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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…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: This couldn't wait for Wagon Wednesday…
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This is the Sunday Edition of Hooniverse Weekend Edition, and we received this tip from Jordon (Thanks Man!), and , well, errrr, I just couldn’t wait for Wagon Wednesday to post it. As Jordon stated: I have no idea of how common these were, but it struck me as a very Hooniverse type of vehicle,…
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VW Winterjam 2011
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So this weekend is the Winterjam 2011, the annual Volkswagen show down here in the self proclaimed “World Center of Racing” and “The World’s Most Famous Beach”, Daytona Beach, Florida. As this olelongrooffan was honored to be accepted on a Hooniverse podcast including none other than our VW loving cohort, Ambersand, among many other esteemed…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition Showdown: Two Rare British "Pony Cars"
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It has been a while since we had a “Showdown” here on the Hooniverse, and it’s time to dust off this category for the weekend. Thanks to our own Alex Kierstein, We have brought to you what is probably two of the raddest British “Pony Cars” ever offered to the general public. Say hello to…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Like, I'm Selling this Range Rover, like for-sure, totally!
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We here at Hooniverse Central receive some of the greatest tips from our loyal readers, and here is another example. AustinMiniMan (Thanks man!) alerted us to this totally tubular eBay listing for a Range Rover that was used between Tarzana and Northridge California every day and is now for sale. However, I can’t get the…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – The Ugliest Ferrari Ever Built, According to Coachbuild.com
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Welcome to this belated Weekend Edition, here on Hooniverse.com. We received this very unique tip from Tony (Thanks Man!) and I knew we had to run it. This is the Abbott Ferrari 212 Export #0165EL, and it was the 1952 Show Car at the London Earl’s Court Car Show in 1952. Make the jump to…
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Mystery Car Revealed!
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Well, that took even longer than I thought it would, But congratulations to smokyhburnout for coming up with the correct answer. And now for a little history on the Askam product line, but only after the jump….
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Last Call- Your Friday Ferrari Edition
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Just a 1950 Ferrari 166MM Barchetta sitting in the desert sun to start your weekend, it’s no big deal. Image source: [SFGate.com]
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Mystery Car!
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Welcome to another special edition of Mystery Car. This time, I decided to revisit the tip I received from FacelVega on the Jidé 1600s Mystery Car Posting. To recap, this is what he stated within his e-mail: Hey hoon editors. My brother suggests a car for the mystery car series, a Jidé 1600s. In other…
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Rule Britannia, Rule the Waves (of Bondo)
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OK, that’s a little harsh. There’s probably very little body filler in this admittedly unfinished little looker. But the pun was calling my name, and who I am to refuse the siren-song of a cheap, throwaway joke? Back to the Britannia. It needs work. And when it’s done it will look like a slightly frumpy…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday – The Shelby Maverick…. Wait, What?
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Welcome to Hooniverse Fastback Friday. The lowly Ford Maverick is one of our favorite vehicles here at Hooniverse. Why? Well because it is basically a lighter version of the Ford Mustang, and can trace its ancestry back to the original Ford Falcon. The two-door sedan looks great, while the interior and power-train options were relatively…