Articles
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Last Call- Self Service Edition
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If there’s a warning sticker advising against it, you know that means at some point somebody was caught doing it. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Hooniverse Asks- What's The Best Hood Ornament?
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They originally served a vital function, acting as cap, and sometimes sight glass for your car’s radiator- important in an age before ethyl glycol became a common cooling system additive. But as cars evolved less of a need to blow off steam, and radiators shrunk back behind expressive grilles, so too did the hood-mounted mascots…
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Hooniverse: The Calendar
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Ok, before y’all get too excited, no, we do not have a Hooniverse calendar coming out, that I know of anyway. Though that would be pretty friggin awesome… I mean I would totally buy like 3 and I know like 4 other people who would also buy some. but I digress…
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Is this creation really based on a Harley Davidson?
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This was submitted to the Hooniverse Tip Line recently (Thanks Jason), and since it is Two Wheel Tuesday……
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Cars and Coffee, Montrose, April 24th 2010
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Another weekend, another great collection of (mostly) classic machinery. We’re doing our best to bring you that which you haven’t seen before, and CnC Montrose has yet to come up short. Hit the jump to see our own little contribution to the mix.
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Adventures in model-hooning: An Interview with Michael Paul Smith, Part III
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Today we conclude our interview series with Michael Paul Smith; previously, we discussed his background in scale modeling and then some of his techniques and inspiration. But I know there’s a small (at least I hope it’s small) number of you who yet might dare indignance: “Yeah yeah, them’s there models is real cute…
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Announcing…Italian Week!
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So I’ve finally wiped the cannoli stains off my hands and dug through the 1.21 jiggawatts gigabytes of photos secreted from the Hooniverse European Offices (a sketchy Internet Cafe with a homeless guy who smelled like vinegar and Lamisil) to bring you an entire week of basil/Parmigiano-Reggiano-scented content! I’ll be showcasing all my findings from…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Meet a customized Fiero made to look like a Contemporary Riviera; The Zimmer Quicksilver!
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Happy Fathers Day, and I hope you are enjoying all the special Hooniverse Postings on the first summer weekend of 2010. Here is a car that was produced by a company known for their over the top Neo-Classic Replicars. The question I have is why did they even bother with the Quicksilver? Looking at a…
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Vote for Pedo
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Do you need a truck that has an open bed, but still want the anonymity of a van when handing out candy to the neighborhood kids? Well, helpful hoon Tanshanomi was leafing through an old issue of Field & Stream, when he came across this cool vintage ad for Ford’s Econoline pickup. Not only does…
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A Ranchero So Ugly, They Wouldn't Even Let it in the Barn
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Yup, they found it under a tree, next to the barn. Under a layer of leaves. Good news is, Ford smallblocks are cheap and easy to fix, so apparently it runs great. The seller had his priorities correct; in addition to the engine work he had the bench seat redone and…nothing else. But with a…
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Hooniverse Asks- What Do You Want to See Spyker Do With Saab?
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Spyker’s motto is “Nulla tenaci invia est via”, or “No road is impassable for he who perseveres,” and they managed to overcome Russian investors, brusque GM lawyers and their own financial instability to apparently come out the winner (using that term loosely) in the contest for the gold ring that is Saab.
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Last Call- That's a Lot of Chainsaws Edition
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Yes, there’s a bike in the picture. For those of you who can see it, that’s 24 Dolmar chainsaws powering the drag bike. Strangely, for a chainsaw-powered machine, it uses a belt for its final drive. In case you were wondering what that would sound like we’ve got the video of it being started after…
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Hooniverse Asks-What Do You Want For Your Hearse (Eventually)?
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Harold had an E-Type, Polish President Lech Kaczynski rocked a custom Maserati, while Michael Jackson strangely enough had but a somber Cadillac. We’re talking about hearses of course, and as that’s the last car you’d be riding in, we want to know how you’d like to go.
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Tri-Star Space Coupes: The Starion Showdown
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For some reason whenever I think of the Mitsubishi Starion, my mind wanders to the classic space tale “The Last Starfighter”. The excellent (or perhaps, totally rad) story of Alex Rogan, the galaxy’s greatest hero. The movie came out in 1984 and the Mitsubishi Starion made its North American debut in 1983. Today I present…
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SLAP CHOP! Quickie photochops worth a thousand cuss words.
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In the comments for last week’s Thunderbird question, I posted a couple of quick thumbnail paste-ups of how a new T-bird derivative might look. It’s something I’ve done a number of times; I sometimes use an image-editing software package called Adobe® Photoshop® (perhaps you’ve heard of it; it’s rather popular with the young people, I’ve…
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Found on Ebay: Seven Deadly Sins Edition
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Deuteronomy 5:21 ‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’ But what if your neighbor owns an original 7?