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  • Meet the owner of the Cragar Equipped 1962 Chevy Impala…

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    Remember that 1962 Impala that sported a set of Cragar S/S rims that I featured last week? Come to find out, its owned by one of the Nurses that is on the staff at the Rehabilitation Center (Nursing Home) that my mom is currently staying. I got to know some of the staff over the…

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  • Proof That Almost Every Car Looks Better Wearing Cragar S/S Rims

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    Many of you have asked why I was on such an extended break from Hooniverse, only to be able to come back, writing a lot less postings than I once produced. You see, I have two elderly parents (both in their 80s) who have become somewhat incapacitated (My Dad recently experienced a major stroke, and…

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  • Real Hoons, Hooning a Hoontastic *Longroof!

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XnOCORFqVs[/youtube]   On this wonderful Wagon Wednesday, let us pause for a moment and give thanks to the spirit of the Hoon. From the lands down under, ancestral homeland of our namesake – the original Hoons, something wicked this way comes.   (*Note: The original post listed this as a Hearse, which came from the video…

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  • Smokey + Bear

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7FT4z4U8Xw[/youtube] “10-4 good buddy, Smokey-Bear heading north on…  Wait, 10-9? Did you say Smokey or Bear? Over.” <radio crackles> “Uh… Yes? Over.”   Sheer awesomenessitude…

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  • Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Another Monstrocity From The Hard Drive

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    Yeah, I know.

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  • How Many Times Does 4 Go Into 3?

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    I’m not sure if this olelongrooffan has shared with my fellow Hoons the fact that I have owned three, count them 3, different E30 convertibles. As a matter of fact, the first one I bought for then wife as a surprise on Valentine’s Day, 1996 so pissed her off that I traded my Jeep Cherokee…

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  • WTF Files: Well At Least It'll Make Wheelies Easier Edition

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    Jerry deep-sixed his restrictive exhaust for something that flows a tiny bit better. “Backpressure? What backpressure?”

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  • Quick Shift: Model Bloat

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    The 2011 Volkswagen Rabbit has grown much bigger than It was last year. We’ll leave it to someone else to determine interior space.

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  • Could Someone Else Eulogize the Toyota Echo for Me?

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    Because I spent all day in one, and I can’t think of a single nice thing to say about it.

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  • Burnout Machine, Thy Name is LTD

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    Our own incorrigible commenter LTDScott demonstrates that the PantherFox-platformed Ford LTD makes for a wonderful tire-melter. Scott, may we humbly suggest you show the 240SX drift kids how it’s done at the next D1 amateur night?

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