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Last Call – THX 1138 Edition
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I think the main reason that sidecar racing didn’t really catch on here is the U.S. was because the participants were kind of creepy. Image source: [svrider.com]
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Live To Ride, Ride To Live
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vksdBSVAM6g[/youtube] My wife and I and a good friend of ours rode just over 125 miles on Saturday. We hit a couple of scenic overlooks here and there, had a long conversation over breakfast in a roadside diner, dropped in on a couple of friends along the way, but mostly we were just out for…
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Attention Midwest LeMons Participants – Guarenteed IOE Winna Available
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Oh My God…. That was the first thing out of my mouth when I saw this listing on Craigslist. This is one of those plastic GM Minivans from the late 90’s that has been modified… and it’s a perfect entry for a team looking to enter one of the 24-Hours-of-LeMons events. Wait… What?
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best American-Built Car Sold Outside the U.S.?
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Yesterday we asked about your favorite American car that affected an accent and pretended that it was from ‘The Continent.’ Lots of U.S. cars – from Chevy Celebrities to Dodge 600 Es’s made the black-out trim, alloy wheel, trans-gender switch, and no one car seemed to build a consensus as to being the best. That’s…
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Last Call- Twitter-Plated Edition
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Not necessarily ROFL, but LOL none-the-less. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Monday Mini Madness: British Purity
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So you’re sitting at home in your large wing-backed chair beside the fire, meticulously packing and lighting your pipe while your tea cools. You’ve had a long day, and your feet are hurting, despite the tweed slippers your dear wife has so kindly provided for you. Try as you might, you just can’t seem to…
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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Stealth C-Pillars
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Earlier today, Lotte brought up the distinctly similar wraparound window treatments on the Scorpio and the Sable. This got me thinking about two GM offerings that were not only similarly similar to each other, but also had the same “stealth” C-pillar treatment. So, your Hoonatica project for today is name other car designs had this…
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Hooniverse Motorboat Monday – A 1969 Schiada Flat Bottom Boat, with a Monster L88 427
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Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Motorboat Monday, in which I find (or in this case, tipped) an interesting piece of boating history, and bring it to your attention. The Motorboat Monday Features have not been as regular as I would like, but this should make up for it. This is a unique and interesting…
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Fifty Ugliest Cars of the Past Fifty Years, according to Business Week
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Here at Hooniverse, we really have no respect for publications that stray from their area of expertise. Take this pictorial from Business Week highlighting Fifty of the ugliest cars of the past fifty years, in we object to some of the entries on this list. (Thanks to Rob in Ocala for the tip!) Make the…
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Monday Morning Reality Czech
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Ah, the Tatra. Darling of Western car buffs with a penchant for the absurdly obscure. While your neighbor’s frame of reference encompasses only “Accord or Camry?”, you puff your chest and strut like a peacock about the Tatra’s unique traits whenever prompted. Drive by a Czechvar sign? “Did you know the Tatra’s rear-mounted, air-cooled V8…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Euro-Themed Yank Tank?
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Euro-sport, ESS, 280slc-aping Mustangs, it seems that while we Americans liked our cars American – i.e. big, shiny and resource-depleting, we also sometimes like them to look a little Euro-centric. Europe is the place from which many of our ancestors arrived, and for more than 250 years, we’ve been trying to carve out our own…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1979 Fiat Autobianchi Abarth A112
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Since this is still in the Malaise Era, I was tempted to put the tag “Malaise-O-Rama” with it, but decided not to do it. This is a very obscure car that wasn’t quite available here in the states, at least to my knowledge. So what do you think of the rarefied Italian hatchback?
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Hooniverse Malaise-O-Rama Weekend – A 1979 Cadillac Eldorado with 28,000 Miles
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Continuing on with our Malaise-O-Rama Weekend, here is a very clean Eldorado, with most of the added gingerbread of the Malaise Era actually left off. No vinyl roof, no wire wheel covers, no opera windows, no velour seats, no etched glass, nothing that shouts “cheesy”. So, what about this car still proclaims Malaise?
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Hooniverse Malaise-O-Rama Weekend – A Couple of Big Lincolns.
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On this Sunday edition of the the Hooniverse Malaise-O-Rama weekend I thought we would start with the king of the Malaise era barges, the Lincoln Town Car. A confession before we go further… I almost bought a 1979 Town Car but purchased a 1980 Mustang instead….. I should have bought the Town Car. Anyway here…