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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 1960 – 1969

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    In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race. We have already discovered the Pace Cars of the 50s, so its onto the venerable 1960s.

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 1950 – 1959

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    In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race, starting in 1950, and run by decade all the way up to 2010. Let’s start with…

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Getting to know your contributors

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    So I was going through my “other” PC and stumbled upon a bunch of old photos of past relationships.  I actually cried a little over loves lost.  In my third-of-a-century on the planet I have owned some oddball cars, and LOVED every one of them.  Join me, if you will, as I take a journey…

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  • Hoon Obit – The Chicago Car Spindle Artist Passes Away

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    The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Dustin Shuler, creator of Chicago’s Cermak Plaza Car Spindle, has passed away.

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  • I was supermotard before Supermotard was supermotard

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    As any 2-wheel hoon will tell you, motards, or streetified dirt bikes, are an unholy blast. Here’s mine, circa 1984. You might be tempted to call it a Supermotard, but at the time this bike was built, the term didn’t exist, or at least hadn’t migrated outside of France.

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  • Welcome to Dime Month at Hooniverse!

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    It comes but once every hundred years and this month shall go down in history as the first Dime month ever.  It’s the 5th month of the 10th year of the new century and we can think of no better way to celebrate 5/10 than to show our love for the mighty little Datsun 510! 

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  • Obscure Muscle from the Past: The Jensen Interceptor

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    Here is another one of my curve-ball postings about an Obscure Muscle Car you may have never though was a Muscle Car. I’m here to try and convince you that it is. Let’s find out if the Jensen Interceptor is indeed an Obscure Muscle Car

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  • Chevy Enthusiast via Hooniverse: An Alternative; The 1994 – 96 Caprice Wagon

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    If you had a chance to read the article on the 1994 to 1996 Impala SS Buyers Guide, good. These cars have an almost cult like following within the collector car community. Asking prices have remained steady, with unmolested and original vehicles actually increasing in value sharply. There is an alternative to this “Corvette” of…

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  • Why I Fell In Love With Ramblers

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    Everyone has a story that explains their particular tastes in cars. My story of how I became obsessed with interested in Volkswagens would fill many tomes and likely make most question my sanity. (Let’s just say it involves camping trips in a second-gen Bugbox and a few road-trips in a metallic brown Rabbit that my…

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  • What car is 1985 Miss Hawaii Teen USA Kelly Hu standing next to?

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    Now that I’ve gotten your attention, click through for a better picture…

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