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Hooniverse Asks – What’s the Dumbest Thing You’ve Ever Done With Your Car?
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I once put my car on some poor lady’s front lawn. It was a ’66 Mustang with a 289 2BBL and I was goofing around when things literally got out of hand. I’d like to claim it was the stupid-slow worm and roller steering, but it was actually just stupid me. Amazingly, the engine kept…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday – A School of Early Plymouth Barracudas
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Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Fastback Friday. Each time I’ve done this feature there has been a couple of suggestions for me to do a posting featuring early glass back Barracudas. Well, its time to discover those early Plymouths, but instead of one, how about a school of Barracudas?
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Last Call – Can You Beer Me Now? Edition
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Drink responsibly. . . oh and crack a window. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday: Monster Truck Edition
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A couple weeks ago while heading out to The Roar Before The 24, this olelongrooffan passed by the OceanCenter here in beautiful Daytona Beach, Florida. As I was heading south on A1A, I spotted a monster truck pulling into the entryway of that facility. As I was feeling as if I had some really big…
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Hooniverse Asks – Cars: Hobby or Career?
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If you’re reading this site, you’re likely already a statistical outlier in some aspect of your car behavior. The quantity or quality owned, the time you spend reading or watching automotive media, or the numbers of pictures you post of your travels to races and shows. When you look at how much of the expenditures…
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday – A Spare Parts Special Pickup Truck, now for sale on eBay
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Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Truck Thursday, and this time I thought I would do something different. Instead of a cool classic truck, or a retired workhorse, I thought I would show you a truck that sits firmly in the “Rat Rod” end of the spectrum. Now many of you despise Rat Rods, but…
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Last Call – Vandalized Edition
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Later in life, having settled down with a wife and kids, Batman lamented that the Batmobile no longer struck the same sense of dread in his evil villain foes as it once did. On the plus side, getting the kids to soccer practice wasn’t a problem anymore. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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2011 Scion tC
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The late 1970s and early ’80s were a dark time in our cultural history. Disco, synth-heavy cheese metal and of course, the great Automotive Malaise Era. An unfortunate 90s disco craze notwithstanding, we’ve managed to leave most hallmarks of the era behind, with one exception: exercise wear as everyday attire. The era’s fitness boom brought us…
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Fuel For Thought – How Many Miles to the e Coli Do You Get?
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What’s the most popular automotive technology today? If you answered six-pack carbs I want to have your babies, but you would be sadly wrong. Actually, increased fuel mileage technology is the new haute. That’s because apparently we reached peak crude oil production in 2005 and are now resigned to sucking life-giving hydrocarbons from rocks and…
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Hooniverse Asks – If You Weren’t a Car Nut, What Would You Be Nuts About?
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I don’t know about you, but my passion for cars started when I was really young – about 7 or 8 years old. By the time I was 11, I already had subscriptions to Competition Press and Road & Track, and was already plotting what my first car would be. At the time it was…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – The Keller Super Chief Wagon
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Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday. We received this tip about an unusual Station Wagon found on Ebay from Tom (turb0dizzle) and it led to a site that described the history of this stillborn little car. So, it’s time to take a journey back to the postwar years, to see how a fledgling…
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Last Call – Snow Way! Edition
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In Russia, parking lot snow shovelers pride themselves on their thoroughness. . . and their sense of humor. Image source:[Imgur.com]
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Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Ask And Ye Shall Receive Edition
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A wonderful discussion sprung up during last night’s Last Call, regarding all the different “side projects” that Lotus has done over the years. Little known fact, every project Lotus has ever worked on has been assigned a number; many of those numbers remain completely unknown, with Lotus never revealing their involvement in some projects for…
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A Diatribe on the Joys of Peter Fonda-ism
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This man really, really hates his Harley. How much does he hate Harleys? you ask. Let’s just say he probably won’t make many friends at Dinosaur Barbeque, that’s for sure.
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So Much More Than Nuts And Bolts
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdBptlmu7kA[/youtube] [Jeff discovered this YouTube video over the weekend and asked me to write a post about it for Two Wheel Tuesday, but I cannot imagine that any words penned by a stranger would add anything to the amazing story and touching tribute described in the creator’s comments. – T.] This is a photo story…
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Bikes You Should Know: The Kawasaki W650
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What’s more British than a Bonneville? Besides warm beer and putting leftovers in pies? Kawasaki dared to suggest their W650, first built in 1999, as a way to capture the café-cool nostalgia of the old Bonneville, two years ahead of the new one’s rebirth. Those who lived through that era might think: what’s more Japanese…