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Frank Bacon's 1947 FB-500
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[The above image and following text is adapted from Unique Cars & Parts’s “Car Spotters’ Handbook,” and is reprinted here with their kind permission – Ed.] After World War II ended, British car enthusiasts could once again seek out something spirited to drive. But these were still hard years, and money (and petrol) still hard…
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CES 2011: eCoupled Induction Charging for EVs
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While stumbling, bleary-eyed, dead on my feet, across a hall so large the curvature of the earth would have been visually apparent were it not for a vast sea of similarly stumbling event attendees, I spotted a Tesla Roadster at the Fulton Innovations stand. The Tesla was charging … without wires! “What unnatural divination be…
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Hooniverse Asks – How Important is ‘Detroit’ as an Automotive Icon These Days?
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The North American International Auto Show is opening shortly, and as you all know, the media (and Hooniverse) have been there for the pre-show getting to know the 30+ new models and booth models who are visiting the Motor City for a couple of weeks. And that last bit – about Motor City – is…
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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – A Cadillac Fleetwood Wagon, with Provenance?
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Welcome to Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday, and today I found this Cadillac Fleetwood Wagon that may have been owned by the musical Jackson Five family. Well, that is what this blog had to say about it back in June of 2007, when it was sold by Vintage Motors of Sarasota. Even if it doesn’t have a…
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Last Call – Goose Has Really Let Himself Go Edition
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Why Harley Davidson invented the ‘hardtail.’ Image source: [Imgur.com]
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2011 Toyota Sienna
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Coolness is effectively the art of doing it wrong. The best music isn’t always the most pleasing to the ear and great paintings are rarely pretty. Fashionably good looking clothes are rarely well suited to any task and conversely, going about your business in combat boots, cargo pants and a tactical vest would make you…
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TWT: Pheathon, we hardly knew ye…
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These three horrible-quality photos are the only remaining evidence of my first (okay, only) roadracer, which I dubbed “Pheathon” (after the Greek demi-god Zeus was forced to strike down, because he was driving the chariot of the sun so recklessly — I assume you can make the connection). It was originally a Bultaco Pursang 250…
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Hooniverse Asks – What’s Your Favorite Rock Song Street Name?
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Sure there’s plenty of odes to cars – Little Deuce Coupe, Little Red Corvette, Mercury Blues – but there have also, in the pantheon of rock and roll history, been a number of songs and album titles that have immortalized street and highway names around the globe. You could rock down to Electric Avenue, or…
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Last Call – Space Truckin’ Edition
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Way, way under, one would hope. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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CES 2011: the Ford Focus Electric Reveal
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Hey folks, I was down in Las Vegas at the Hilton Convention Center at Alan Mulally’s keynote address for the reveal of the Ford Focus Electric, an open secret for the last few months. Glancing over the specs, it looks promising – particularly when you get to the recharge times of the 23kW battery …
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A Quick Postnote
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Remember how I bought dedicated snow tires for the Town Cow last October? …Yea — totally worth it.
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Hooniverse Asks – What New Car Tech Gives You Wood?
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CES has been in full swing this past week, and in fact Alex is currently there getting geeky with all the gadgets. While we may not be too interested in the Polar Bear TV (no wonder the damn things are going extinct), or ladies’ high heels with built-in speakers, there’s also a lot of car-related…
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Last Call – Bad Customer Service
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During the weekend shift, I noticed this particular comment attributed to an image that was used for a posting back in October of 2010. Im interested on buying that 1987 toyota cressida burgandy contact me at cr**********@***il.com thanks. Now this was one of my Craigslist Search Postings, and as many of you know, these posting…
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Question of the Weekend – What are your thoughts about Armor Upfitting.
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Armored Vehicles seem to be getting more prevalent in an era destabilized governments, whipped up by propaganda and paranoia. These vehicles have become a mainstay in the Oil Rich Middle East, and in war torn countries in Africa, Asia, and in parts of the former Soviet Union. They have also become a necessity for executives…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – The Gurkha F5; Now Available for Civilian Consumption
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According to Wikipedia, Gurkha are people from Nepal and northern India who take their name from the 8th century Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath. Gurkhas are best known for their history of bravery and strength in the Indian Army’s Gorkha regiments and the British Army’s Brigade of Gurkhas. They were thought to be naturally warlike and…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition – Attention all New England 24 Hours of LeMons Competitors; Your Future IOE Award Winner!
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The 24 Hours of LeMons…. a racing series that loves to take crap can cars, and see what they will do around the track. However, there is a peculiar love affair with cars that are produced in Italy, France, within the former Iron Curtain, and Great Britain, and they seem to take the Index of…