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Plenty of Room to Haul Spare Apex Seals: '75 Mazda RX3 Wagon
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Some day in the not-too-distant future, early-to-mid ’70s rear wheel drive Japanese cars may well be worth more than their domestic contemporaries. This may come about as the slightly younger Japanese nostalgia crowd reaches the prime purchasing power years (otherwise known as mid-life) and Baby Boomers move on to retirement homes. The low sales numbers…
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Streetwalker: Charger With A Landau Roof
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Here’s a helpful hint for anyone trying to sell a car. We all know that providing plenty of information to a potential buyer is helpful, but perhaps writing all of that information on a giant poster that gets displayed in the window is not the best idea.
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Screw it, We're Moving to Sweden
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An old pal from a job that’s partially responsible for my screen name tipped me to some top-shelf Swedish vodka insanity. We bring you the Heron Hillclimb, which we can best describe as a mini Pike’s Peak mixed with a typical crop of Cars and Coffee attendees. Seriously, this is madness…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The Lingenfelter Collection Images
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Once again, we are treated to the wonders of photography thanks to Mike the Dog (Thanks Man!). These are from the Lingenfelter Collection, and Mike took these shots while attending the Orphan Show Car Cruise on Saturday. Make the jump to see more images.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite American Car?
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Okay, so this week, we’ve been looking at America’s bread and butter car makers who have, over the years, put our great nation on the road, and which of each make was your nominee for history’s best. Today, we’re going to both expand the field – opening it up to all comers, and get down…
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What's Wrong With This Picture?
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Have you ever pined for a Corvette, but felt that two seats and competent handling just weren’t your bag? Well, just as Burger King will accommodate your freakish penchant for a burger sans pickles and lettuce, Corvette enthusiast and family man Gene Swatek will build you a Vette you and the whole family can enjoy.
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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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V.I.S.I.T. – Orange Swedish Door Stopper Edition
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It’s a gorgeous spring day in Seattle, despite our intentional propaganda to the contrary designed to keep pesky tourists away. That didn’t stop this Swedish emigre from settling down in Ballard, home to many old Swedes and their cars. Full gallery below.
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Mine engine mystery is solved!
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I was close, so close… Well ok, I had the correct manufacturer.
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Don't Let this '69 Subaru 360 Slip Through Your Fingers
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An eBay seller whose screen name seemed familiar has decided to let this Subaru 360 go with no reserve. As of this writing, that means a little over a grand. It runs and drives, but needs attention. The paint’s not bad by our standards, but most would call it crappy. The driver’s side floor has…
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Morrisville Car Show: How do you want to lose your hearing?
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Audiologists warn you that hearing damage can come at 120 decibels. They have clearly never been around Raymond Grabowski’s supercharged 700-horsepower Dodge Challenger drag racer. A typical, run-of-the-mill daily driver [nggallery id=58]
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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The 10th Generation of the Ford Thunderbird; A Bargain you should know about.
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What late-model (less than 15 years old), V8-powered four-seater with an independent rear suspension can you often buy for less than $3,000? If you answered the 1991 to 1997 Ford Thunderbird, pat yourself on the back. You guessed right. And if you knew this, you probably bleed Ford Blue Oval Blue.
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Happy 87th Birthday Carroll Shelby
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Carroll Shelby turns 87 today. There may be varying opinions out there about the man, but there is no question about the man’s ability to drive cars for other companies or to produce them for his own company. Here at Hooniverse we wanted to take second to wish you, Carroll Shelby, a happy 87th birthday.…
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Chevy Enthusiast via Hooniverse: The 1975 – 76 Chevy Cosworth Vega
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One Vega for the price of two!
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Georgia On My Mind Edition
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Founded in 1989, Panoz Auto Development is the brainchild of Dan Panoz. With the help of his father Don, they formed a racing team which builds their own cars and happens to produce a few for the street. One of those models is the Panoz Esperante seen above. I have spied this car running around…
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Hooniverse at the Detroit Auto Show – Well, Not Really, Kinda, Sorta…..
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The North American International Auto Show opens next week (January 11th) and it will be covered by two illustrious Hooniverians, except that they will be covering the event for (Redacted). Want to know who will be there, and better yet, take an unvarnished look at what they look like? All will be revealed after the…