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  • Wagon Wednesday: Safari Gold Datsun 510

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    Some of you may have seen this 510 listed for sale about a month ago.  Well, the buyer was unable to follow through with the purchase.  (For the record, he was not a typical deadbeat bidder; he just came across some unforeseen circumstances.)  So, it’s up for sale again and the reserve is already met. …

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  • Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday Extravaganza – Three Different Wagons on eBay; Desirable or Not?

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    Continuing on with the Wagon Wednesday Extravaganza, I thought I would mix it up a bit with these three different offerings. The Chevrolet Vega has long since past the “It’s just plain junk” phase (Well, at least for me it has) to the “It’s quirky and cute” phase but still hasn’t reached the “I gotta…

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  • Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday Extravaganza – Two Buick Specials; Are they Special Enough?

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    Continuing on with our Wagon Wednesday Extravaganza. General Motors release a plethera of compacts to the general buying public for the 1961 model year. Chevrolet already had the Corvair 4-door and Coupe, and added a Station Wagon and Convertible to the mix by 1961. Pontiac introduced their own compact in the form of the Tempest,…

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  • Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday Extravaganza – Three AMC Wagons on eBay

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    Welcome to Hooniverse Wagon Wednesdays. It has been at least a couple of weeks since I did a Wagon Wednesday Posting, so I am trying to make it up to you, our faithful Hooniverse fans with a Wagon Wednesday Extravaganza. And look, here are three interesting AMC Wagons available now on eBay….

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  • Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – Meet the Big Kahuna, A 1965 Mercury Commuter Wagon

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    Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday. During the 50s and 60s, Mercury produced some of the most unique wagons offered by any Detroit based Auto Maker. They had other-worldly features, pillarless hardtop styling, and were among the best equipped wagons of their time. By 1965, Mercury shared their wagon body with Ford, 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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  • Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – Five Affordable Wagons Offered in Hemmings

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    Welcome to another Wagon Wednesday. Yes, this is another posting about Wagons that are for sale, and they are actually affordable. Yes, they are in fact Malaise Mobiles. No, I won’t be doing a posting on Modern Wagons anytime soon. Yes, I have consumed some alcohol, so what? Let’s see what I came up with…

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  • Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – A Wagon with Six Different Nameplates

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    Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday. The last Wagon Wednesday posting featured vehicles that I called The Worst Wagons Ever Produced. The reason why I took GM to task on those wagons was the fact that Ford was producing what amounted to a pretty good mid-sized wagon, with none of the shortcuts GM…

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  • It's Outta Here!

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    After four years of dutiful service as my first classic car, a cruiser, a parts hauler and a 400 mile drive from Orange County to Fremont (more on that later…) the SS Country Sedan has a new assignment with a new captain as of last night. If you it cruising around Campbell, CA be sure…

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  • Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday – The Worst Wagons Ever Produced

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    Welcome to another edition of Hooniverse Wagon Wednesday. The Station Wagon is a celebrated automotive variation here at Hooniverse, which is the reason why we started Wagon Wednesdays. We love all types of Wagons… Wood Bodied Wagons, Glitzy two-toned 50s Wagons, The Dreadnoughts of the 60s, the Malaise Era early 70s Wagons, Economy Wagons, Luxury…

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