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  • Hooniverse Truck Thursday – A 1929 Model A Hot Rod Pickup, with a Twist!

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    Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Truck Thursday. The American Hot Rod…. These were usually fashioned from the early Ford Model T, or the Ford Model A, and were the staple of the California Custom Car movement for several decades. The formula was simple; Take a discarded Model T or Model A, install a Ford…

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  • Dickety-M715: This Kaiser Has Stolen My Heart

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    “Now, my story begins in 19-dickety-two. We had to say “dickety” cause that Kaiser had stolen our word “twenty”. I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles …” – Abraham Simpson. You know, I wouldn’t be surprised if Abe’s story was true … with extensive (and contradictory, temporally impossible)…

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  • Hooniverse Truck Thursday – Attention Race Fans: Your new tow vehicle awaits…

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    Welcome to Hooniverse Truck Thursday. Hey, it looks like my time slot has been hijacked, so this posting is appearing a little later than usual, but it is well worth the wait. Many of us are die hard auto enthusiasts and happen to take part in many motoring events. Be it dirt bikes, slalom events,…

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  • Hooniverse Truck Thursday: A 1924 Ford Model TT Firetruck Edition

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    As I have previously mentioned, this past weekend was the Celebration of the Spring Fling down here in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was a Chamber of Commerce weather type of weekend and as such, this olelongrooffan headed out to the Daytona International Speedway to see what was to be seen. Imagine my surprise to see…

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  • Hooniverse Truck Thursday: The Farm Truck: Dodge Sweptside Edition

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    If my fellow Hoons are looking for a quick, at work, read, I suggest you click back and save this one until you are at home, comfortably enskied with the cold beverage of your choice and a bit of time at your disposal….. Much like this post, my fellow Hoons have been warned… This olelongrooffan…

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  • Hooniverse Truck Thursday – A Minty Green Dodge D200

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    Welcome to Hooniverse Truck Thursday. I was looking at the Hemmings listings for a truck to feature this week, and look what I found. It is a 1972 Dodge D200 that just underwent a cosmetic restoration. This is the first year for this generation of Dodge Trucks that was produced between 1972 and 1991, and…

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  • Hooniverse Truck Thursday – An Irish Military Truck in honor of St. Patrick's Day

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    Continuing on with British Week, I thought I would remind everyone that today is St. Patrick’s Day, so I thought I would do a posting about a truck, currently serving in the Irish Armed Forces, that has a British connection. So, put on your green, grab a pint or two, and do a one finger…

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  • Hooniverse at the NTEA – 50 Awesome Images on the Floor of the Work Truck Show

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    Welcome to Truck Thursday, and as I’m still at the NTEA Work Truck Show I thought I would share with you, our faithful Hooniverse Readers, some of the images I captured on the floor. This is a show that receives very little mainstream media coverage, nor does the other car based blogs bother to make…

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  • Hooniverse Asks – What Car Would You Flatbed?

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      El-Caminoizing a car is for wusses. No, what real manly men do is cut up an unsuspecting car, preferably a unibody, from the B-pillar backwards, then shoehorn a diamond-plate dump bed (giggity), perfect for hauling knockoff David statues, stolen motorcycles, and barrels of gasoline that always explode in action movies. So what strange car…

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  • Hooniverse Goes To The NTEA Work Truck Show

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    Hooniverse Truck Thursdays has been growing in popularity among our vast and ever expanding fan base. It is one of the features that helps distinguish Hooniverse from any other car based on-line blog, along with Two-Wheel Tuesday, Modern Art Monday, The Hooniverse Podcast, and the always popular Encyclopedia Hoonatica.

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