Magazine Articles, Nostalgia

Hooniverse Weekend Edition: Vote For Hemmings Muscle Machine of the Year

Dan Strohl whipped up a short post over at Hemmings about the ability to vote for the Muscle Machine of the Year. It seems that the Hemmings publication, Muscle Machines, nominates twelve entries from all the Muscle Cars they profile throughout the year, and then ask the readers to vote for their favorite. If you [...]

Encyclopedia Hoonatica

Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Fake Louvers

Racing cars and supercars have a history of using louvers to prevent large objects (rocks, birds, children’s hands) from entering the sizable voids in their bodywork designed to extract air from around hot brakes, introduce cool air to rear-mounted engines, and the like. Naturally, anything that shows up for reasons of function on cutting-edge cars [...]

For Sale, Terrible Ideas, Too Cheap to Pass Up

Please Please Please Let it Stay Under $500

Typically cars make their way to LeMons in one of a few ways: luxury maintenance costs/depreciation, cheap econoboxes that were cheap to start with, horrible rust/flood damage, or just being a total turd to begin with. Massive collision damage typically renders them undrivable. Not so in this case. The 302c.i. powered ‘67 Mustang runs and [...]

Modern Art Monday

The Iacocca Silver Anniversary Edition Mustang - Rediscover the Intro Video Again for Modern Art Monday!

I know, this is rather old in terms of the inter-webs, but I rediscovered an old e-mail containing the link to the video in which this rather stunning rendition of the Mustang is beautifully photographed, with Frank Sinatra vocals and heavenly bodies. So for your viewing pleasure, The Iacocca 45th Anniversary Edition Mustang.

Car Shows

Autorama 2010

Saturday was a productive day at casa de Schmo.  I spent the better part of the morning tinkering with Eleanor.  Heck, I still have grease under my fingernails.  The latter part of the day I braved 50 degree temperatures and huge crowds to drag my two Hoons-in-training around the Sandy Expo Center for Utah Autorama. 

For Sale, Too Cheap to Pass Up

Showdown - Dubiously Awesome Turbo Ponycars Edition

I’m shocked to learn that you lot would pick one of the most plentiful 4×4s of all time over an orangered oddball custom-built behemoth with a removable roof.

Todaye we have a showdown only a thermodynamicist could love. We’ve got two pony cars from an era when Detroit was testing out a replacement for displacement: turbocharging!