The above Geo Metro is certainly unique. With its pink paint and gold wheels, the Radwood-approved droptop enjoyed its day in the sun. This past weekend saw lovers of all things 80’s and 90’s flock to Northern California for another dose of radness.
We’ve asked you Radwood questions in the past, but today I want to plumb the depths of your brains for some Hooniverse-grade knowledge.
Which vehicle, fitting within the dual decade restraints of the Radwood organizers, would you bring to the show that no one would ever expect? What is left out there that screams 80’s or 90’s and would leave everyone in period correct states of awe?
Sound off below, my dudes and dudettes.
Hooniverse Asks: What unexpected vehicle would you bring to the next Radwood?
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83 responses to “Hooniverse Asks: What unexpected vehicle would you bring to the next Radwood?”
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I’m a truck guy, so I’ll go Bronco II
https://st.motortrend.com/uploads/sites/5/2018/04/1987-Ford-Bronco-II.jpg-
If I was a truck guy too, I would go +1 more Rad with a Skoda Felicia Fun pickup:
http://pickupand4x4.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/skoda-felicia-fun.jpg
(disclaimers:
May not meet any of the American expectations of a ‘truck’,
May not even have met Czech expectations of a truck,
probably this just proves “I am not a truck guy”)-
If i was a truck guy, etc. …with a Suzuki X90;
https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/gallery/SUZUKIX90-2191_7.jpg
(disclaimers; etc.etc.)-
I must be in an Isuzu state of mind today.
Isuzu Amigo. 1st Gen because box flare fenders.
Also, rear quarter windows are for sissies.
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/90scars/images/b/b8/94amigo.jpg-
The removed hardtop has the window! It would be even better to have jdm badging: Wizard MU, which stood for “Mysterious Utility”.
Only in America… …would the word ‘truck’ be used in the same county as a HRV or Felicia! -
I was referring to the 2nd gen’s quarter window on the B-pillar.
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Ok, I can’t remember which version they sold (not many of) here.
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You’d need lifesize Barbie and Ken dolls to sit in the seats.
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They go in the Geo Tracker.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5xvh-P5VaEU/hqdefault.jpg
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With the “fun” moniker removed, the Felicia pickup was a solid bottom-of-the-market worker’s car. In the Danish Netflix series “The Rain”, a guy drives around a postapocalyptic scenery in one of thesr, and gets the comment: “Why would you drive such a shitcan?”, implying that postapocalyptic car choices should offer a wider variety.
For ultimate radness, needs to be a Saleen Ranger.
http://www.therangerstation.com/resources/images/saleenranger1.JPG
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And it’s even Cocaine White!
Or for full mullet rad, a Choo-Choo Customs El Camino SS.
http://autocool.com/necoa_org/images/Choo_Choo.jpg
I deeply regret that I couldn’t find one painted aqua blue with splash graphics but this is not far off. If I was a truck guy, etc. (sung to the tune of “If I Was A Rich Man”)
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/26220b7f160a58cb8c25d6e8d91e50abf6e3e5ae73e463b5b3fecd9eaf122104.jpg
The ultimate Radwood truck would be a Marlboro Syclone. When they come up for sale, they sell for obscene amounts of money, but if I had the means…
https://hips.hearstapps.com/roa.h-cdn.co/assets/15/27/768×384/landscape-1435675435-syclone.jpg
We visited Düsseldorf last month and toured a museum filled with exotic automobiles. Naturally they had a pristine Bronco II.
Because of course they did.
Renault Alliance GTA
Yugo Convertible
Isuzu Impulse Turbo (handling by Lotus)
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An Impulse is exactly the Isuzu they’ll be expecting! What you really need is its Stylus sedan stablemate, preferably an XS (to keep that rad “Handling by Lotus” badge).
http://consumerguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/92805061990001.jpg-
…and remember that it is called ‘Stylus’ not because of any sense of STYLE,
but because it was made of poorly molded plastic and fitted neatly into the small groove on the side of a PalmPilot (TM).-
Hey, don’t dis my Stylus. I almost bought one of these when I got out of college. I ended up going with a stripper Toyota pickup instead. They were pretty much equivalent when it came to NVH and interior luxury.
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Funny, I knew an actual stripper who was the original owner of a Geo Metro convertible as her college car.
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So she could go topless while going topless, no doubt.
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Hey, where is the obligatory Xzibit/Pimp my ride “Yo dawg, we heard you like going topless while going topless…” ?!?
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I should have…. that’s almost old enough to be part of Radwood.
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About half the profile height are windows though; looks outlandish seen with today’s eyes. Would be a great Encyclopedia Hoonatica, too: Which cars have more than 50% of their profile covered in glass?
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/anvzbS16qwI/hqdefault.jpg
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The Civic wagon is appropriately Rad too!
