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Art Monday- Junior Achiever
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Milan Kunera’s book and its film adaptation The Unbearable Lightness of Being centers around the lives of four individuals during the Prague Spring and subsequent Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. It’s too bad it wasn’t about race cars, because that would have been a lot more interesting, and this 1957 Stanguellini Formula Junior would have…
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Hooniverse Asks – What Beverage Goes Best With Car Talk?
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While we were setting up to record the podcast (coming in two hours!), I noticed the sound of many a carbonated beverage being uncapped coming in over the headset. This prompted a long-ish discussion on what we were going to imbibe during the show, and there was a broad range of responses. That got me…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition Review – Weekend Last Calls….
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So we come to the end of another weekend here at Hooniverse, and it is the special Last Call Edition. Rob usually does the last calls for the weekday editions, but I run a last call to call the weekend edition closed. Click on the title of each picture for the link to the original…
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It Was Fun Meeting A Fellow Hoon, The Followup
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As this olelongrooffan mentioned on New Year’s Day, I hooked up with a fellow blogger down in Fantasyland for lunch and some wandering.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition Review – A Pictorial Review from "Mike the Dog"
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During the weekend shift, I have had the pleasure of showing the images captured by out good friend, Mike the Dog. Why not make the jump to see the images Mike produced for us throughout 2010.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition Review – The Showdown Editions
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It the weekend, and every so often I try and produce some exclusive content for our fans. We call these postings showdowns, where we highlight two, three, or more vehicles, and then ask which one would you rather own, drive, or blow-up. So with this Weekend Edition Review, I thought I would bring out some…
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It Was Fun Meeting A Fellow Hoon
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Be prepared Hoons, I spent all day yesterday on the road (slow and go through Orlando, Florida sucks!!) and crashed to sleep around 8pm on New Year’s Eve 2011. As a result this olelongrooffan missed the whole Atomic Toasters link but is in a position to Celebrate Life this New Year’s Day with a cold…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition Review: The Questions of the Weekend
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Every weekday we have a Hooniverse Asks posting by Rob, and it generated an incredible number of comments, so of course I had to follow suit, and have a Question of the Weekend. I try and keep the questions within the theme of the weekend postings, and they have quite a following as well. Here…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition Review: Memorial Day Indianapolis Pace Car Edition
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During the last weekend in May, I decided to do an Indianapolis Pace Car Review. There are many of you that missed this particular feature, so here it is again for your viewing pleasure.
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Hooniverse Car of the Year: Get Your Vote On!
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All right folks, the time has come for you, our loyal readers to decide which of our numerous nominees is most deserving of the largely unrecognized as meaningful Hooniverse Car of the Year! This year’s selections were picked from a nearly infinite pool defined only by what we could think of off the tops of…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition Review: Some of My Favorite Weekend Postings
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It’s the first weekend of 2011, and what better way to nurse your hangover before any of the big Football games start is to see what you may have missed over the past several weekends on Hooniverse. I will start with some of my favorites over the year that you may (or may not) have…
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Hooniverse Asks – What's a "True" Porsche?
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For some aficionados of the brand, Porsche stopped building real cars when the last 356 rolled off the assembly line. Others discount anything with a radiator. What do you think, do Porsches have to emulate the layout of the pre-war People’s Car in order to be accepted as righteous?
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Billetproof Michigan 2010 Images!
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These shots are courtesy of long time Hoon Mike The Dog. You have to make the jump to see more!
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Classic Clips: The AE86
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I was flipping through my latest issue of 0-60 yesterday, and they had a full-page spread talking about the Toyota Corolla AE86. I have always known that people are in love with these lightweight Japanese Hoonmobiles but I have never really known much about them. A quick search on Youtube has turned into a clock-smashing…
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Showdown: GT500 Vs LS1-Swapped e30 M3
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In our last Showdown the Coronet RT edged out the Marauder, but not by a whole lot. If memory serves correctly, the Coronet went for around $30k on eBay, while the Marauder went for around $9k. We’re curious how today’s Showdown will pan out. It’s Ford Vs Chevy, with a twist. In one corner, we’ve…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Kruse Auctions hang out the For Sale Sign…
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Owner Dean Kruse tells newspaper that he is considering offers for his troubled auction business. It is just the latest chapter in the collapse of the once-great car-auction empire.