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Bike Dealer Corrals Classic Bikes (& Customers)
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There are, in my experience, two kinds of dealerships. Whether you’re selling cars, motorcycles, or lawn tractors, two distinct business strategies predominate, with very little middle ground: Trappers & Ranchers. Trappers view customers as wildlife, out roaming the retail wilderness on their own. They are to be captured, subdued and skinned as soon as you…
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Hooniverse Asks – No Replacement for Displacement?
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This is one of those Hooniverse Asks where I’m not going to try and hide my biases – cubic inches are fine for boulevarding with a half-ton of passenger heft on board, but I ride for fun. That means shifting your weight around a bit, and not just to reach the 128 oz. soda nested…
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Morning Qualifying – Master of the Silver Arrows edition
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Today would have been Alfred Neubauer’s 120th birthday. The impact of ‘the Big Man’ on motor sport history and modern motor sport can not be underestimated.
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Last Call- KILLDOZER Jr. Edition
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Half the size, twice the mayhem. Image source:[pakwheels.com]
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Best Exhaust Hanger EVAR?
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Yeah. Wikipedia – Abarth-Simca 2000
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Hooniverse Asks- What's your Goofiest Automotive Jerry Rig?
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Doors held closed with rope – or clamps, see above. Throttles activated by strings threaded through the hood vents and driver’s side window. Tail lamp lenses made whole with paper spray painted red. I’ve seen a lot of Mickey Mouse fixes perpetrated on cars and trucks over the years. Paging through FAIL blog brings dozens…
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Last Call – The New Internet Meme. It's still car related….
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This topic was brought up on the Drunkcast on Friday, and I must have been living under a rock or something not to know who Rebecca Black was. Apparently, her song has been voted as the worst song ever….. I wouldn’t go that far. Anyway, this is a great parody of that video, and it…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1976 Thunderbird with only 5,100 Miles!
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Now this is what I’m talking about. This particular car is the one that really gets me going because its so kitschy, so cheesy, so very 70’s that it make me want to go out and get a pair of plaid pants, white buck shoes with matching white belt, and a brightly colored polyester golf…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1979 MG Midget with only 7,100 Miles!
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Continuing on with the Low Mileage Edition of Hooniverse Weekends I came across this mint 1979 MG Midget. In what is possibly the longest production cycle of any British Car, the Midget was a decedent of the Austin Healey Sprite, that first saw production in 1958. 1980 marked the last year for the Midget, so…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A Renault Alliance with only 340 Miles
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OK, so I’m running Sunday Postings about cars that their owners think are collectible because of the low mileage, and look, here’s one now. This is a 1985 Renault Alliance Convertible, built in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This is the time that AMC simply kept their factory open by building French hand-me-downs. So, is this a car…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1983 Subaru with only 9,400 miles
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Welcome to the Sunday Edition of the Hooniverse Weekend. One of esteemed editors on this site sent this tip to our tip line, and since I’m the only one up this Sunday Morning, I decided to run with it. If you had the chance to purchase a brand new 1983 Subaru GL 4WD Wagon, would…
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Question of the Weekend – Brass Era and Pre-War Cars… Do they interest you?
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Time for the question of the weekend here on Hooniverse.com. Our core audience is actually much much younger than I am, a fact that was pointed out to me on our last Hooniverse Pod Cast and on our semi regular Drunkcasts, so my taste in vehicles is somewhat out of step with most of our…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – What would you pay for a Brennan?
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Looking through the eBay other makes section I discovered this unusual listing. It’s for a 1904 Brennan Brass Era Horseless Carriage. Imagine my surprise that there was ever such a thing as a car named Brennan! Unfortunately, this car needs to be put back together to become an actual car again.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – My Wiper Wiper Wiper Blades….
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Every time I look into the Hooniverse Tips Inbox, I walk away in amazement. Where do you come up with this stuff? Case in point, this tip from SSurfer321 (Thanks Man!) alerting us to the YouTube video “Wiper Blades by Heywood Banks”. SSurfer321’s reasoning for sending us this tip? You will have to make the…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A Couple of Mazda Rotary Engine Pickups
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On Friday, I did a posting featuring a few Mazda Rotary Powered Fastbacks, and while searching through all the RX-3s, RX-4s and that lone Cosmo, I found a couple of very hot Mazda REPUs. So, will you find them hot, or not?