Jason Bright Shows Hooniverse Some Love

Brighty's 2012 Team BOC Commodore. Yes, it's relevant.

We’ve talked before about what a gentleman Jason Bright has been to Hooniverse. He’s spent a great deal of time chatting with us, and has been only too open about giving us some insight to the world of racing.  It would be an understatement to say that we’re grateful; one of the main reasons we started Hooniverse was to expand our knowledge, and to facilitate a learning process for both our audience and ourselves, and having a resource like that who we’ve been able to turn to and ask questions has been enormously valuable.

And kinda cool, let’s be honest.

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Allow us to present the best Craigslist ad of all time…

Craigslist is filled with good deals on cars, trucks, and a boat load of automotive parts. The problem is that a majority of the ads are clearly written by brain-damaged ocelots with a weak to poor grasp on standard grammar rules, sentence structure, and the concept of spelling. On top of that, the quality of the photography ranks below that of the pictures captured by your neighborhood peeping tom but above that of your average real estate agent who believes that tight shots of dirty cabinets are what will move the Johnson’s split-level townhouse.

Every now and then, however, there is an ad that stands above the rest. This ad shows that the seller possesses healthy brains cells, and a solid grasp of salesmanship. Such an ad has arrived in our inbox, and we’d be horrible people if we didn’t share it with you. Our facial hair would fall out, both men and women would reject our sexual advances (we’re equal opportunity here), and our driveways would be punished by playing host to an endless string of sub-compact cars from the early 90′s.

Since we don’t want that to happen, you need to click past the break to see the greatest Craigslist ad of all time.

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Black Smoke Racing Team Releases Best of 2011 Compilation

Remember Black Smoke Racing Team, the crafty Finnish drift dastards behind the smokesome super-turbodiesel W123 wagons?
The team just put out a compilation clip today (a day after Wagon Wednesday, handily enough) and it’s seven minutes of offbeat badass drifting set to offbeat badass music.

Make the jump to enjoy the video. It’s worth it, I tell you.

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Our hero hoon: An interview with Rin Hortulanus

If you haven’t yet read the tale of Rin Hortulanus, you need to stop and head here: From Heartbreak to Hero. OK, ready to proceed now? Good, let’s jump past the break and dive into our interview with the man himself.

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From heartbreak to hero: A young man’s decision to make a dream come true

As automotive enthusiasts, we’ve all had fleeting thoughts of racing glory. Be it the joy of smoking a nearby driver to the next stop light, keeping a vehicle running for the duration of a 24 Hours of LeMons contest, or jumping into the spotlight of professional road racing. While the first two items I just mentioned are quite possible, it’s the third one that proves a hell of a lot more difficult. There’s serious time, money, determination, skill, and luck involved, and it all has to come together at the right time and place.

Our story here starts at the wrong time… heartbreak.

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Watch An Armless Guy Change The Brake Pads On His Car

Ok, so he doesn’t actually change the brake pads because they still have a lot of life left in them and perhaps it is slightly creepy how talented he is with his feet but the dude is amazing.  He can switch out air tools with his feet faster than I can do with my hands.  This guy gets my vote for Hoon Hall of Fame.  What do you think?

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Godspeed, Bob.

Robert S. Lawrence, 1924–2011

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The Strange, Beautiful Saga of the Bullet Bus

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!

This used to be a 1966 21-window Volkswagen Type 2 bus. Abandoned somewhere in the Nevada desert, it was partially stripped and left to rust, then shot up by gun-toting desert wanderers looking for a bit of target practice. But a band of intrepid enthusiasts rescued it while succinctly answering the question, “who would want this ugly hunk of junk?” And that’s where this amazing story takes off.

Don’t cry for me, Deartháir.

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HCOTY Nominee: Chad Copeland’s 1973 Datsun 620 Drift Truck

Image Courtesy of Motormavens, Photographer; Brett May

The sport of drifting…it’s a sport I know absolutely nothing about, and to be quite frank, a sport I would not take up. However, there is no doubt that the participants in these events are talented drivers, gifted wrenches, or both. They take a rear wheel drive vehicle, burn off copious amounts of rubber while flogging their chariots around a course, and make it look graceful. The combatants have captivated a new generation of enthusiasts, while quickly becoming a pop culture phenomena. Those who choose to be a part of this sport seem to gravitate to cars that are at least a decade old or more, with the Nissan 240sx as the predominate make. So it is refreshing that Chad Copeland chose a different path, and this is why his 1973 Datsun 620 is nominated for this year’s Hooniversal Car of the Year.

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Now Cracks a Noble Heart: RIP Dodge Viper, 1992-2010.

The last American hero.

Today, the last Dodge Viper rolls off its Conner Avenue assembly plant and into the annals of history. RT/10, GTS, GTS-R, SRT-10, ACR-X, Carbon, two generations and over 25,000 examples later, Chrysler finally sets its wild child to rest. Goodnight, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

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