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  • Track Tuesday: Name That Track

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    Welcome to Track Tuesday where you are asked to identify a (maybe) famous race or test track from just one closely-cropped aerial image. This week, it’s…um, sort of… well, you know what it looks like. Good luck! Since no one managed to identify last week’s track the answer may be found here. Image: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved

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  • Hooniverse Asks: What Car or Truck is "Thiiiiis Close" for You?

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    You know what people used to say? “Close enough for government work” that’s what. That of course was back when the government actually, you know, worked. These days we have so many options in our daily lives that having to put up with something with even a single major flaw can be a deal breaker.…

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  • Last Call: Tanks A Lot Edtion

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      And this is why I don’t own a Ferrari F40. 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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  • Because its Monday: Let's All Appreciate This Painstakingly Restored IH Metro Snap-on Van

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    Quick, what’s your favorite brand of mechanic’s tool? If you said whatever your neighbor has in his toolbox and it’s his fault for leaving his garage door unlocked then shame on you. If you instead said Snap-on then we have much to discuss. In fact, should you have said MAC Tools, or even King Dick (for…

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  • Hooniverse Asks: What Car Part Would You Want Simply For its Artistic Merit?

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    The automobile has been, almost since its inception, a canvas for artistic expression. Whether it be a flourish of brightwork dressing up an exterior, or a particularly elegantly engineered mechanical element parts of cars can be the subject of  aesthetic appreciation unto themselves. I have a hubcap from the first car I ever owned—a 1961…

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  • Last Call: Thingamabob Edition

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    I don’t know what this thing is or even how it works. All I know is, I want it. 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: AcidCow

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  • Mystery Car

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    Goodbye March, it’s been fun. To celebrate the final day of the only March that 2017 has to offer we’re offering you the weekly Mystery Car contest. Make and model, you crazy March hares!  Image: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved

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  • Hooniverse Asks: What History’s Greatest Pony Car?

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    Did you know that the term pony car almost came to describe the class of two-seater mid-engine sports cars? That’s right, we could today be describing the Porsche Cayman as the best pony on the planet if not for Ford going a different direction with the car that wgave name to the category. The Mustang…

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  • Last Call: Tied Down Edition

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    The racer ethic has always been that form follows function and that anything that can reduce weight or speed an action should be employed. I agree with that mantra, and I also liked rummaging through the externally latched boot on this guy’s Porsche (not really.) Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day.  It’s…

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  • Bring Back the Skyhawk!

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    Only a birdbrain would ever aver that the Buick Skyhawk wasn’t the coolest J-body on the planet.  Image: Favcars.com

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