Robert Emslie, on December 31st, 2009
As we flip the giant hourglass over in anticipation of a spankin’ new year, it’s a good opportunity to contemplate where we fit in the annals of history (annals, Charles, annals). It’s also nice to know that as long as there’s been cars, there’ve been douchebags to drive them.
Happy new year everybody. Stay [...]
Murilee Martin, on December 31st, 2009
1997 Ford Crown Victoria P71
For most of the period between the end World War II and the Late Malaise Era, the full-size, body-on-frame (or primitive unibody), live-rear-axle, V8-powered sedan was the standard, middle-of-the-mainstream American motor vehicle. The Panther-platform Crown Victoria stands alone as the only car with an unbroken lineage to the Postwar Big [...]
Jim Brennan, on December 31st, 2009
Some of the 60's era Obscure Muscle Cars written for this series.
As many of you may (or may not) know, I have a series of postings at CarDomain.com called the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot. I just thought the readers at Hooniverse would like to know how this little feature came to be, [...]
Alex Kierstein, on December 31st, 2009
HCOTY Nominee: ‘67 Jaguair
Nominated by: Han Solex
As Seen in the Post: This Corvair Has a Secret, and it Ain’t Vicious Oversteer
Rarely has a bone-stock-looking sleeper concealed such audaciousness. A V-12 Jaguar motor crammed into the front, radiators out back, and in between are several bushels of a master’s touch – all with a Corvair as [...]
Mad_Science, on December 31st, 2009
Here we go again
Last time you heard about my ‘64 Falcon, I’d just bought it and used it as a counterpoint to $250k chav-rockets.
Figured I’d let you know what a few weeks of driving and some research have brought to bear.
The first big realization was that this car is not all original [...]