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Hooniverse Asks: If You Were Going to Get an Auto-Related Tattoo, What Would it Be?
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Getting ink, it’s something we’ve all thought about doing. Some of us may have even actually gone under the needle. The most amazing thing about tattoo artistry is its permanence. I mean they found skin art on that mummified hunter they dug up way up in the Alps. Yeah, you can get tattoos “lasered” off but…
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Last Call: Upgrade Edition
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I appreciate the effort, but if this were a real Mercedes Benz I’m sure the masking tape would match the paint. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. Image: Imgur
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It's Queen's English Car Show Time Again
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Once a year Woodley Park in Van Nuys CA hosts what I like to call the annual oiling of the grass, or as its promoters prefer; the Queen’s English All-British Car Meet and Jumble. This year’s British invasion takes place next Sunday, the 23rd. Assuming participants can get their cars started (and it doesn’t rain) the show will kick off at 9am.…
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Because it's Monday: Let's Watch a Bentley W12 Engine Being Put Together
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I just love taking things apart and putting them back together. Well, to be honest, I really love just taking things apart. The putting together oftentimes befuddles me and I inevitably end up with a number of unidentifiable parts left over at the end. That’s why I find this video of craftsmen assembling the Volkswagen-engineered…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Failed Car or Truck Model Would You Totally Now Buy?
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Do you remember that somewhat awkward or weird kid in school that you secretly had a crush on, perhaps because of their unique nature? You couldn’t act on that feeling back then less you face derision and ridicule by your peers, but should you hook up with that school yard crush years later and discover…
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Last Call: For a Lark Edition
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Sally has it right—when speeding on rural lanes in your Studebaker Lark, it’s important that the color of your handkerchief match that of your car. Way to go Sally. Tres gauche Ethel, your white hanky just won’t do. That’s why Sally always gets to ride in the front seat. Last Call indicates the end of…
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Mystery Car
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Traditionally in the U.S., April 15th is tax day which, this being April 14th, would mean many of you would be scrambling around looking for potential dependents and postage stamps. This year however, traditional tax day falls on a Saturday and that means that we have until April 18th to get our filings in. That means…
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Hooniverse Asks: What Will be The Next Automotive Operational Skill to Atrophy?
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At one point in time, early in the automobile’s existence, driving a car required an intimate understanding of spark advance. At the same time the starting of said automobile demanded the use of a crank, and perhaps a compression release valve. These, and other vestiges of automotive interaction have long since faded into the past, and a…
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Last Call: Inception Garage Edition
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If I lived in this house I would do all my car work out in the driveway. I’m not sure what might use that door in the ceiling but I sure as hell wouldn’t want to find out. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for…
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Thursday Trivia
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Welcome to Thursday Trivia where we offer up a historical automotive trivia question and you try and solve it before seeing the answer after the jump. It’s like a history test, with cars! This week’s question: In the early 1950s Ford F-100 pickups with eight-cylinder engines carried a V-8 emblem in the middle of their grille. What…
