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Baja Ghia, I Must Have You
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The who-we-want-to-be-when-we-grow-up Mike Bumbeck of Clunkbucket rolled by Bug-in #35 at California Speedway and captured quite a few VW’s that have grown well beyond their minimalist intended use. How beyond? 11 second quarter mile beyond. A badass bug is one thing but this Baja Ghia’s got my blood pumping and gears turning. After all, read-to-be-mutated…
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Cars and Coffee Irvine Continues its Automotive Assembly of Awesome
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Cars and Coffee Irvine has been the place to see amazing vehicles. Regardless of what your favorite make/model/year/era may be, the fact of the matter is that it will be well represented every Saturday. Starting around 6:30am, vehicles of all shapes and sizes filter into the lot next to the Taco Bell building. We have…
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Calling all Hooniversians: Rename LeMons New England, win fabulous prizes!
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Here at Hooniverse, we’re all friends of LeMons. (As you are too, I imagine.) So any chance to help this organization achieve its goal of taking over the world achieving the zenith of crapcar racing excellence is welcome. And now you can join us!
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So You Like Racing Videos?
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We all love watching footage of automotibles from all eras racing around various tracks. Be it vintage film of the true pioneers of the sport or an Australian Touring Car season from a few years ago. Too bad there is no single source that allows you to view this in one place…oh wait, that’s the…
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Pep Boys, Italian style: Rome’s Autoricambi d'Epoca Giolitti
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Nestled between the kebab shops and knockoff purse stands across from Rome’s Termini station is a rather unassuming auto parts store. It seems like an oddball place for car parts: tourists getting their first glimpse of the Eternal City are looking for currency exchangers and shady Internet cafes rather than woodgrain Nardi three-spoke steering wheels…
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The 2011 Shelby GT500 – Courtesy of Our Friends at WebRides
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Our friends at WebRides were recently invited out to Virginia to sample the latest incarnation of the Shelby GT500. Hop the jump for a video that digs into the what’s new and also includes some on-track footage.
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Hell for Leather Shows Us the Anatomy of a Highside
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The above situation is about to go from a fast drift to a furious face full of asphalt. Friends-of-Hooniverse, HellForLeather found a nice photo sequence of a highside from the aggressive start to the (thankfully) thumbs-up finish. The shot above is just one in the series, head over to HFL to see the whole series. Bonus…
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Mecum Clears $41 MILLION in Sales at their Spring Classic
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The Annual Mecum Spring Classic vehicle auction recently wrapped up and total gross sales exceeded 41 million dollars. The auction lasted 5 days and the Mecum team is reporting a final sell-through rate of 66%. The Corvette pictured above was owned by Harley J. Earl and crossed the block after someone decided $925,000 was the…
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Submission Thursday: Dime Edition
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This is a tale of love and loss, twists and turns and even a surprise or two. No it’s not an M.Night Shyamalan script, this is a story from one of our beloved readers, Mr_Biggles, about a man and his Datsun.
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Hooniverse Weekend Edition: 1971 AMC Matador Machine?
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This was the little-known follow-up to the 1970 AMC Rebel Machine. This article was posted in Automotive Traveler in March of this year, but it is still timely, and a great read.
