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Project Car SOTU: The Benz
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This year I added a new machine to my stable. I use the term stable loosely, because there’s not that much in there, and also I don’t own any horses. This is my 1974 Mercedes-Benz 280. It’s a w114 Benz, and it’s thankfully not saddled with a diesel engine. Instead, it gets the delightful inline-six…
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Project Car SOTU: (Hopefully) Brief Ownership of an AW11
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Chris, a co-worker at my day job, teased me for two years with the possibility that he’d sell his MR2. It had been in his family since new, first bought in 1986 by his uncle and handed down to his brother and himself later on. It was a car they enjoyed during their college years,…
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Project Car SOTU 2017: Hoon Truck Jr.
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[Working project title] It’s barely been two months since I took ownership of the 2002 Ford F-150 I call a childhood hero, so this isn’t going to be as big of a Project Car State of the Union update as some of the other guys here will have. I formally introduced it back in June…
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Project Car SOTU: Justy Little Compression Test
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It’s been about 2.5 years since I first tested compression on my Justy project car’s three cylinders. That was when I found out it was running on only two of them. Adjusting the valves made it a little better, but it still needed not only a valve job, but a full rebuild. Now that the…
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Project Car SOTU: Stormtrooper 4Runner
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There must be some unwritten rule, something of a taboo, about not thinking positively about a project vehicle while in its presence. It’s almost like the car, or truck, knows when your brain inwardly speaks well of it and, as if it has a special sense, proceeds on its own accord to kick you…
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Project Car SOTU 2017: Welcome to our misery
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It’s that time once again… Welcome to Project Car SOTU 2017. For those of you just joining us, this is where we’re going to take the next week or so and give you updates on all of the various project cars that appear on the pages of Hooniverse. It’s our State of the Union. We’ve got…
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Shift Happens: The HoonTruck gets a little love
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Shift Happens. It’s time for an update on my 1965 Ford F100. She was at a local shop here in Orange County, and while there they got her running better than she has in awhile. Also, the HoonTruck has fresh front glass and dual electric cooling fans. No more mechanical fan, and no more pitted…
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An easy style upgrade for the BenzWith a little help from eBay Motors
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My 1974 Mercedes-Benz 280 sedan is already dripping with style straight from the factory. It’s a car designed by Bordeaux-born Paul Bracq. He penned automotive lines for BMW, Citroen, and Peugeot in addition to his work at Mercedes. Besides cars, Bracq also had a helping hand in the design work on the then-new TGV high-speed…
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2017 Subaru WRX Limited 6MT Long-Term Update: Year Gone By
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A riot when driven hard, but nearly unpolished for it’s own good…or simply for mine? Evaluating my Subaru WRX after one year of ownership A quick Google search, the pinnacle of in-depth and fact-backed research, reveals that the average American drives around 13,500 miles per year, or about fifteen-thousand if one considers Geico to be…
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Justy Little Project Car: Long-Wearing Tires and Steering Fixes
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Now that the Subaru Justy is taking on weekend recreational duties, I can continue sorting out the various small problems it had before I embarked on this engine rebuild.
