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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?
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2010 Audi S4
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We all know Audi’s illustrious sporting history which ranges from Group B monsters to Pikes Peak killers. The current history features an exotic trio of R8s for the street and the mighty diesels that tackle the endurance racing world. It’s not just the Audi super vehicles which charm us with their sports car bravado and…
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The Top Ten Reasons Why Pontiac Failed; Part 3
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For the past two days, you saw my personal top nine reasons why Pontiac failed, and it all leads up to the number one reason, revealed today. I have also included a response from my original article with a totally different list. So, what do you think my top reason for Pontiac’s death is?
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Hooniverse Asks- Who Has Had The Most Disappointing Racing Turn?
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Now that Danika Patrick has had a couple of turns of the wheel in NASCAR, where things generally haven’t been going her way, she’s gotten all pouty about the whole thing. But there have been other drivers who have made even less auspicious debuts, and we want some suggestions as to the one that was…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Best Jet or Space-Related Car Name?
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The announcement last week of Mercury’s impending demise got me thinking about the loss of that venerated name from the new car lexicon. While that brand was named after a Roman messenger god, Mercury is also the name of the tiny planet that circles closest to our sun, which naturally led me to start thinking…
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Hooniverse Asks- What's On Your Automotive Bucket List?
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None of us will ever be as cool as Jack. Hell, few of us are as icy smooth as Mr. Freeman there. But just like the two septuagenarian actors, one day we’ll all meet our maker. Before that happens, there’s a list – as used for the central plot device in The Bucket List –…
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The Uberbird Has Landed!
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Yep, it’s that time of year again where we get to live vicariously through the eyes of our Grand Imperial Poobah as he bashes his knuckles and spend most of his weekend swapping out broken car parts races ‘ol one-fo-three around the track in an attempt to take home all the cash nickels. Check back…