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Hooniverse Asks – Vespas: Cool or Tool?
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Upon first seeing the MP6 scooter prototype, Enrico Piaggio exclaimed something to the effect of ‘holy effing meatballs, it looks like a wasp!’ And thus, for better or worse, was anointed the Vespa. Piaggio has, over the years, seen both good times and bad, but their most famous product remains to this day, the two wheeler…
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Two-Wheel Tuesdays: The Old Skool Road Show
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If seeing more images similar to the one above of The Old Skool Road Show is of interest to my fellow Hoons, please feel free to click on through at any time.
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Last Call – Deutschland über alles Edition
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The Chinese know, Hitler liked his bling. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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I'm Gonna Miss Last Call Tonite
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This olelongrooffan met a couple babes down on Main Street today. image source: Jack Jessee, Daytona Beach News Journal, March 1953
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Metalflake Blue Turbo Corvair Powered 1968 Dune Buggy is its Own Witty Title
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We love oddly and/or heavily modified vehicles, but some level of period appropriatness is important. Nineteen inch wheels on a ’58 Pontiac? No. Turbo Corvair Spyder motor in a metalflake, fiberglass, super-groovy 1968 VW-based dune buggy? Yes. This particular example comes to us from Cars4Causes via eBay, who unloads various “Donate your junk car/boat/plane for…
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Hooniverse Asks – What's Your Dream Road Trip Car?
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When I was a kid, we had a ’69 VW Bus, white over red. One year the family decided to take a road trip to from LA to Chi-town, so my grandmother could visit relations. As my gran had bad arthritis in her hips, it was tough for her to sit in a car seat…
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Mr. Joe's 1933 Buick
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So, I was out and about on Saturday checking out some pretty cool stuff and, after some observations by my brother thejeepjunkie, I found Mr. Joe’s 1933 Buick.
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Last Call: Door Alignment Edition
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If you are going to take the time to find a 56 Nomad and spend tens of thousands of dollars customizing it, install a chrome plated 502 under the hood and tote it around the country to hawk your services, you might just want to double check minor issues like door alignment. Yeah, my fellow…
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Once Again, I Can't Believe The Sh*t This olelongrooffan Gets Into
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So on Friday, this olelongrooffan was out and about just checking out some stuff I could post both here in the Hooniverse and on my personal blog, By The Numbers, about the whole Bike Week thing going on down here at the Home of the World’s Most Famous Beach. I came across a pretty cool…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: If It Worked In California and Italy?
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Why don’t we have this for the general motoring public in our lives in this century? Image Source= Rarely Enough, Not This olelongrooffan But Some other Hoons on YouTube.
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Has Every Manufacturer Lost Its Way?
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Now there are many pundits who have expressed their opinions on how a whole damn bunch of manufacturers, Honda, BMW, and Porsche come to my mind first, may have lost their roots. And yeah, those folks looking at the interior of the Honda Pilot did so after this olelongrooffan walked up, opened the door and…
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Birds Of A Feather Flock Together
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So this olelongrooffan was out at the Daytona International Speedway for Bike Week today. The “Free Infield Access” sign above the NASCAR turn 4 tunnel captured my attention and I drove on through that old tunnel, the experience of which always draws a hearty chuckle from this olelongrooffan. Anyway, I was cruising on that road…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Robison Motorcycles
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So this morning I get a call from my little brother who was out test driving some trooper car and he mentioned he had seen “Mr. Joe’s 33 Buick” and I should go check it out. Well my fellow Hoons, once this olelongrooffan had seen what was over at the location of that old Buick,…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Pimp Your Tow Vehicle
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I mentioned in a post earlier this week that Bike Week starts today and runs through next weekend. The greater Daytona Beach area is filling up with two and three wheeled wonders already. Most of these vehicles arrive in trailers towed behind all kinds of standard daily drivers.
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Mystery Car?
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Yes, this mystery car post had a (?) because I am not quite sure what it is either.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Two V12 Lincolns For Sale. Similarity Ends There.
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Here is another great tip from Tim….. actually it was his suggestion to do this posting. With the first Lincoln, you could build a great V-12 powered, Paxton Supercharged traditional hot rod. The second one? Well, you leave that one alone. See for yourself after the jump.