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  • Dichotomous Awesome of No Equal

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    Esteemed Hoonigans, it is my great pleasure to present to you self-propelled Yin and Yang, Genius and Insanity, Design Intent and Functional Afterthought.; also known as what may arguably be one of the most hooneriffic vehicles to ever see mass-production:  the 1956-1965 Willys-Jeep FC-150.    A rare breed even its day, our specimen comes to us…

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  • Farm Truck

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSZ05X3H-xE&feature=popt02us0b[/youtube]. The mere fact that you are hanging out here at Hooniverse dictates that you should already have knowledge of Farm Truck.  If you stumbled in here completely by accident and decided to stay, you can find some additional info on Farm Truck here.  That said, watching Farm Truck never gets old and if seeing it…

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  • Project Runningblade

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    The more I explore the Hooniverse the more I realise that you can literally race anything.  Barstools?  Yep.  Recliners?  Of course!  Lawnmowers?  Sure, lawnmower racing has been around for years.  Setting landspeed records on a fully functional lawnmower?  Now that is something different.

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  • Chugga chugga hoon hoon!

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    What is the one thing that everyone has pondered doing at one point in their life but never done? And don’t lie, you know you have all thought about it… Build your own train of course! Well, these guys did it. What started out as an apparent conversation over beers in a pub (which is…

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  • This is My Dream Car: Sultan of Brunei Mercedes-Benz S73 T AMG

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    Pop quiz: If you had mountains upon mountains of f***-you money, what would you spend most of it on? Granted, if you say you’ll spend equal to or less than 50% of it on more typical items like booze, drugs, gambling and/or loose women or men, I won’t judge. However, if you don’t plan to…

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  • Craving a Captive Import? Try a 1958 Vauxhall Victor Estate

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    If you stop and think about it, GM has never really been able to hit all the right buttons with regard to selling cars from its foreign subsidiaries over here. Many, like the Cadillac Catera and the Daewoo-built Pontiac Le Mans, sold okay but didn’t have much PAH! coursing through their veins, to put it…

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  • Look Out Honey, ‘Cause I’m Using Technology! DTM Class 1 Gloriousness

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCS7CBcHxtA[/youtube] In case you haven’t been paying attention, we love touring car racing. So does Sam Smith over at [REDACTED] Jalopnik, particularly the DTM of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. But even though data collected by the scientific community over the years unanimously supports the hypothesis that it is impossible to front on the…

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  • Toilet Paper, Candy, and Other Things for Hoons to be Thankful For

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    Thanksgiving is a time for family, food, and fellowship, but it’s also a time to reflect.   Even our friends north of the border can partake of these sentiments; they’re not betrothed to any one day, even if life’s hectic pace demands a scheduled timeout! in order to fully partake.   The sentiment of “thanks” is…

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  • 25-year-late Endorsement, REVEALED!

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    Well, after the jump, of course…

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  • Best Endorsements: 25 Years Late Edition

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    We’ve all seen them.  We’ve oft been told, “Run, don’t walk” from them.   We’ve told ourselves this also, as if by instinct.  We’ve experienced the anguished crises of conscience whenever we encounter one along our travels.   Some are landmarks and stomping grounds, old friends on the street; new ones are at once strange yet oh-so-familiar,…

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