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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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Hooniverse Asks- What's Your Best Move?
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfB4caKAcc[/youtube] One of the coolest guys in the movies or on TV has got to be James Garner. I mean, how many people have a driving move named after their TV character? While many a Firebird owner – as exemplified by the guy in the video above – would like to master the technique, few…
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Greenspan's Classic Car and Bike Show
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Greenspan’s is a clothing store in downtown Los Angeles. They hold an annual car show for classics and lowriders. The most recent show was this past March 14th and it was captured by photographer/videographer Abraham Manuel Calderón. The music, slow panning shots, and excellent iron all add up to one awesome video. Hop the jump…
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Devilleamino – Because those Hearse Kids Need their Lunch Money Stolen
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Frequently ‘amino-ed cars come with a story along the lines of “Cletus bet me I couldn’t…”, but this one’s pretty straightforward. It’s a 1962 Cadillac-based flower car…basically a hearse-amino. The body’s rough and the interior’s shot, but it looks like it’s all there, mechanically speaking. Apparently flower cars are super-rare, so the $3,950 asking price…
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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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I Don't Think This is an April Fool's Joke
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The Chrysler/Maserati TC has gone down in history as one of the more horrible offspring of two parents who may have imbibed too much chianti on the night of conception. That combination of Chrysler chassis and Maserati-modded motor lived up to neither the sporting pretensions of the Italians, nor the luxury pedigree of previous Chryslers.…
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Last Call- World's Fastest Bias-Ply Tires Edition
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This morning’s Hooniverse Asks led with a cutaway drawing of Porsche’s insane flat 12 racing motor. I just thought you all might like to see the first iteration of the car that carried it, the 917. From the Flickr page: When the brochure went out for the 1969 Geneva Auto Show it featured an announcement…
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What new cars do you want to see us review?
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Here at Hooniverse we have a fondness for the old/classic/busted/unusual/LeMons/exotic/cheap/expensive vehicles of the world. The problem is that we also like new cars. These two worlds can co-exist (daily driver vs project car) peacefully, I promise. We have posted a few new car reviews but they have all been expensive, high-powered machines. Wait, what’s the…
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Hooniverse Asks- Could You Have a Decades-Long Relationship With One Car?
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See that nice lady up there? Her name is Anne Hesler, and according to the Seattle Post Intelligencer, she’s owned that car since 1961. That kind of devotion to one set of wheels is rare, and seemingly even frowned upon in our present-day conspicuous consumption-driven economy. But still, Ms. Hesler has managed to be true…
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Oldie But a Goodie: The Hire, aka The BMW Films
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In 2001, fresh off of two decades of kicking ass, BMW commissioned a series of films featuring its cars and a semi-unheard of British dude named Clive Owen. Years before people outside the WHO could get a job title including the word “viral”, these went viral in a big way. For you young’ns out there,…
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Adventures in model-hooning: An Interview with Michael Paul Smith, Part II
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In yesterday’s segment, we conversed at length relating to Mr. Smith’s background and introduction to the scale modeling hobby itself. (Missed it? Then be wise my fellow hoonigan, and read up first). Today we’ll get into some of the nitty-gritty, miniature-grease-in-the-fingernails stuff, so pour a drink, put the ambulance service on standby, and prepare for…
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SOVREN Immunity: Lotus 26R Spins 360, Doesn't Miss a Beat
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz4P6e_Yv3c[/youtube] For those of you who don’t know, the Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts is a racing club based in the Pacific Northwest, and home to a whole lot of sweet vintage iron (no later than 1969 for most classes). SOVREN is renowned for the kind of all-out racing that’ll force you to DNF unless…
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And the REAL winner is…
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Sure, it’s easy to run a bunch of laps in a BMW E30. That’s boring, though! Anyone can do that! What we really want to know is the winner of the Index of Effluency Award. This award is given to a car that you expect to run a few slow laps and “call it a…
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Someone Buy This Subaru 360
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This beautiful little Subaru 360 has been sitting on Craigslist for sale for some time now. And the longer it sits there, the longer our beloved damnElantra™ starts going crazy.
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And the winner is…
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The Race Hard Race Ugly BMW 325is! They finished 9.8 seconds before the Warthog Racing E30, and it could have gone either way.
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One very big, very Orange Truck: The New Freightliner Coronado!
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I received this video from the manufacturer, and so I thought I would share it with you. I put it up on my YouTube account, so enjoy. Source: Freightliner