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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – A '54 Dodge Power Wagon that'll serve as your support vehicle
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Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Truck Thursday. We received this tip from Anonymous (Thanks Man!) specifically for Truck Thursday, and what a Truck. Can you imagine the uses for this rugged, go-anywhere vehicle?
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Hooniverse Asks – Should Woodgrain on Wagons Make a Comeback?
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To many of you, born too late to engender nostalgia for such things, a Woody isn’t just a Toy Story character or what you get watching Olivia Munn, but a specific kind of car. Starting out, most all cars were built primarily of wood, as that was reasonably light, strong and cheap material. However, aside…
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Last Call – Allemande Right Edition
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Dagen H, or H Day- 3, September 1967 was the day that the entire nation of Sweden switched from driving on the left to doing so on the right, like their neighbor Norway and the rest of Europe. At 4:50 all traffic was required to stop. They were then to switch to the alternate side…
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Bad Ideas Made Worse™ with Renault!
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Beautiful Mexico! Land of beaches, tiny shivering dogs in teacups, and horrific drug-related violence. It’s also where the VW Type 1 went to die, and where the full-size two door SUV lives an Elvis-in-Vegas afterlife among the agave and smog. You’ll be happy to know that it’s also the home of this particular fiberglass enchilada…
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The Sound and the Fury: Hooniverse Reviews the Soundracer (with video!)
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Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Ol’ Billy Shakespeare (college hip-hop name: “DJ Shaky P”) wrote this when he…
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Hooniverse Asks – Where Do You Go For Car Advice?
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So far this week we asked if you ended up crushing on Top Gear USA, and whether or not MotorWeek is your guilty pleasure. Both of those show talk about cars, and Goss’ Garage even gives you product placement-tinged car advice. But when you’re really stumped over what to buy, when to change, or just…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday Showdown – Three Desirable FoMoCo Wagons on eBay
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Welcome to another edition of Wagon Wednesday, and I thought I would shake things up just a bit by doing a Wagon Wednesday Showdown. These three Ford Motor Company Wagons are currently running on eBay. So which one would you park in your driveway?
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Last Call – If a Tree Falls And No One Is Around To Hear It Edition
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Tim-berrrrrr! Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Bad Ideas Made Worse with DIESEL!
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I know what you’re thinking: you’ve got stuff and it needs to move. Whether it be a mosquito fleet of mopeds, a Renault-powered Devin, or a small regional brewery’s worth of MGD cases, it’s gotta go. You need transport, son. Have I got a deal for you!
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Son of Killdozer: The Power Wagon Town Panel Is Here
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Commenter extraordinaire and former DamnElantra owner Jeremy has brought something for show and tell. After reading our post on a certain Power Wagon Town Panel (Town Panel = no windows, Town Wagon = windows), he was smitten. It got away from him once, but thanks to a deadbeat eBayer, he got a second chance. When…
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Mystery Chassis
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You guys (and ladies, I know there’s a couple out there) did so well with last week’s Mystery Dash that I thought we’d try to peel back even more of the vehicle and see if you could glean an identity from just the chassis. Of course you can, you all rock really big brains and…
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Hooniverse Asks – Is MotorWeek Your Automotive News Program?
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With all the attention this week going to all things Top Gear – what with season 16 of the original kicking off just as season 1 of the American edition comes to a close – it’s easy to forget that an even more venerated automotive TV show is celebrating its 30th year on the air.…
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Last Call – Bathroom Reading Edition
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With all those hours spent reading magazines, he could have finished War and Peace in that time. But where’s the fun in that? Image source: [Finalgear]
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Tell Me Mr "islasaero", What Good is a Built 318 if You are Unable to Breathe?
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Apologies to Hugo Weaving on that one. Anyway, here we have yet another combo of decent mechanical skills and questionable taste/judgement. Just…why? There’s no reason for this. This ebay seller’s taken what would’ve otherwise been a great mildly build ’64 Valiant, a car with no major styling defects, and approximated the whole front end as…
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Everyone Needs a Nixie-Tacho!
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHiYCZkAq5o[/youtube] Sure, the video is ten minutes long, or approximately 15 times your average attention span for anything (… SQUIRREL!!!). But let me be clear – you need to watch it. Here’s why: a) It’s a Holden/Isuzu Gemini wagon with a nixie-tube based tachometer. b) See above. Write-up is here. I love the internet sometimes.
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Hooniverse Asks – Top Gear USA, How Do You Like Me Now?
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There’s no denying the auto enthusiasts’ love for the long-running BBC series devoted to all things petrol and juvenilia, Top Gear, as the show’s longevity and Sunday night bittorrent clogging attest. And this year, for the first time, the show’s recipe for excess has been distilled for an Amercun‘ edition. The first season of Top…