Truck Thursday: Land Rover Discovery on 54″ Tires

The bad news is that I have been spending my free time looking at Land Rovers and Land Cruisers, so expect to see a lot of that. I go on these obsessive binges for a while and then I quit cold turkey, so bear with me. The good news is this a Land Rover Discovery on 54″ tires. Why? Why not?

The eBay ad claims to be a promotional/advertising vehicle but I don’t see why I couldn’t drive that everyday. Hell, with the TD5 the gas mileage is probably no worse than any gas-powered stock Landy. Yours for only 35,000 Brit pounds…. which is probably like $90,000 for some reason.

[Source: eBay UK, via ExpeditionPortal.com]

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Modern Art Monday – This is a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle… Yes, it really is!

I hope you all had fun during the Hooniverse Overseas Via eBay Weekend Edition that was this past weekend, because I found one last gem that was listed in the German eBay Motors Site. This is a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle that has been transformed into… I’m not exactly sure what it has been transformed into, so I’m calling it Art.

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Hooniverse Overseas via eBay Edition – Aussie Gems of the 70s

This wouldn’t be a Special Overseas Edition without going to the land down under. Australian home grown cars are more akin to American Iron than anywhere else in the world, and we have been deprived of almost all of them. So what do you say we go down and rescue a couple of them and bring them back stateside?

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Hooniverse Overseas via eBay Edition – Some German Treats of the 70s

Welcome to the Sunday Edition of the Hooniverse via eBay Weekend, and this time we are going to Germany, which is home to some of the more desirable European brands. For this weekend, I decided to zero in on cars of the 70s from their home country, and there were more than enough truly desirable machines listed on the site, so I had to cull the number of entries to a manageable few. If you want to tour Germany via eBay, go here and enjoy…

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Hooniverse Overseas via eBay Edition – Who says the Germans have no sense of Humor? (Hint: They Really Don’t)

I was going to save this posting for a “Last Call”, but I found something else for Sunday Night. In the meantime, I found these eBay listings on the German eBay site, and they are all quite humorous. It’s funny though, since this is a French business advertising on a German Site, so I guess the Germans don’t have a sense of humor after all…

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Hooniverse Overseas via eBay Edition – A Few French Delicacies of the 70s

This is the second posting for the Hooniverse Overseas via eBay edition, and our next stop is in France. I knowwe all have a thing for French cars, to the point that I really can’t understand why. They are slightly warped, a bit somewhat ahead of their time, and a few are rather unreliable. The last Peugeot imported into the US was the rather unloved 405 sedan and wagon, but proved to be non-competitive with the domestic and Japanese brands that were widely available. So, let’s take a look at a few French Delicacies from the 1970s, and see if they will rekindle your desire for something other than French Wine…

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Hooniverse Overseas via eBay Edition – UK Delights of the 70s

Welcome to a special edition of Hooniverse Weekend, where I will take you on a journey overseas via eBay. I decided to explore the offshore eBay sites, from the UK, Germany, France, and Australia. My goal was to look for the cars of the 70s that were produced from each of these destinations, and share some of the best with our fans. Of course, there will be a poll for each feature, so why not just sit back and enjoy…

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Wagon Wednesday: Dash to Your Nearest Computer and Buy This!

So I don’t have to.

I’ll admit up front – I’ve been a Volkswagen fanboi since long before some idiot decided boy should be intentionally spelled incorrectly in this context.  The year was 1979 and my parents had just purchased a new Rabbit – Alpine White over baby blue (vinyl of course).  There were a few visits to the dealership around that time – test drives, the final purchase, probably a warrantee repair.  I was 4 years old and went along without compliant – it meant I could sit in the cars in the showroom and saw the steering wheel back and forth until I turned it far enough to hit the lock.  

But even as a wee boy, I was an aspirational wheel-lock-activator.  Don’t get me wrong, I loved that new Rabbit, but something far more luxurious caught my eye.  It was the Dasher.  Big.  Powerful.  Tufted vinyl seats.  Cool accordion shift boot.  And the name – Dasher.  It was glorious. … Continue Reading

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Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – Is a Wagon that sports Air-Brushed Woodgrain Hooniversalustworthy?

I know I have been absent on Wagon Wednesdays for a while, but I thought this listing was just what the feature is made for. This is a 1967 Plymouth Fury Suburban Wagon that has been slightly customized by an Airbrush Artist. I’m still not convinced that I am in love with it, but I’m not hating it either.

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Modern Art Monday – A 1965 Imperial; Once you see it, you can’t un-see it!

Well, I don’t usually do a Monday Piece (Since I stopped doing the Classic Caption Contest that is), but I have just a bit of time to show you all this thing. This 1965 Imperial looks a little pimped out from the front, but you have to make the jump to see the rest…

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