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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Cable Propelled Transit System at a VW Factory
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Here is another great tip we received from Gabriel (Thanks!) and it has us scratching our head, just a bit. It is a Cable Transit System installed by a company called Doppelmayr, and in use at a Volkswagen Factory in Bratislava, Romania. Why they have it, and what is it used for isn’t explained, but…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A Cezet 175 Motor Cycle with a Heart of a Lada
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This is another tip we received on the tip line, and it could not wait for Hooniverse Two-Wheel Tuesday. It was sent in by fisheater (Thanks Man!) and according to his e-mail: Saw this on reddit. Some mad genius took a 1.3L engine out of a Lada Samara, converted it to CNG, and stuffed it…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – A 1969 Ford Mustang. No, it's not a Boss 302, or a Mach 1…
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Welcome to another Hooniverse Weekend Edition, and this weekend will be an abbreviated edition, as I’m going to be on a plane all day Sunday to get to Indianapolis for the NTEA Work Truck Show that I will be covering next week. In the meantime, we have some great tips to get to, like this…
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Last Call – It's Snow Problem Edition
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In 1922, Ford offered a snowmobile conversion for the most popular car in the world, their Model T. Lumber companies used it to haul logs during the long winter months, as well as rebellious youths seeking some hooch-powered thrills off ski jumps and frozen lakes, who had discovered this thing called “extreme sports.”
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Even Cops Are Race Fans
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Last Wednesday, our own esteemed Mr. Emslie asked we Hoons what was our favorite cop car. I couldn’t think of one until I got a call on Thursday morning from my brother asking why I hadn’t posted this FHP Pursuit In Training Crown Vic I spotted at his shop awhile back. I immediately posted that…
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Time-Speed-Distance Rallying: Hit the Road (Very Precisely) with the Santa Monica Sports Car Club
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The concept of a “grassroots” motorsport has become warped over the years. To compete at the top levels of something as simple and allegedly affordable as, say, autocross one needs to spend many dollars and countless hours on car preparation. Road racing is largely a playground for the at least moderately wealthy, and even though…
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Mystery Car!
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Gotta say, when this photo came in on the tips hotline it caused a whirlwind of activity in everyone’s inbox and nobody managed to guess it before the tipster eventually revealed the answer. I could give you some clues but it seems like we had more fun in previous MC posts when tight-lipped Jim kept…
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Cars You Should Know: Bristol's 450 Sports Prototype
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To understate it, Bristols have always been a bit, shall we say, odd. From the BMW-stolenderived inline six to the eccentric styling of their roadgoing contraptions, they’ve always marched to a different drummer. Their appeal lies not in their classical beauty nor in their raw performance, for the simple reason that most Bristols lack either.…
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Hooniverse Asks – Which cars look better as a 4-door?
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As I was growing up, an undeniable, eternal truth was burned into my psyche: 4 x [doors] = “frumpy.” Two-door coupes and fastbacks were the sleek, sporty choice of adventurous, globetrotting bachelors and the sexy, glamorous stewardesses they shared their company with; four-door sedans were by their very definition less desirable, suitable only for boring,…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday – The Fastbacks of Automotive Restorations Inc.
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Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Fastback Friday, and in this edition I thought I would share with the Hooniverse Faithful the Fastbacks of local Connecticut Classic Car Dealer, Automotive Restorations Inc. This Company was founded in 1978 and offer a range of services for the Classic and Vintage Car Connoisseur. There are forty highly…
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Last Call – What a Drag Edition
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Why is it, the worst movies have the best posters? Ooh, Fay Wray! Image source: [ Corvetteblogger.com]
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Hooniverse Goes To The NTEA Work Truck Show
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Hooniverse Truck Thursdays has been growing in popularity among our vast and ever expanding fan base. It is one of the features that helps distinguish Hooniverse from any other car based on-line blog, along with Two-Wheel Tuesday, Modern Art Monday, The Hooniverse Podcast, and the always popular Encyclopedia Hoonatica.
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Hooniverse Asks- What Car-Related Tale Has Hollywood Given the Short-Shrift?
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This week you have proven that the Hollywood film industry has given us many iconic motorcycles and cars, and many of those were the centers of the celluloid drama that unfolded on the screen, or TV sets nationwide. But that being said, what car-related story hasn’t yet received an appropriate Hollywood treatment? NASCAR has had…
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – Two Corvair Greenbriar Vans… So which one would you choose?
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Welcome to Hooniverse Truck Thursday. Last week we highlighted a Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside Forward Control Pickup Truck (try and say that three times fast!), so this week, I thought it was time to highlight the passenger van with a Corvair heart, the Greenbriar. I found two Greenbriars that were recently “restored” on Auto Trader…
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Last Call – So Many Hairballs Edition
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As far as visual cues for attracting the opposite sex go, this is like the anti-tramp stamp. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – The Wagons at Orlando Classic Cars
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Continuing Wagon Wednesdays… I thought I would bring you five great wagons offered at Orlando Classic Cars in Orlando Florida. Just as I did during Two-Wheel Tuesday, I will just present the Wagons with only the information provided by the dealer, and there will be a poll at the end.