Articles
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Any simpler and you'd drive it naked: the strange, charming Norsjo Shopper
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Combining the elegance of a parking lot ticket booth with the speed and sex appeal of a Hoveround, the Norsjö Shopper comes from us via Sweden, a European country known for its high rate of alcohol consumption as well as its periods of darkness where the sun isn’t seen for days at a time, which…
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Temptation, Thy Name Is Datsun
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I stumbled across this beautiful little Datsun 510 recently, hidden in an alcove beside an old service station. For all intents and purposes, it’s been relegated to lesser duties as a piece of art, resting just beyond the sidewalk. While it serves its new duties remarkably well there, I can’t help but feel that it…
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Last Call- 24 Heures Du Legos Edition
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Lego Mans racer looking for Lego Steve McQueen. Image source: [Lino M, via Flickr]
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It's Snowmowagon!
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Do you live in the extreme north and regularly find yourself snowed-in with an extreme case of cabin fever. Have a little RWD car that just doesn’t get around good in the snow? Hooniverse has the solution!
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Somewhat Collectible Cars and Parts Auction in Tangent, Oregon. Bonus: Identify the cars!
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I’m going to do things a little differently this time. We received a tip from Tim (Thanks Man) alerting us to this particular auction that was up on a Craigslist Ad. I’m going to show the two images that were in said listing to see if you Hoons can ID the cars. I’m not going…
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2010 Buick Enclave
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The luxury crossover segment is filled with bloated road-pigs that feature high price tags and mammoth curb weights. The 2010 Buick Enclave CXL-2 AWD is not an exception here. However, the direct-injection V6 engine under the hood, the refined style outside, and the surprising levels of luxury inside add up to package that allows it…
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Hooniverse is going to the Mecum auction this weekend!
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That’s right friends, it is time to experience one of these super auctions first hand. My bags are packed, pre-flight…zero hour is 8am. I am heading to Kissimmee, FL this weekend to see how these events shake down. The folks at Mecum have generously provided me with a press pass, but as an added wrinkle…
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You Only Hurt the One You Love- Car Tats
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Tattoos, like old Mercedes diesels, last forever. That being the case, it’s a good idea if you’re planning to get inked to make sure the subject matter is something that you could live with for the rest of your life. That seems to have been the case for a bunch of car nuts that have…
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She's ALIVE!
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So obviously this is not Eleanor but it is a close approximation of where I want to take this project…
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Mystery Car
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Last week’s Mystery Car proved too easy, what with a whole side scoop to go on, so I’m making this one a little tougher, giving you just a thin sliver of car to go on. This, by the way, must be how the Man in the Iron Mask looks at the world, so just be…
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Hooniverse Asks- Would You Buy a Three-Wheel Car?
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In the U.S., cars have to meet a lot of stringent safety and emissions standards. That onus can impact both the cost and performance of the vehicle, and have kept a lot of cottage-industry car makers from selling their wares here. A way around those standards is to build something that falls outside the narrow…
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Cuda Twofer Impresses Upon Us The Need For a Larger Driveway
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It’s a good thing the Mad_Science Laboratory is located in a relatively dense section of LA’s original suburbs. Aside from the preferable aesthetics of a nearly 100 year old house, our neighborhood is dense enough to limit driveway capacity to a “just right” 5 vehicles. Were we to move out to the exurbs, might be…
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Hooniverse Asks- How Small is Too Small?
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As Americans, we usually like our stuff big. We’re always super-sizing our food, embiggening our big screens, and the boobs, don’t get me started on those. Our cars traditionally reflected this bigger is better mind set, gaining both length and width until our highways resembled an armada of aircraft carriers in the mid-’70s. Fuel price…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Best Driving In Inclement Weather Story?
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It’s been raining in California for most of the past week. And not your typical light sprinkles with intermittent patches of cheerful sunniness mixed with a chance of bliss either. No, this has been rain and wind the likes of which we haven’t seen for ages, and that means we all have to try and…
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The Chrysler Sno-Runner; A Small, Affordabe, and Fuel Efficient Chrysler!
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Thanks to Deartháir’s posting about a Tracked Motorcycle, and in honor of Two-Wheel Tuesday, I thought I would dredge up this little piece of history. Ok, so it doesn’t exactly have two wheels, but I think it’s appropriate….. well, maybe not, but enjoy anyway.
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Words, there really are none…
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At first glance you would think you were dealing with one of those Exalibur things popular among the rich and tasteless back in the 80’s and 90’s. Proof that money and style don’t always go hand-in-hand.