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  • Hooniverse Asks What Car or Truck Were You Glad to Get Rid Of?

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    So, big news people—I am no longer a Volvo owner. That’s right, I have sold the ’98 V90 that I had bought tow years ago for my daughter, and which became her beloved ride. A blown head gasket and a series of related events drove that decision, but never fret, it went to a good…

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  • Last Call: Low Flow Edition

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    Either this petrol is exceedingly heavy or my springs are totally shot. 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: naxyu

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  • Craigslist Crapshoot

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    Welcome to Craigslist Crapshoot, our weekly search for the most bizarre, awesome, and/or terrible vehicles that the online classifieds has to offer.  Wait, was last Wednesday actually Two Wheel Tuesday? It might have felt like it since our quest was for motorcycles for sale that you yourself might actually want to have. We’ll see what  kind of bikes…

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  • Hooniverse Asks: What Was the Most Successful Automotive Repurposing?

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    Whether it was the AE86 tail lights that found a new home on the back end of the Lotus Esprit, or Henrik Fisker leveraging models from two different car makers for his short-lived coachbuilt Latigos, the repurposing of cars and parts is an endeavor as old as the biz. What we want to talk about…

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  • Last Call: Don't Want to Burst Your Bubble Edition

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    Rohm & Haas introduced Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) to the world. You might know it better by its more common name, additionally coined by Rohm & Haas: Plexiglas. It’s commonly believed that R&H built the famous Pontiac “Ghost Car,” however, while it was made out of Plexiglas, it was constructed in-house at Fisher Body. In the 1960s Rohm &…

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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, we’ve got a water feature. Good luck! And, since no one guessed last week’s track, here’s the answer. Image: ©2017 Hooniverse/Robert Emslie, All Rights Reserved

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  • Hooniverse Asks: What was the Coolest Aftermarket Convertible?

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    Ferrari only ever built 123 drop top editions of its 365 GTB4, otherwise known as the Daytona Spyder. That wasn’t enough apparently, leading a number of coupe owners to throw copious amounts of money at coachbuilder Richard Straman who cut the roofs off of about 28 more before the Italian company made him stop. Straman…

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  • Last Call: Volksception Edition

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    Yes sir, the entrance fee is $15 per car so your total comes to… $360. Yeah, I saw the ones in the glovebox too. 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: Imgrum  

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  • Because it's Monday: Let's Vicariously Assemble a Porsche 914 Engine

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    If you’re anything like me then you no doubt find engine assembly a fascinating endeavor to watch. Here we’re seeing a pretty unique effort take place, the assembly of a VolkswagenType 4 engine. A few factors make the flat-four engine design different from most others. First off, there’s the split crankcase which holds the crank and…

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  • Hooniverse Asks: What Was History’s Greatest VW Beetle-Based Kit Car?

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    Have you ever seen people try and reinvent themselves when going away to college. Maybe they want to erase an embarrassing chapter of their life that spanned high school, or maybe they wish to set the stage for anonymity so they could mastermind crimes down the road. There was an era—one that peaked in the late…

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