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Matra_Rancho_vue_arriere.jpg (By Julien FLORENT – Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2588103) and https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Fiat_Multipla_silver_rear.JPG/1024px-Fiat_Multipla_silver_rear.JPG (By Corvettec6r – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10398014)
Trans-Am GTA. Oh sure, how stereotypical. But wait, the NOTCHBACK version!
http://www.gtasourcepage.com/PersonalVehicles/HectorNov99Pic1.jpg
For the import category:
https://i2.wp.com/hooniverse.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bmw_z1_7.jpg?resize=720%2C480
For the 80’s, a Citation X-11. And for the 90’s, the basket-handle Cutlass convertible. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c9ca516e6f7d424f3c6c2c48f8f07f1c66144c0ab0d681cc6a35d53e6e21ceb9.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0dc8c83d83f9c9746f07fd70449608c563454561683e82429023f062a49fc4e8.jpg
For totally unexpected, a 1980 IH Scout CVI Hot Stuff edition.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c4dcb23906c434efa2861525a062889b49e1c720f6dd58fbb7d841496c3fa561.jpg
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I am going to peruse Craigslist after work looking for one of these. In other words…
Lookin’ for some hot stuff, baby, this evenin’
I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight
I want some hot stuff, baby, this evenin’
Gotta have some hot stuff
Gotta have some Scout tonight-
Don’t forge to include “exotic” and “International” in the key words.
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I’m sure it can go “topless” too.
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Thanks for the terrible ear bug. >:(
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That’s so good
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That is… beyond words. I ran those same wheels on my AMC Spirit, which after seeing this photo, has become a somewhat more embarrassing memory.
Is there a list of cars that have been to Radwood? If I were shooting for obscure, I’d want it to be obscure enough to be the only [insert car] in attendance. There aren’t a whole lot of cars that are obscure enough to pull that off at an event like Radwood. Has anyone brought a Bitter SC yet? If ever there were a gathering likely to bring in a Bitter, it would be Radwood.
If I abandon the desire for obscurity, the floodgates open. There are so many cars of the ‘80s and ‘90s that I like. I’d just buy something that I like (rather than buying something with Radwood specifically in mind) and, if it meets the age requirement, bring it. Sadly, even with a 20 year window, only 1 of my 7 vehicles meets that requirement, and I’m neither driving nor towing my LeMons car 2500 miles to go to Radwood.
I guess on that note, I’d need something roadtrip-worthy. Bonus points if I can sleep in it. Now, I’m thinking Airstream B190.
http://www.airforums.com/forums/images/dto_garage/users/2053/1022.jpg
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Wagon Queen Family Truxter should check all your boxes. Mundane, yet rare, good cross-country, with room for sleeping.
https://automanager.blob.core.windows.net/wmphotos/020773/5525ab88bb77433e9942b92c68d2029e/9134767888_1024.jpg-
You got me thinking… The GMC motorhome was only built until 1978, but Stripes came out in 1981. Would Radwood make an exception if it were made into a proper EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle replica?
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This is perhaps more than a strictly academic question.
http://www.facebook.com/OfficialSpeedyCop/posts/1755012631248922-
That was a fun read. Speedycop will do a better job than I could ever hope to… and he already has the RV. I guess I’ll have to think of something else.
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ha, I was planning to write that up
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Chevrolet-conversion-van.jpg
While maybe not Rad, a conversion van is very period appropriate. Going more obscure, a Vixen or LeSharo? -
We need Brad to create such a list
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Why go with a high-volume seller like the Bitter SC? How about a MAX Roadster instead (the lesser known car brand from the Netherlands – so you can show up Dr Harrell’s needlessly mainstream Volvo 66)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/1992_MAX_Roadster_%2814581810499%29.jpg/1280px-1992_MAX_Roadster_%2814581810499%29.jpg (free photos & art – 1992 MAX Roadster, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36349024)
And the concept car (clearly something got lost in the styling while readying for production):
https://www.allcarindex.com/auto-car-model/Netherlands-Kick-Design-Max/ http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Tsf-t_mqSxc/TEPnxdLDMEI/AAAAAAAAhCA/C1AZLb_CbMo/s800/1987%20Kick%20Design%20Max_03.jpg -
Yep, I brought my ’85 Bitter SC to Radwood @ HooptieCon in March (https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgy04PJl3xq/ ) and to Radwood NorCal this past weekend as well (https://www.instagram.com/p/BkasBmYnbc6/, https://www.instagram.com/p/BkbsUiEB33z/ )
1987-89 Buick Skyhawk Turbo coupe.
