Articles
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What's Your Eleanor? – Edición Tomsk
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I’ve had many four-wheeled crushes over the course of my quarter-century-plus on this giant nugget of cosmic dust, but I guess the one that has endured the longest (even though it hasn’t always been right on the top of my head) is GMC’s resident two-pedal-NSX-slayer, the Typhoon.
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Chevy Enthusiast via Hooniverse: The 1982 Chevette the GM dropped a V6 into.
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Some of you may or may not know that I write a monthly column for Chevy Enthusiast Magazine, titled Weird and Wonderful Bowties. It is quite unlike any other column you may read in a magazine, but not unlike this blog. You see, I don’t like writing about all the usual suspects that might be…
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Bugatti Pulled From Swiss Lake Goes on the Auction Block
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A couple of months back, there was a story on Wrecked Exotics about a Texas man who drove his Bugatti Veyron into a lake. After seeing this 1925 Type 22 being pulled out of a Swiss lake all I can say is- copy cat.
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Rare Bird: Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans Am
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You may recall 3rd Gen F-bodies from such locales as abandoned, weedy lots near the port facility, or that carport next to the double-wides where most of the convicted sex offenders in your city live. However, you almost assuredly don’t remember any 1989 Firebird Trans Ams packing turbo 3800 V6s, do ya?
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Greatest Celebrity-Related Car, Truck or Bike?
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James Dean called his Porsche 550 Spider Lil’ Bastard, and That concevably could have been the last words to escape his lips as his silver sportscar plowed into Donald Turnupseed’s Ford Tudor on a lonely stretch of desert highway. That accident cut short Dean’s career, and sealed the fate of the little Porsche in the…
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Showdown: Apples to Oranges Edition
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Our last Showdown’s sitting within the margin of error with the 8-lug Pontiac leading the sliding roof Studebaker 41-40. We’re in a bit of a half-ass Friday mood today, so the only threads linking today’s contestants are that they’re both GM products with a unique flair, and they’re the same price. So with that, it’s…
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24 Hours of LeMons Buttonwillow Arse-Freeze-apalooza
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If things have been a bit slow this week and last, it’s because Der UberBird and LeMons were in full control of all available free time. In case you missed it, last weekend was The 24 Hours of LeMons Arse-Freeze-apalooza at Buttonwillow Raceway Park, in scenic Buttonwillow, CA, about 2.5 hours north of Hooniverse HQ.…
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YaMon! Jamaican II: Fiberglass Boogaloo
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Wow. Just…wow. We’ve never seen a more perfect distillation of the low-end car buying experience. We’ve got a no-engined kit car from the beginning of the Golden Age of Fiberglass (1969) based on a VW chassis, with no tires, two Keystone fake-Cragars, in Lancaster, being listed by a guy who doesn’t own it.
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Cars and Coffee Irvine Continues its Automotive Assembly of Awesome
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Cars and Coffee Irvine has been the place to see amazing vehicles. Regardless of what your favorite make/model/year/era may be, the fact of the matter is that it will be well represented every Saturday. Starting around 6:30am, vehicles of all shapes and sizes filter into the lot next to the Taco Bell building. We have…
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Add Some PAH! To Your Office with DIY Car Seat Office Chairs
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There’s nothing worse than a crappy office chair. Typically, larger corporations outfit their cube farms with decent units, for fear of picking up workman’s compensation claims over sore backs. Besides, they can buy at incredible bulk discounts. On the other hand, if you’re at a smaller outfit, possibly self-run, you know the pain of choosing…
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The Yamaha DT175
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[Ed. Note: This Two-Wheel Tuesday post is brought to you courtesy of Tanshanomi and his big bike brain] “All you’ve got to do is stand, and fire three rounds a minute. Now, you and I know you can fire three rounds a minute…but can you stand?” — Richard Sharpe, Sharpe’s Eagle (1993) That stirring challenge…
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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 Asks- What Sexy Car Has the Most Un-Sexy Name, And Visa-Versa?
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That car up there is the Apollo. While debate over its beauty may be valid, there’s no arguing that its performance is sexy, being one of the fastest and more raw-edged super cars on the planet. And then there’s the name – Gumpert. Gumpert isn’t a sexy name, it’s the name of your sweaty typing…
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Last Call- It's Winter, So These Must Be The Nationals Edition
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This weekend, Pomona Raceway hosts the 2010 NHRA Winternationals. In honor of that event, here’s CSX2248 – one of five dragonsnakes built for drag racing – and the winner of the 1964 AHRA Winternationals in Daytona. There’s a 4-page article on this car in the February 2010 issue of Muscle Car Review, in case you…
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Cat's Pajamas- Craigslist XJ220 Makes Me Purrrrrrrrr!
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Mee-yow! The San Francisco Craigslist (Where do they get those wonderful toys?) has an uber-rare Jaguar XJ220 for sale, and this is one cat that’ll make you question the whole idea of the your dog being your best friend.
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The Pothole, The Back Story
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Now this olelongrooffan is certain that a whole bunch of we Hoons out here in Hooniverse are not all that into NASCAR and all that goes lefty-left but I just have this to say about that…..