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Ok Bring A Trailer, You Win – 8 Corvairs, 20 Engines, Hesperia
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Here at Hooniverse, we work hard to bring you the most absurd, most marriage-ending and homeowners-association-distressing project cars available. We won’t be happy until each and every Sunday night, each and every one of you inundates the tips line with tales from your weekend wrenching exploits. That said, we know we’re not on the only…
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The American Muscle/Swarr Auto V6 Mustang Project Car
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American Muscle and Swarr Auto have teamed up to turn their wrenches on an unlikely project car candidate. A 2005 V6 Mustang has received their attention. I can see the appeal in wanting to turn a V6 into something more exciting. I wish they went a little more on the sleeper side, but the results…
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A Lap of LeMans, in 1959, in a Jaguar. Bliss!
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DulNn2tlTFs[/youtube] Once again, The Incomparable Mr. Scroggs has sent along a find from the Tube of You. Simply put, it is a trip around the Circuit de La Sarthe with Mike Hawthorn in a Jaguar D-type prior to the race. I’m not going to spoil it by commenting any further; but it is worth watching,…
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Showdown: Dirt Wagon Edition
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Over the weekend, UDMan pitted arch-rival Chevy and Ford pickups against one another, but it was more of a philosophical thing, what with no poll and all. It’s also roughly tied based on the comments. The last time we kept score, the Marlin turned the Barracuda to chum. This time around, we’re looking at the…
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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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You Can't Save Them All
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I have a voracious ’78 International Scout Terra. Whereas most of my projects can subsist on a regular diet of morsels from the local parts store, this truck has had me sacrifice at least three others just like it to keep it on the road. My garage is my own Little Shop of Horrors, so…
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Cue the Benny Hill Music!
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This video make you want to plan your next European vacation around a trucker’s strike.
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Missed It: Bewinged 1973 Chevy Laguna Inspires TransAm Fantasies
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Ever found yourself attracted to someone or something when you know you shouldn’t be? Such is this 1973 Chevy Chevelle Laguna. Not a particularly handsome body style, ridiculous yellow paint topped off with a ridiculous wing, and I can’t get enough of it. It’s probably how the fenders drape perfectly over the black steelies. Seriously, I…
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The Secret of Ford's Success
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So that’s how Ford has managed to weather the economic downturn.
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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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American As Tweedy Pie – The Big Daddy Roth T-Bucket Is For Sale
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The Mecum Auction typically gets a range of quality but fairly standard muscle cars and classics. Occasionally an interesting movie car will pop up as well. The upcoming auction in Monterey (August 13-14) has quite a character-of-a-car crossing the block. Pull out your checkbook and put on your Vans and Wayfarers to take a crack…
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Last Call- Twice the Trunk Space Edition
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What’s better than one Ford Contour? Why one and a half of course. If you’re an A/V company looking for a place to store some of your junk in the trunk, then this guy wants to talk to you. Madison Craigslist.
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Hooniverse Asks- What Was Your Worst Car Repair Experience?
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Yesterday we asked about the bad experiences you had with buying a car, and you provided us with some great war stories about bad dealers, untrustworthy private sellers, and cars that weren’t all the ads said they were. Now that those nightmares are behind you, tell us what it’s been like to get them fixed.
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Obscure Muscle from the Past: The Jensen Interceptor
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Here is another one of my curve-ball postings about an Obscure Muscle Car you may have never though was a Muscle Car. I’m here to try and convince you that it is. Let’s find out if the Jensen Interceptor is indeed an Obscure Muscle Car
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Showdown: $10k Wagon Battle
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It’s long been the mission statement of Hooniverse to act as the online equivalent of standing around in the driveway, BSing about cars. As is often the case, things boil down to a showdown between two vehicles. Mustang Vs Camaro, Lancia Delta Integrale Vs WRX, Porsche 917 Vs Ford GT40. Rather than set things up…
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At First Sight: 1971 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
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I’ve spent the fair majority of my motoring life loathing the Corvette. Maybe that’s unfair to the car. After all, GM’s darling has nearly always represented a down-right insane performance bargain, but to me, that was always overshadowed by the cars’ owners. I don’t need to pontificate on any stereotypes here, but I just couldn’t…