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Help a Hoon: Curse of the Neun-Elf
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There are many tasks that are difficult, and then there are those peculiar few challenges that seem completely insurmountable. This is where only eagles dare, where the brave stalwartly reside. And then there are tasks that make grown men weep: like conducting an intervention on a Porschephile to cure him of his self-destructive habit.
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Craziest Engines Appendix A: Railton Special – When One W12 Aircraft Motor Isn't Enough
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Deartháir’s post was unbelievably awesome, and it shook loose this nugget from my skull about airplane-engined insane cars. The Railton covers all the bases: unusual aircraft-derived engine cylinder layout, multiple engines, unusual power delivery.
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Epic Hoons: Waldo Dean Waterman and His Flying Cars
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I like the phrase “batshit mad” a lot, and I probably use it more than I should. The problem is, when you’re in my line of work, the list of euphemisms that convey both insanity and awe are few and far between. If ever “batshit mad” had an appropriate subject, it would be Waldo Waterman,…
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Party Like It's 1981: AMC Eagle Kammback
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Recipe for one AMC Eagle Kammback: Take the aerodynamic theories of Wunibald Kamm, and then throw them out the window.
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The Epitome of Anti-Hoon: EZ Rimz 4 Rent
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There’s a guy I know, let’s call him Jim, who upon seeing the umpteenth strip mall in a row, more than 5 minutes of network TV, or a stretch Hummer limo full of homecoming royalty texting to each other from across its velveteen interior, is liable to shake his head and mutter about the “cultural…
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Hell. Yes. '15 American-LaFrance 14.5 liter Speedster … 'nuff Said.
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No, this isn’t a replica of Lord Humungus’ chariot of death … it’s an American-LaFrance Speedster, circa 1915. This eBay find is so chock full of the primordial building blocks of unprecedented hooning potential that it’s difficult to summarize. Let’s begin with the fact that this is a factory-built race car constructed around that own…
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The Otherwordly Howl of Turbonique
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPkxd7PYmTA[/youtube] Hi, I’m Turbonique. You may remember me from such thrilling films as, Rocket Drag Axle Zombies Attack (in Drag!) and Strict Products Liability My Ass! Do you folks realize that in the wild, carefree days of the ’60s, I sold rocket-powered insanity to a jubilant and un-litigious drag racing crowd? Relive the nostalgia through…
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Half-Car Driving Rodeo Roundup: Git-R-(Half)-Dun!!!
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Ever looked at a dilapidated FWD car and suddenly … PAH! … it hits you that the majority of the sheetmetal and a couple of the wheels are just dead weight? Wouldn’t it make hooning that boring Suzuki Swift much more fun, dangerous, and most of all, dangerous, if you just hacked off the back…
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Hoonivision: Zaporozhets Gullwing Edition
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ksowZ3AvCo[/youtube] While the Iron Curtain kept many bourgeois capitalist warmongering influences out, the Zaporozhets ZAZ-96X permeated that barrier via the NSU Prinz, which in turn looked across the Atlantic for some inspiration via the Corvair. Fast forward several decades, add some globalization, and sprinkle in a little “Pimp My Ride” flavor, and you’ll end up…
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Hoonivision: This Electrifying Fiberfab Valkyrie is the Antichrist
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_kvNCXbqtc[/youtube] There’s something horrifyingly seductive about an electrified Fiberfab Valkyrie …. you could rig it to run silent, sneak up behind unsuspecting enemies (Tesla owners?), and blast them right in the mucus membranes with an air-cannon filled with Bondo dust (judging by the bodywork, you’d likely have ample ammunition in the footwells). Now, if this…
