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Last Call: Features And Benefits Edition
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If I was going to snap a promotional photo intended to entice people into buying my fancy, exposed-to-the-elements pickup bed seats, I probably would have waited until it wasn’t raining. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only…
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Last Call: Proto-shop Edition
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Back before digital retouching was available, automotive brochures often resorted to hand-retouched and manually composited photos to illustrate their newest vehicles. As with most other aspects of running a car company, American Motors evidently didn’t have the budget to attract the tip-top talent. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to…
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Last Call: Fat Hippo Edition
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This uber-functional dirt bike, used for clearing riding trails, was home-built using parts scavenged from a worn-out Honda TRX250 four-wheeler and parts of a Kawasaki Tecate 3-wheel ATV. The finished fat-wheel style trail bike has electric starting, ultra-low gearing, shaft drive, and reverse. It’s not terribly fast, but it can confidently tackle any terrain and…
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Two-Wheel Tuesday: Radical Simplicity
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Prior to the 1980s, Husqvarna had designed only two-stroke motorcycles for decades. So, when they designed a new 510cc four-stroke motor, they based it on their existing two-stroke bottom end and employed quixotic but logical engineering to lubricate the engine. Rather than a positive-displacement oil pump and dedicated oil lines, the engine utilized nothing but…
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Last Call: Dream Girl Edition
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Here at Hooniverse, we most admire women who aspire to drive cars and wrench on them, not simply allow themselves to be perched on a fender. However, looking back through the post archives, only three women have been tagged as Hooniversal Dream Girls: Hellé Nice, Michèle Mouton, and Maria Teresa de Filippis. Who is your…
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The connected car industry's dizzying number of players all in one chart
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This diagram, put together by ReadWrite Labs, shows all the various automotive software vying for a slice of the connected car market. The sheer numbers of systems shows the sort of gold rush that’s going on in this sector, and this doesn’t even include autonomous vehicle systems. I have to wonder how much proprietary stuff…
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Last Call: Five-Wheel Friday Edition II
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I bet the last time I used Five-Wheel Friday as a theme, you thought it was a one-time stunt. Think again. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged.
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Last Call: Dress for Excess Edition
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When MOMO commissioned a custom Morgan 3-Wheeler in 2015, they had it sprayed with translucent blue chrome paint to give it that extra bit of visual punch. I guess a stock-looking Morgan is just too common and ordinary for them. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open…
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Last Call: Headless Horseman Edition
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All of us here at Hooniverse wish you a delightfully spooky Halloween. Just don’t end up in an ambulance this evening. …Or headless, for that matter. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged. IMAGE:…
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Last Call: Retro Minimalism Edition
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The Yamaha Y125 Moegi was a concept bike displayed in 2011, and was intended to reflect the design of the very first Yamaha, the 1955 Yamaha YA-1. The Moegi featured an aluminum frame and bodywork and was powered by a fuel-injected, 125cc single-cylinder engine. The result weighed a claimed 176 pounds. The small, three liter…
