Ferrari F50, we have all sorts of uneducated and baseless…
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Even More Exciting Than the I Love Lucy
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While Formula One has Monaco, and NASCAR has Daytona, the Tourist Trophy has the Isle of Man. Possibly the most prestigious motorcycle races in the world, the Isle of Man TT takes place every Spring on the British Crown Self Dependency that rests in the Irish Sea, and is in its 104th year. Each of…
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eBay Insanity: Certifiably Goggomobil Edition
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Orange and angular; tiny and likely very, very slow; associated with two obscure brands and one very well-known one. It’s trippier than ‘Tussin and leaves a trail of blue smoke. VW Thing owners will puff out their chests and pat the fenders, proud that theirs is no longer the ugliest cheapo German car on the…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Thinly-Veiled Production Show Car
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Yesterday I asked you which auto show car you most jonesed to drive, but never would. Today we’re going to do a Rockford move and ask which show car that you eventually could drive, you would most want to. Got it? There seems to be two types of car show spotlight hogs – those like…
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Last Call- Water Beetle Edition
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You have to wonder if the owner of this VW is a Beetle’s half empty or half full kind of guy. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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The Hoonicast is Coming! The Hoonicast is Coming!
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You don’t need to have passed American History to know all about how Paul Revere and the Raiders saved us from a French invasion in 1492. In the same vein, you don’t need to get all bent outta shape like a Honda B-series piston after 4 laps at the Thunderhill Arse-Freezeapalooza because the Hoonicast is…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your favorite Too Outlandish to Produce Show Car?
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Car companies hate auto shows. They’re expensive, and everyone expects something new and spectacular to debut there, even when it’s the Des Moines Dealer Round Up. Car makers and design houses are expected to come through on the goods however, and typically the largest of the automotive orgies provide them with the opportunity to flex…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Last Call: There's a What Down There?
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Seriously, if you are going to pour a concrete pad outside your barn shaped outbuilding, you might want to warn the concrete truck driver about that old septic tank in your backyard. As a disclaimer, this is my brother, the Bus’s, house up in Ozark Mountain country and he had no idea of the existence…
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Hooniverse Easter Weekend Edition – The Ride of a Crazed Easter Rabbit For Sale on eBay
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It is a special Easter Sunday Edition of Hooniverse Weekends. Ever wonder how the Easter Rabbit seems to get around delivering all those Easter Eggs, Jelly Beans, and Hollow Chocolate goodies? Well, I imagine that he would be able to do it in this thing, a 1972 AMC Gremlin, with a newly installed 401 CID…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: It's A What?
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So, the other day this olelongrooffan was passing by my brother’s, the jeepjunkie, Goodyear shop and as I was a bit thirsty, I thought I would stop and enjoy a cold diet sodie pop with him. While we were hanging out at the entrance to one of his ten bays, one of his customers comes…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Last Call: The Fly Over Edition
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My nephew, the Kid, now 18, captured this image several years ago at some race we were attending out at the Daytona International Speedway. The pre-race fly over is one of the most inspiring aspects of a race and I thought this image captured that inspiration perfectly. img src=James Lee
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Question of the Weekend: How Compelling are Car Commercials?
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They are the staple of American Television, the great Car Commercial. They range from the Subliminal, to the Outrageous. When a new model is introduced, there is fanfare, beauty shots, talk about performance or luxury, or even fuel economy. However, when a best seller ages, there is the blaring ads about cut rate deals, attractive…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Vintage Car Commercial Compilations
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Continuing on with our Hooniverse Video Weekend, here is a group of Vintage Car Commercial Compilations. These were made by a production company that specializes in creating factual programming for television, and they put together a You Tube channel called GreatCarsTV.com. So sit back and relax while watching the next five videos, but only after…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1957 Rochester Fuel Injection Promotional Film
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I guess this Easter Weekend edition of Hooniverse will contain a number of videos, and here’s another. This is a very early promotional film on the Rochester Fuel Injection system that was optional in the 1957 Chevrolet car line. This tends to get a little long winded for anyone but engineerd™, but it is history,…