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  • Last Call: White Knight Edition

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    Can a refrigerator white English car steal the limelight from a sea of predominantly red exotic Italians? When it’s the brand new and drop-dead gorgeous Aston Martin DB 11 it sure can. 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…

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  • Because it's Monday: Let's See How Close a Ford Granada Really Was to a Mercedes 300SEL

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    A lot of people malign American cars from the ’70s, and for good reason. What most people might not realize however is that this was the decade when it hit the Big Three that the concept of both luxury and performance was being redefined by European and Japanese manufacturers. Ships of industry are hard to…

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  • Hooniverse Asks: Is Ford A Legitimate Super Car Maker?

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    With the recently introduced second iteration of the GT, the Ford Motor Company has now offered the car buying public—or at least a very small but wealthy segment of them—the opportunity to own their interpretation of the V8 mid-engine hyper car. Ford’s first dalliance with this sort of high-performance automobile came in the form of the GT40…

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  • Last Call: The Moderns Edition

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    If you’re going to live in a cool mid-century modern abode, you simply must also choose to drive the most fashionable of mid-century rear-engine, air-cooled automobiles. 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:…

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  • Mystery Car

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    It was 60-years ago today that A.J. Foyt caught his first chequered flag after turning pro, taking the win at a USAC Midget Race in Kansas City Missouri. Let’s see if you can channel A.J. and bring home a win with this week’s Mystery Car contest. Make and model if you feel up to the…

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  • Hooniverse Asks: What Was The Most Urgent Alert You've Ever Had To Give Another Driver?

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    When I’m out on the road I like to look at other cars. I don’t mean check out the cool ones, I mean I like to see which ones are running expired tags and who hasn’t checked the air pressure in their tires all that recently. The former issue I let slide. I mean, what…

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  • Last Call: Mixed Signals Edition

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    Apparently, it’s not Hammer Time. 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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  • 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: what was the first car to run the Indianapolis 500 nonstop? If you think you know the answer, make the jump (or…

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  • Hooniverse Asks: What Piece of Infamous Automobilia Are You Dying to Have?

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    I’m sure that somewhere out there exists the Amilcar in which dancer Isadora Duncan lost her life when her hand-painted Roman Chatov scarf got caught in the spokes of one of the car’s rear wheels. How cool would that be to have? Infamous memorabilia like James Dean’s car—above—is a macabre form of collectible, but there’s a…

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  • Last Call: Let's Do The Time Warp Again Edition

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    Whether your tastes and budget leaned towards Comet or Continental, O’Connor appears to have been the place to go. They wouldn’t even look askance if you wanted to wear your hat while driving off in your new car. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day.  It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone…

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