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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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This Papercraft Überbird Soars into My Heart
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Reader SmokyBurnout has recently taken up the wonderful art of papercraft. He stumbled across a template for a 1984 BMW 635CSi. Not content with the basic German goodness contained in the kit, he decided to produce his own version. The result has my jaw on the floor. Hop the jump for photos of what this…
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'79 BMW 635CSI, for You, We Would Jump Through a Thousand, Million Hoops
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California’s Smog control policies get a mostly undue bad rap. First off, everything ’75 and earlier is a free for all. Post-’75, you have to pass a visual inspection and the sniffer test. It’s also pretty easy to do engine swaps, provided the new engine is from the same model year or later and still…
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V.I.S.I.T. – Narrow-Tracked Rootes Edition
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, this Commer FC van caused a nearly neck-breaking doubletake driving through Seattle. How many of these could possibly live outside the UK? And since the first sighting weeks ago, it has been taunting me, never around when I had my camera handy. That is, until yesterday …
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When Live Gives You Alcohol and Spare Junk – Make Deathmachines!
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Where is this? What is this? Why is it on Hooniverse.com? The answers you seek lie on the other side…
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Morrisville Car Show: How do you want to lose your hearing?
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Audiologists warn you that hearing damage can come at 120 decibels. They have clearly never been around Raymond Grabowski’s supercharged 700-horsepower Dodge Challenger drag racer. A typical, run-of-the-mill daily driver [nggallery id=58]
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Hooniverse Asks- If You Could Run Any Car Company, Which One Would It Be, And What Would You Change?
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Let’s say you’re walking done the beach, and you come across an old oil lamp. Picking it up, you rub the side to clear away the grime and seaweed and out puts a genie who awards you for freeing him from the lamp with one wish (it used to be three, but times are tough),…
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The Land Rover Experience Driving School
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I’m in the southern part of Vermont. The temperature displayed on the crisp LCD screen in front of me reads 34 degrees Fahrenheit. I sit inside a 2010 Land Rover Range Rover and my body is warmed by the heated seats, the dark leather and wood trim, my Helly-Hansen snowboard pants (which I haven’t worn…
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2010 Lexus IS F
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Comfort, subtle style, and luxury are three things that the Lexus brand has come to be known for. Aggressive noise and a pulse-quickening V8 engine are not. The 2010 Lexus IS F doesn’t simply ignore the cozy standards set by the rest of the brand – it screams past them at high-velocity leaving only the…
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'59 Berkeley B-95 Has Big Schnoz, Royal Enfield Power
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Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but a 750cc Royal Enfield engine can cure many ills.
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Hooniverse Asks- What Kind of Girl (or Guy) is Your Car?
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We all assign our vehicles some sort of personality based on their traits. Whether it be the guy with the axe from the Brawny® paper towel wrapper that comes to mind every time your see your F250, or the chick from An Education as you slip behind the wheel of your Se7en, something must come…
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Fanny-B for Sale
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If you enjoy having odd little things throbbing between your legs, then this 1959 Francis Barnett may very well fit the bill.
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Jet Boy – Jet Girl: A Pair of Matra DJets Make eBay Seem Somehow More Magical
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It’s rare to stumble upon a single Matra DJet in the plebeian confines of eBay Motors, but right now there’s an Ohio seller with both a ’67 and a ’68 up for grabs. Not only that, but he’s set each with a By It Now so you don’t even have to wait for the auctions…
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Last Call- Tony the Tiger Edition
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First Frosted Flakes, now his Audi- Tony’s a really “up” kinda’ guy.
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Hooniverse Asks- What's the Greatest Celebrity-Related Car, Truck or Bike?
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James Dean called his Porsche 550 Spider Lil’ Bastard, and That concevably could have been the last words to escape his lips as his silver sportscar plowed into Donald Turnupseed’s Ford Tudor on a lonely stretch of desert highway. That accident cut short Dean’s career, and sealed the fate of the little Porsche in the…
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Showdown: Land of the Rising Maple Leaf Edition
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It’s been a while since our last Showdown, where the bruiser Lincoln Capri crushed a Ginetta G4 under its ‘Merican heel. This week, we’re not crossing an ocean, just the 49th Parallel. Hearing the (old) news (for the first time via Autoblog) that those dirty Quebecois are looking to restrict importation of RHD imports reminded…