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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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Speed Reads- Collector's Originality Guides- Ford Mustang and Model A
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Collector’s Originality Guides- The ’64 1/2 -’66 Mustang and Ford Model A Although you might not think so, the Ford Model A and First Generation Mustang have a lot in common. Both cars represented an entry into an uncharted category for the Blue Oval.
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Craigslist Noir
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Some things look better in black and white- crime dramas in which the women are referred to as “dames,” Ansel Adams prints, and, according to this seller, Bertone X1/9s. Admittedly, the duotone presentation does allow the inevitable rust to fade into the background hue, but you’d think that having a big BERTONE sticker in the…
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Burnout Win: Dahlbäck Audi SportQuattro Shows How It's Done
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUL6jFvCk8A[/youtube] Okay, this actually doesn’t have a lot to do with a burnout, it’s just generally a video of a very nice SportQuattro showing off, but the clip at the end is a very nice contrast to the epic failure of the Neon earlier. And the soundtrack for this little car is practically music. Nobody…
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Caption this: If the engine fits, hoon it.
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Hmmmm, now where in the hell did I leave my keys? Via
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Comet Cyclone: Scariest Meteorological Event Imaginable or Sweet Mini-Muscle Find?
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Seriously, a swirling storm of large balls of ice and rock would be pretty scary. Luckily, this here ’65 Mercury is only frightening if we’re talking about stock handling or braking. For those unaware, the Comet was Mercury’s Falcon platform-mate from a time when the brands’ offerings differed by more than grills and badges. Compared…
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Last Call- Remember Where We Parked Edition
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This looks like a job for Mr. Plow. Image source:[Imgur.com]
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Hooniverse Asks- Did You Pass Your Driver's Test the First Time?
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For a lot of us, our driver’s test may be but a vague memory. That right of passage, the first step on the road to adulthood, can be a freeing experience. It can also be an embarrassing nightmare.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Favorite Car-Related TV Show?
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You can’t fulfill all your automotive entertainment needs on Hooniverse alone, or even the vast intergalactic wasteland that is the Internet. No, sometimes you’ve got to plop down in front of the TV and get some good wrench-turning, tire smoking, auction blocking goodness.
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Auto Racing Must Be Outlawed!
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[singlepic id=1541 w= h= float=center] This was the rally cry of senator Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon, in this January 1959 article from Mechanix Illustrated. Four years after the Le Mans disaster, a year Brock Yates labeled “one of professional sports car racing’s worst years,” Neuberger decried auto racing as “wanton, tragically unnecessary bloodshed.” In…
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Craigslist Find: International No-Brainer Edition
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Eureka! That’s what you’ll be saying about this idiot-proof steal, because that’s where you’re going in order to rescue this leviathan from certain doom…
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Cast Your Vote For Hooniversal Car of the Year – Because the Decade Doesn't Start Until We Say So
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In our typical making-it-up-as-we-go fashion, we kinda kicked off the whole Hooniversal Car of the Year on a whim and never decided who’d wrap it all up. I just checked the post queue, and it appears no one else is, so here we go. Jump!
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V.I.S.I.T. 25th Anniversary Vette Celebrates in the Hollywood Hills
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One of my buddies is a film director. As that’s a gig that offers a modicum of downtime, he gets in some exercise by hiking up the wending roads of the Hollywood Hills behind his house. Those be-sneakered sojourns allow him to contemplate life’s more important questions- such as why won’t Scorsese return his calls? and…
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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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Lock Up Your Children! Suspiciousvans.com Cruises Neighborhood
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Sometimes you wish certain things were creatively photoshopped joke images. Unfortunately (or fortunately, and regardless, hilariously) suspicousvans.com wants to creep up behind you, stuff you inside, and make you laugh.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The Imposters by Aurora
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Aurora Plastics was known for their model kits of aircraft, cars, and action figures, while offering a very successful line of H.O Scale Slot Car Racing Sets. However, in 1971 or 1972 they introduced a group of toys called the Imposters (Sp). Thanks to a tip to Hoooniverse Central, anyone who grew up in the…