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Mystery Car
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The Mystery Car post has become a Friday tradition, like slacking off at work and T.G.I.Friday’s hook ups. Today, being Friday, we’re keeping the tradition alive with a car that’s so futuristic it just has to be old, and that’s all i’m saying about it. You all are so good at these – hell you…
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Look Ma, No Hands! Ford Gets KINECT'ed
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When I was down in Las Vegas earlier this year, stuffing dollar bills into thongs and bathing in Cristal touring the booths at CES, Ford debuted their next generation SYNC entertainment system for their line of vehicles. Several months later, the system is getting a major overhaul … one that could have drastically change not…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's your favorite 5-Door Fastback?
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The fastback 5-door (also confusingly referred to as a hatchback saloon in some overseas markets) has long been a staple in Europe and elsewhere, but here in ‘Merica, say “five-door” to most non-car folks and and you’ll likely be met with a blank stare. If the individual has any snippet of automotive data in their…
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Sad Truck is Sad
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That puddle of antifreeze near the loading dock? The tears of a box truck. Memebase
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Dickety-M715: This Kaiser Has Stolen My Heart
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“Now, my story begins in 19-dickety-two. We had to say “dickety” cause that Kaiser had stolen our word “twenty”. I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles …” – Abraham Simpson. You know, I wouldn’t be surprised if Abe’s story was true … with extensive (and contradictory, temporally impossible)…
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – Attention Race Fans: Your new tow vehicle awaits…
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Welcome to Hooniverse Truck Thursday. Hey, it looks like my time slot has been hijacked, so this posting is appearing a little later than usual, but it is well worth the wait. Many of us are die hard auto enthusiasts and happen to take part in many motoring events. Be it dirt bikes, slalom events,…
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday: A 1924 Ford Model TT Firetruck Edition
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As I have previously mentioned, this past weekend was the Celebration of the Spring Fling down here in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was a Chamber of Commerce weather type of weekend and as such, this olelongrooffan headed out to the Daytona International Speedway to see what was to be seen. Imagine my surprise to see…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Was Your First Car Book?
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Cars and books are inexorably linked. After all, if it wasn’t for cars, how would you get all those library books back in time? And for most of us, there’s a shelf, or perhaps several, that are dedicated to books about cars. Looking back, there must have been one that started it all? For me,…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday: Black College Reunion Edition
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While Hooniverse Last Call seems to be coming along earlier and earlier every day, this olelongrooffan thought I would go ahead and publish this post anyway. (Honestly, I thought curfew was 9:30 EST, Dad) Seriously, down here in Daytona Beach, Florida, in the early part of winter and spring we have Speedweeks, the Rolex24, the…
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Last Call – Motor Interrogation!
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The Soviets were trying to extract any information from our hero, but Chevy Smallblock was stronger than anything they could muster. The little Chevy that could was eventually returned home in exchange for the Tatra 603 V8 that tried to defect to the west. Image Credit: James Vaughan’s Flickr Photostream
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Der Deutsche Emoticonisch Box Sprechen "Meh."
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Wikipedia – emoticon via deviantart
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – Two California Craigslist Wagons. So what would you do with them?
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Continuing on with Wagon Wednesday, these two Craigslist postings landed in out in-box here at Hooniverse HQ. Since we devote at least one day of the week for odd-ball wagons, they were perfectly timed to showcase. One is a 1966 Dodge Dart Wagon, the last year you could get a wagon body on a Dart.…
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This Makes Ski Lifts Incredibly Boring
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Think you’re a badass? Or at least maybe you’ve accomplished some cool stuff at your job? Nope, you aren’t and you haven’t. Know why? Because you haven’t flown six Astra HD8 8×6 heavy duty trucks over the Swiss Alps via cable tramway to service a hugely ambitious tunneling and power plant project. That is unless…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday: The 1969 Rambler Edition
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As I was traversing the Daytona International Speedway this past weekend, I walked through the area where all the race car driver’s motorcoaches park during race weekends and realized this was the location of this year’s featured marque, the Rambler of the late 60’s. I spotted more Rambler Scramblers gathered in one spot than I…