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Last Call – Where Farmer John Lives Edition
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How could you possibly live on this street and not be hungry all the time? Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Mystery Car Revealed!
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Dammit! You guys are seriously unstumpable! Manic_King got it right off the bat!
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Fastback Friday: The Rolex Edition
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In honor of Fastback Friday, I thought I would share with my fellow Hoon some of the fastbacks I spotted earlier today on yet another visit, although this time with credentials, to the Roar before the 24 out at the Daytona International Speedway. On the way there, I stopped by the Ocean Center and snuck…
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Mystery Car!
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I am not going to say alot because it seems like the more we say, the easier it is for you lot. What I will say is that I procured this photo from she-who-has-yet-to-be-named. She took this photo as the co-pilot in a rally race. And that is in-fact a state trooper you see in…
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Hooniverse Asks – What Automotive Myths and Legends Do You Know?
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When exploration expanded to the distant edges of what was then the known world, stories returned about mythical creatures, places and events. Today, the world is a much smaller place, but even in our small tiny of it, where cars rule, there exist myths and legends, some of which may even be true. One myth…
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Hooniverse Fastback Friday: The Drop Dead Gorgeous Fastbacks at Fantasy Junction in Emeryville, CA
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Gorgeous; It’s a term that is not to be tossed around lightly, but in this case, I think it is apt. This is a special edition of Fastback Friday in which I will just show you pretty pictures of Fastback Models that are offered for sale at a well known California Collector Car Dealer. Most…
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Last Call – Support your Local Sheriff Edition
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Being a cop wouldn’t be half as fun if you couldn’t occasionally rub the bad guys faces in it. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Hooniverse Transporter Truck Thursday
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Sometimes even I can’t believe the shit this olelongrooffan gets away with. This weekend is The Roar Before The 24. It is a test session for the Grand-Am racing series out at the Daytona International Speedway in preparation for the Rolex24 Hours at Daytona the end of this month. I wanted to head out to…
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Sonny Hill Insults Your Intelligence From Beyond The Grave
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Back in the heat of July, Blake asked, “Who’s Your Most Hated Minor Celebrity Car Dealer?”. In the comments, I mentioned former Kansas City area car dealer Sonny Hill. Alff lamented that he was never able to suffer through view a Sonny Hill TV ad. Going through some old videotape recently, I found a typical…
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Hooniverse Asks – What’s Your In-Car Entertainment Preference?
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Whether Saturday morning (seriously, is there a better time than that in all creation?) canyon carving, with your ride’s exhaust note echoing off the hillsides and nothing between you and each curve’s apex than a flick of the wheel – OR a long trip with you or a navigator trolling the dial for the audio…
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Hooniverse Truck Thursday: A Few Studebaker Pickup Trucks, with a Surprise!
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Hello again and welcome to another Hooniverse Truck Thursday. Being the automotive experts that you are, I doubt that the Studebaker Pickup is unknown to you, except I found three rather rare ones, but I’m keeping the third as a surprise, as you will have to make the jump to see it…
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Last Call – Misogynistic-gnügen Edition
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In the ’60s, VW advertising’s Mad Men, were obviously also very lonely men. Bitter, lonely men. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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A Hooniverse PSA: Beat Hoonibbles Into Submission
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Okay, it’s no secret that “Hoonibbles,” the evil rodent gatekeeper at Intense Debate, will sometimes cast loyal Hoons’ comments into interweb limbo, should the views you express therein displease him. The symptoms of this syndrome are: The comment shows up on your IDC comment feed page, and… the comment is counted in the total comment…
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GM Performance Parts E-Rod Crate Engine: New Best Friend to Lovers of Smog-Controlled Malaise Era Machines
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As lovers of single-digit-thousand-dollar cars and residents of states with emissions controls, we often find ourselves sighing in disappointment to learn that a certain Wagoneer, Monza, BMW Coupe or Cutlass is from 1976 or later. At least here in the Golden State, all post-’75 cars are required to pass a smog test (though oddly, no…
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Pininfarina Peugette
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Despite the derivative name and use of Peugeot mechanicals, the Peugette concept car was not a Peugeot factory effort. It was actually a 1976 Pininfarina design study built on “spec,” with hopes of generating a desire for production from Peugeot (with whom Pininfarina had a good relationship with at the time). The base platform for…
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Hooniverse Asks – What French Car Would you Like to See Back in the US?
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Fiat has triumphantly returned to the U.S. market, a feat just shy in difficulty to landing on the sun – during the day. With that Italian maker of all things impermanent once again filling dealerships with Latin love, I got to thinking that maybe the French too ought to once again darken these shores with…