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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Chevy Trailblazer and its Five Clones.
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During the new millennium America’s love affair with the Sport Utility Vehicle was in full bloom, with the mid-sized versions as the sales leaders. These vehicles were the replacements for the unloved minivans and station wagons of yesterday. General Motors was desperately trying to modernize their offerings while increasing production levels to keep the fat…
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Temptation, Thy Name Is Datsun
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I stumbled across this beautiful little Datsun 510 recently, hidden in an alcove beside an old service station. For all intents and purposes, it’s been relegated to lesser duties as a piece of art, resting just beyond the sidewalk. While it serves its new duties remarkably well there, I can’t help but feel that it…
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Automotive Traveler; A Website with a Quiet Difference
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The Automotive Blogosphere seems to be filled with fan sites, empty content, and snarky comments. I have been as guilty as anyone in pushing the type of babble that permeates the big name websites, and almost all the sites have the same formula, well except this one that is. You know the drill at other…
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Mystery Car Revealed, er Confirmed
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Well despite my best efforts to obfuscate and lead astray by flipping the image, it took almost no time at all for Festiva_Movement to divine that it was in fact a Ferrari 575M Superamerica. Touted as the World’s fastest convertible, the 199-mph flip top rocked the 575M’s hottest motor and an innovative but homely glass…
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Spyker Saab: Saab Spyker: Spyker Saab Spyker: Nope, I'll never get used to it.
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Well it looks like GM held a surprise Press Conference this morning at 11:30 Eastern Standard Time. The internet was buzzing with anticipation that there will be an announcement that a savior has rescued Saab, in the form of a quirky Dutch Supercar Builder named Spyker. Is this really in the best interest of Saab?
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Last Call- Cruel Mistress Edition
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The owner of this Testarossa needs to take it in and have the transmission looked at. It seems it’s getting sloppy seconds.
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Last Call- Tea and Sympathy Edition
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Before there were Starbucks on every corner, British motorists had to fend for themselves when they wanted a spot of tea while zipping down the M4.
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Hooniverse Asks- Do You Still Wax On – Wax Off?
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Hooniverse reader B72 was musing the other day, when the infectious warm-weather mix tape standard Summertime by Will Smith dropped by his head and decided to stay for a while. That got him thinking about the lyrics everybody frontin’ and maxin’ – chillin’ in the car they spent all day waxin’ which raised two questions in…
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Last Call- Ladies First Edition
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That’s Bill D on the bike, and the bird in the air is his partner in crime, Destiny. The event was the XDL East Sickest Trick contest and the photographer describes the action thusly: This was their tandem attempt at sickest trick for XDL East, $500 cash, and other prizes. Both starting out on the…
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Hooniverse Parting Shot: The Chrysler PT Cruiser – Its Almost Dead!
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Introduced at the start of the decade, the PT Cruiser was originally conceived as a Plymouth model based on the well-received Pronto Cruiser concept version, but then elevated to a Chrysler when it became apparent that the Plymouth brand was going to be euthanized. As one of the vehicles that ushered in the retro-based styling…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The Kid, the Rolex24 and the Pits, Part 2
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Have you ever been to the pits and garage area of the Rolex24 Hours of Daytona? At 2:30 am? Well this olelongrooffan has so join me as my 15 year old nephew and I watch those Hoons in sleep deprived action! As this olelongrooffan mentioned in Part 1, this was the Kid’s first time to…
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Last Call- S40 Not Found Edition
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404 error: Volvo Not Found The Volvo you requested was not found Did you mean to drive http://www.volvoS60.com? You will be automatically redirected there within 5 seconds. Maybe you should look at: The Main Page The List of All Volvos Available Image source: [Imgur.com]
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What's Your Eleanor? – Deartháir Edition
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When I was just a wee young lad, my father gave me a toy car that had been his favourite when he was younger. I’m not entirely certain of the story behind the toy, but I can’t help but notice that the toy was issued in 1961, when my father would have been 16. Knowing…
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Pardon Our Grease
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In case you hadn’t noticed, things have been a bit wonky over the last 36 hours. This is your fault. All of you for showing up so often and reading a bunch of posts, resulting in us getting a bit of a reprimand from our hosting providers at Inmotion Hosting. East Coast David is helping…
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Trade my 1973 Mustang Convertible for your plane
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Got an old Cessna in your backyard that just doesn’t get any love anymore? How about an ultralight in your garage collecting dust? Have I got a deal for you!
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The Mother of All Vintage Drag Picture Threads
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Be it F1, rally, stock cars or drag, vintage racing is a peerless paradigm of authentic automotive awesomeness. The sponsors were few, the cars were metal and the helmets were open faced. On some level, old-school drag racing wins points for being the most low-budget, under-engineered, whittled to a single purpose activity. F1 is a…