Retractable headlight front facade mandatory.
https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/comment-image/81543.jpg
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I prefer my J body headlights semi-hidden.
https://assets.hemmings.com/blog/wp-content/uploads//2014/06/C5518-0138-700×449.jpg
Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2
https://assets.hemmings.com/blog/wp-content/uploads//2014/02/C5618-0019.jpg
For the early 1980s European Import category, a Lancia Scorpion.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Lancia_Scorpion_US_spec%2C_Belgian_reg.jpg/1024px-Lancia_Scorpion_US_spec%2C_Belgian_reg.jpg
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You know that girl in school you knew was mega-emo, but kinda wanted to date anyway?
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It even has the eye shadow.
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Why have I never seen one of these?? That’s a cool little car– I assume mid-engine, rear-drive (hopefully)?
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It is a Lancia Montecarlo/Scorpion. They all rusted away 20 years ago is why you haven’t seen it before.
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1998 Corvette Pace Car edition.
http://rarevettes.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/win_98.JPG
(I remember when these came out. It was ugly then too.)
What about sneaking in a brand new vehicle and no one would notice?
http://hanabi.autoweek.com/sites/default/files/styles/gen-932-524/public/Bukhanka%20Passenger%20Van%20Exterior.jpg?itok=V7FAPNAZ
Rad enough for me.
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You would be accused of being older than the 1980 cut off date.
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Showing the car papers would result in the same kind of displaced confusion that showing up with a plain Budweiser at a “rad”-titled event would entail.
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Average out the assumed age (1950s) versus the real age (2010s) and maybe it will fall in the right period?
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Are boats welcome at Radwood? If so, I’m also pulling in with a sweet Carlson Scimitar – T-tops on a boat? Yes please.
http://www.vintagejetboats.com/images/dto_garage/users/1082/1840.jpg
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How long did they last before getting a “cease and desist” letter from Ferrari?
Like the one the company that did these R-R mockups based on Holdens got from Rolls-Royce
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/49a0a3bd5b60c30b2f1ea93be82836d9db206eb12f5df843243403837fa6eca0.jpg
I’m not sure that arriving with an unexpected vehicle is really my thing, but I’ll give the question some thought tomorrow while driving towards Mini Meet West in my A-Plus Series Austin Allegro 3.
A nicely restored LeCar or VW Caddy would do for me.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5b35101576f5e8364688f3956419d01c53c464298d3228b2596541e730fa391d.jpg A 1987 Nissan Van (US market). There apparently have been a rare few that didn’t catch on fire or weren’t bought back by Nissan.
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The pride of Kalamazoo, Michigan!
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/aa4697646a9a2f89b48cba87854c16679d3816e05e7dc10df6f8e5b822e23aed.jpg
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Mine is a ’79 so it doesn’t quite make the cut. I read that they make exceptions for later “continuation” cars (i.e. a 2000 model year of a car that was also made in the ’90s). Do they offer the same thing for pre-’80 model year cars of cars that were made into the ’80s?
I like the idea of a Kei truck fire engine, this one is a 1991 Subaru Sambar
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e634adcefe330ae2ed06355c08fe4643e7cb0c51b4a72214ba433035d6b3fbd6.jpg
One of my college roommates drove a Peugeot 505 diesel– I think it would fit right in. I always thought it was a handsome car, inside and out.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Peugeot_505_GTi_%283%29.jpg/1920px-Peugeot_505_GTi_%283%29.jpg
https://pics.imcdb.org/12851/snap8473.jpg
Although I’m sure that plenty of 280Z’s have been to Radwood, a Black Goo-old! Fairlady Z with gullwing half-doors would be suitably obscure (at least for North America).
If I’m bringing it, I must be owning it. I wanna be owning a Peugeot 205 GTi. Looks beautiful from every angle.
http://cdn.bilsport.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Peugeot-205-GTi-19-16V-Gutmann-25.jpg
Ginetta G32 – mid engined, late 80s styling, 750kg, it’s like a hardcore but slightly shonky MR2
http://www.slicksteel.co.uk/_wp_generated/wp7bfc62bf_0f.jpg
I’d roll up in a Rolls Royce Camargue with an engine rated at “adequate” and a look that James May calls, “that pug-faced but well-dressed bloke down the pub.”
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Camargue.JPG/1280px-Camargue.JPG
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I saw Bobby Archer at the track a few weeks ago.
Hadn’t seen him in a while!
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I take it back. I’d love to rock this last of the breed 1980 Bradley GT.
https://www.rcnmag.com/resources/images/_gallerysize/Bradley-GT-2.jpg
Evidently, it was originally electric powered but now rocks a VW Scirocco (not Beetle) engine.
https://www.rcnmag.com/fresh-finds/this-1980-bradley-gt-is-a-switch-hitter
Perhaps I should crate up the Rover and get to Cali.
I’ve even had the a/c regassed.
Needs more abject failures.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/onlyinbritain/getty-clive-sinclair-c5-alexandra-palace.jpg
(No, I don’t own a C5, and I wouldn’t be likely to be at a Radwood event. But, it’s from the time period…)
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