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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Non-Traditional Valve Systems
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How about a little Encyclopedia Hoonatica to make your hump day a little less humpy? It’s funny how one thing leads to another, and from where inspiration arises. A couple of days ago I was listening to the radio, and a story came on about a man who needed a new heart valve. Once…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – An Original 1967 Ford Country Squire
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Continuing on with Wagon Wednesday, I spotted this very original 1967 Ford Country Squire Wagon on Hemmings. This car is the perfect candidate for a cosmetic restoration, or you can drive it as is. What would you do with it?
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Hooniverse Asks – What's the Most Legendary Car in Hollywood?
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Yesterday, being Two Wheel Tuesday everywhere were not prohibited by law, I asked a question that potentially could topple at a stop light. That query was about what was Hollywood’s most legendary motorcycle, and boy did you come through. There were the expected Easy Riders and Great Escapisms, but day-um, Battlestar Galactica cafe racers? You…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – An Original 1977 Mercury Bobcat Wagon
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Welcome to another Wagon Wednesday here on Hooniverse.com. The Mercury Bobcat was a quick answer to the calls from Lincoln Mercury dealers clamoring for a sub-compact car in the days of the first and second OPEC oil embargo. It was introduced during the 1975 model year and is a virtual twin to the Ford Pinto,…
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Last Call – Who da' Ben-Hur? Judah-Ben-Hur! Edition
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Hey, where’re you goin’? No place special, I’m just Roman around. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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And Now For Something Different – The Personal Luxury Cars of Orlando Classic Cars
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I am breaking up this Hooniverse Two-Wheel Tuesday to bring you something a little different. Motorcycles are, for the most part, pretty basic. Sure you can get models that are High Performance, or ones that are Boulevard Cruisers, and some that are capable Trail Blazers, but they are still basic. So with that in mind,…
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Just To Whet Your Appetite
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So this weekend begins Spring Bike Weeks down here in Daytona Beach, Florida. My fellow Hoons may remember a post this olelongrooffan did about Biketoberfest last fall. This afternoon I headed down to Beach Street to see what was going on.
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Hooniverse Asks – What's the Most Legendary Motorcycle in Hollywood?
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The Oscars® took place this past Sunday night, and if you watched the telecast, you probably no longer need those sleeping pills any more. The King’s Speech took home the biggest awards, but nowhere in the night was any mention made of accolades for Hollywood’s two-wheeled actors, so it’s up to us to rectify this…
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Last Call – Questionable License Plate is Questionable Edition
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If it’s jazz you love, you should probably spell it jazz, and if it’s Jay-Z, you should probably spell it out too.
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Hoonicast #6: Salt Flats Driver's Ed Edition
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Hot off our Tatra V8-powered presses comes the newest Hoonicast, chock full o’ vitamins, minerals, and rambling stories. Pull up a chair and listen, won’t ya? This week we discuss our salt flat racer fantasies, the cars we learned to drive on, why moon hubcaps make any car better, and the mystique of work trucks.…
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Caption This
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Suddenly, pounding Red Bulls for the fourth night in a row didn’t seem as fun as Billy imagined. [Source: steering wheel faces]
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Hooniverse Asks – What Cold Weather Precautions Do You Take?
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Oh baby, it’s cold outside. Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re slogging through the depths of winter, and even in Los Angeles – where sun and fun usually vie with gridlock as the most common daily occurrences – we’re getting record levels of rain and snow. In fact, most of the country has been getting…
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A Little Eye Bleach Here (Rant)
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Okay, here’s the thing, I don’t think I can ever watch Top Gear again. And I mean the real one, not the Victoria Bitters-fueled Aussie version, or the Day of the Dead that calls itself the U.S. edition, but the steak and kidney pie, god save the queen, if it’s not British it’s crap ye…
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Last Call – Keeping it Cl(ass)y in Sundbyberg Sweden
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It looks like we are developing quite a following around the world, and as proof, we received this tip from Frederic (Thanks Man!) from Sweden. It’s a great followup to our own Longroofian’s post about the VW Winterjam, and it is a local listing for a 1971 Volkswagen 1302 Beetle Sedan. According to the translated…
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Best Motorcycle Ad Ever!
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This olelongrooffan can’t really add anything to this. I’ve had this image around for quite some time so, needless to say, calling this poor guy is going to be fruitless.
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Question of the Weekend: What Car Brand that's not available in the North America would you like to see here?
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I haven’t had a Question of the Weekend for quite a while, so I thought it was time to bring back this feature. We ran a couple of postings over the past several days about vehicles that have were never available here in the US. Let’s see, there was the Shelby Maverick, then the Ford…