-
Thursday Trivia
/
/
comments
Welcome to Thursday Trivia where we offer up a historical automotive trivia question and you try and solve it before seeing the answer after the jump. It’s like a history test, with cars! This week’s question: What model of car was involved in the accident that inspired John Lennon to write A Day in the Life, which contained…
-
Last Call: Feeling a Little Blue Edition
/
/
comments
Maybe you could cheer it up by putting it on a silver car. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. Image: Imgur
-
Craigslist Crapshoot
/
/
comments
Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer. Last week we went looking for the best deals in Lincolns the classifieds had to offer. That’s a big order as unlike Cadillac, Lincoln has never made any really small cars. We’ll see what turned up…
-
Hooniverse Asks: What’s History's Weirdest Car Dealership Mascot?
/
/
comments
Cal Worthington is perhaps the Los Angeles area’s most famous car dealer personality. His schtick—having dealerships open until all hours of the night, lots of TV spots targeted at insomniacs, and his own theme song (go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal…)—cemented the Stetson-wearing salesman’s place in the pantheon of local color. One…
-
Last Call: Insane Clown Posse Edition
/
/
comments
It recently struck me as I passed one going down the street—the white Toyota 4Runner SR5 TRD Pro is the official car of Juggalos. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. Image: PBS.org
-
Track Tuesday: Name That Track
/
/
comments
Welcome to Track Tuesday where you are asked to identify a (maybe) famous race or test track from just one closely-cropped aerial image. This week, it’s a short track. Good luck! Since no one managed to identify last week’s track the answer may be found here. Image: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved
-
Hooniverse Asks: Automatics Are So Good, Do Manuals Even Matter Any More?
/
/
comments
Have you ever heard of the VW/Porsche Sportomatic transmission? This was an attempt at an automatic/manual gearbox by the German collaborators which effectively added a torque converter and pneumatic clutch actuation to a standard four-speed synchromesh transaxle. The clutch was signaled by a microswitch in the gear knob and the driver still had to shift the…
-
Last Call: Then and Now Edition
/
/
comments
It’s hard to picture just how small the original Shelby Cobra is without some sort of contextual comparison. Here’s a slab-side Cobra sitting next to one of the smallest sports cars of the modern era, a second generation Mazda MX-5 Miata. Compare and contrast. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant…
-
Because it's Monday: Let's Have a Summer Affair
/
/
comments
The 1971 film Il Sole Nella Pelle (American Title Summer Affair) is notable for two things: its lead, Ornella Muti, whom you might remember as Ming the Merciless’ conniving daughter in the Sci-Fi classic Flash Gordon, and a scene set in the Lamborghini factory, filled with all kinds of equally lovely Lambos. The plot of…
-
Hooniverse Asks: What's the Longest Trip You've Ever Taken By Car?
/
/
comments
I have crossed the Continental United States six times by car, amazingly none of the trips being made in a Lincoln Continental or Porsche Continental Coupe. That lack of ironic connection is my only lament to any of the trips. The United States is a vast expanse, and some of its States—like California and Texas—are even…
