Articles
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What’s Your Eleanor? – I’m Such a Square Edition
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My greatest love of all is an old, boxy lump of metal with a weezy little 1600cc motor. It screams early 1970’s middle class suburbia family wagon. I’ve seen molasses in winter move faster. It has a face only I could love and yet I lust after one, each and every day. This one here…
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: The Michigan Vintage Volkswagen Association's 2010 Gathering
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Ahhh, this was buried deep within the bowels of my e-mail account, and it looks like once again, Mike The Dog has come through with some beautiful images. This event happened on May 23rd, so I say better late than never. More Images after the jump!
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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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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Ugliest Car Sold today?
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Styling appreciation is subjective, and while we can have to-ma-to/tom-ah-to arguments on the merits of scoop placement and tire diameter to wheel opening ratios, there are some cars that most of us can agree, are just plain fugly.
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Last Call- Xzibit Edition
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Yo dawg, I herd you like low riding, so we put a low rider on your low rider so you can low ride in your low ride. Image source: [Imgur.com]
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Bristol Palin, Your Car Is Ready
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Perfect for chasing down meese, this vehicle was tracked down by our beloved bzr. Honestly, we’re not entirely sure what it was that he was searching for when he stumbled upon this, but however it happened, we’re glad he found it.
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Lewis Hamilton … is a dickhead
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Let me clarify that, Lewis Hamilton is a dickhead according to Australian Roads Minister Tim Pallas. This comes after Hamilton had his car impounded for doing burnouts last week. Australia has very strong anti-hoon laws and the state government recently launched a “Don’t Be a Dickhead” campaign. The name is hilariously awful, but it seems…
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Jalopnik Unveils New Manifesto, We Pontificate
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In case you missed it (or didn’t click on the post b/c it looks like something about with Tom Cruise), Jalopnik’s grand panjandrum Ray Wert just unleashed 13 paragraphs of…something. A mix of mea culpa, mission statement and call-to-arms, it seems they’ll be taking a more focused direction. Our thoughts after the jump.
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Hatchback Utility, V8 Power, Horrible Build Quality: V8 Chevy Monza
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Due to when I was born, when I think of crappy GM products, I think early 90s Cavaliers or Luminas; mostly vehicles that were crappy due to boringness or what they could’ve and should’ve been. By the time I was on the road, there were few truly defective cars to be had. I’m told GM’s…
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Last Call- Why I Don't Wear Suspenders Edition
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The truck didn’t make it, but we were able to save all twelve pallets! Image source: [thereifixeditdotcom]
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Last Call- Diversity Edition
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You might recognize the older guys in this photo- that’s Phil Hill on the left, and Dan Gurney on the right. The kid in the middle with the proud look on his face? Well, he would later go on to race for Gurney, and set a number of firsts in auto racing. Willy T Ribbs…
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Corre! Viene El Diablo! 350-Powered 914 Will Eat Your Soul
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The 914 is widely regarded as the best handling sports car no one loved. As always, Ate Up With Motor has a great writeup, for those interested. Getting back to something more Hooniverse flavored, this car (“El Diablo”) throws all that handling balance and subtlety out the window in favor of more cubes. Specifically 350…
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Hooniverse Editorial: The Standard of the World and How to Reinvent Cadillac – Part 2
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Yesterday, I brought up a question as to the viability of Cadillac in the Post GM Bankruptcy World, and how I thought it was time to move the “Standard of the World” upmarket to compete directly with Rolls Royce, Bentley, Mercedes-Benz, and even Lexus. It has been done before, and in this edition on How…
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Ready for some Photo Phriday Phun?
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Over the course of the next however-the-hell-I-feel-like-it minutes, I will post random awesomeness from around the tubes. It is Friday and you all want to get your weekend started properly… so here we go: The photo is titled ZondAss and was taken by Dennis Noten. [Found on TheAutoInsider’s Blog]
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Merde Incorporated: Peugeot 604 Turbodiesel Gives This 300SD Owner Pause
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Ask the average hoon to name a European full-size (by Continental standards, anyhow) sedan from the waning years of the Malaise Era, and chances are he or she will drop the name of the W126 Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the Series III Jaaaaaag Jaguar XJ, or the E23 BMW 7 Series. Above-average hoons might also cite the…
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The Orlando Tuner and Tunes Show
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This olelongrooffan taught another continuing construction course down in MickeyMouseLand on Sunday and while I was there I attended the Tuner and Tunes show out at the Orange County Fairgrounds.And, while I generally prefer classics vs. tuners, I do respect the talent these folks put into their preference of all things automotive. Know that every…