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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Group 6 Baja Cars makes us Crazy

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    While cruising around BangShift this past week, I spotted this article by Brian Lohnes about a class of Baja Racing Machines that are largely forgotten today. While BangShift was covering the Extreme Outlaw 250 Desert Race in Reno, one of the most outrageous and infamous of these cars appeared fully restored. Of course, this discovery…

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  • USSR: Unbelievably Sweet Soviet Rallying

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    From about as long as there have been cars, there’s been racing. The Iron Fist of Bolshevism held Russia in its steely grip for most of the 20th century, and anemic Soviet cars were the only things around. So when life hands you a Lada, you go rallying!

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Two Historic Cars offered on Ebay, One increadable tale about their Makers.

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    Welcome to the Fathers Day edition of Hooniverse, where I browsed through the “Other Makes” section of Ebay Motors to find interesting things to discuss here at Hooniverse. So, with that introduction out of the way, here are two significant and historical cars that are up for sale, but it’s the history of the companies…

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  • Retrospective via Automotive Traveler: The Jeep Grand Cherokee

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    With this week’s press introduction of the new Grand Cherokee, Automotive Traveler looks back on the Jeep Grand Cherokee’s first three generations. Automotive Traveler’s Editor in Chief, Rich Truesdell, details the Grand Cherokee history, from its beginnings at AMC right up through today, with all the intrigue that went along with Renault, AMC, Chrysler, Daimler,…

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  • How To Spend Your Weekend: Local Car Shows Can Be Enjoyable….

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    Last weekend, I spent Sunday Morning at a local car show near my home town. It was an annual event, but the attendance (both the spectators and the participants) seems to be smaller this year over past years. Still, there was some pretty neat vehicles represented, and I would like to share some of my…

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Ultra Cool Vintage Car Transporters

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    It’s time to go back to the in-box to see what the readers of Hooniverse sent in to our tip line, and look what dropped in this time. This was sent in by Mad_Science….. wait a minute…. Why don’t you take a look at these beautiful machines after the jump, while I try and figure…

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 2000 – 2010

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    In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race. This is the final chapter in this series, and it discusses the Pace Cars from 2000…

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 1990 – 1999

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    In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race, starting in 1950, and run by decade all the way up to 2010. I covered the…

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 1980 – 1989

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    In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race. We have already discovered the Pace Cars of the 50s, the 60s, and the 70s, so…

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Indy Pace Cars from 1970 – 1979

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    In observance of the annual Indianapolis 500 Race that took place over the weekend (and was historically run on Memorial Day) I thought I would dive into a pictorial history of the cars that paced this once great race. We have already discovered the Pace Cars of the 50s and the 60s, so its onto…

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