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'79 Hurst Olds Still Available
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Just a note: the baddest car ever to roll out of 1979 is still available. The owner, Sebastian, has to go back to Germany a couple of weeks and needs to sell the car. We’ve seen it in person and driven it, alas, it’s been decided the Mad_Science driveway and project schedule is too full…
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Hooniverse Asks- Is it Really More Fun to Drive a Slow Car Fast Than a Fast Car Slow?
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The old saying goes that it’s more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow. Having driven my share of both slow and fast cars, I can say that it’s most fun to drive a fast car fast, but that opportunity doesn’t come up all that often. Usually driving with any…
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In Memoriam: The Homologation Special, Part 1
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If you stop and think about it, the phrase “racecar for the street” is tossed around pretty liberally. But when, pray tell, was the last time you switched on the boob tube and saw a loud cycle-fendered kit car designed by two English blokes who spend as much time at the pub as they do…
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Streetwalker- 1966 Black Beauty Wants to be in Your Stable
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Our favorite curb-side used car lot had some new product this weekend- a deep ebony 1966 Mustang coupe, with just about every righteous factory option you could want, but at a price you might not want to pony up for.
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Last Call- Dove è Waldo?
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Here’s a very typical parking lot – this one happens to be at the Warner Brother’s studios – which is filled with cars you normally wouldn’t even notice if they passed you on the street. But there’s one that kinda’ sticks out, can you find it? Better, do you know what it is? And if…
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Insane Ducati-powered Fiat 500 gets Hooniverse Seal of Approval
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Take a car roughly the size of an Oompa-Loompa, toss the original motor, and cram in a L-twin desmodromic Ducati mill channelling the power through the rear end via a six-speed sequential transmission and a LSD … whaddya get? That sure as hell ain’t your grandmother’s recipe for minestrone, now is it? It’s more likely…
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And Now a Word From Our Sponsor. . . Not Really, Just Watch
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKBLFRoUgKU[/youtube] Perspective makes all the difference in the world.
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Update: F1-67 Designer Comes to Hooniverse!
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=128OpWDxw64[/youtube] Pardon us while we feel all full of ourselves for a second, but Ian Gray, designer and builder of yesterday’s glorious F1-67 Race Car Replica, stopped by yesterday to give us a little more information in the comments. In case anyone missed it — and I would have, if he hadn’t emailed me to…
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Jag E-Type Seller is a Glass Half-Full Kind of Guy
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When I was a kid, one of my biggest joys was when the family would make a trek to the store where I could buy a new car model. I preferred the Revell models, but Monogram had some good ones too. While I pine for those days sitting at the dining room table- spread with…
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Hoon and Terrorize from the Comfort of Your Hospice Bed!
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I know that picture shows a tissue box nestled comfortably in that R/C platform, but I wouldn’t be a true hoon unless the second I saw it my twisted brain came up with nearly endless permutations of what sort of insanity may ensue if you simply put something else in there. Of course, the sixer…
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Turbocharged Lawn Mower Cuts Grass at 30° Angle Due to Wheelies
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxi5-gFwikU[/youtube] Typically, the time spent mowing the lawn is an excellent opportunity to get lost in one’s thoughts and reflect on the consequential quandaries of life. Or maybe it gives you time to think- what if I were to turbo my lawnmower?
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Maybe… the times they are not a changin'?
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Most of us have ridden in the back of a pickup truck at some point in our lives. However, I think this takes it to a new level… More pics after the jump.
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Hooniverse Asks- What Wrenching Do You Do at Home?
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Cars and trucks keep getting more and more complicated, but one maintenance job that has remained fairly easy and within the scope of the amateur wrencher is the oil change. As long as you have a level spot, a pan and a jack stand, you can change out the Texas tea with little drama. But…
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Don't Be Afraid to Ask Questions: Part 2 – The Camshaft
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A traditional gasoline engine needs a mixture of air and fuel to create combustion inside the individual cylinder chambers (be they numbered 4, 6, 8, or 3 if you drive a DamnElantra®). If you simply let in a bunch of air and an Inland Empire Meth Lab amount of fuel, your car would first go…
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VAZ 2107 Outruns Shelby Mustang, Camaro and Jeep
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[youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHD8Xf5Rnvo[/youtube] Well, virtually, at least. Normally we’re not huge on “oooh, pretty rendering” stuff, but this one’s got some cool twists. Not a bad way to start a Friday. Hat Tip to Jeremy L aka ssurfer321.
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Streetwalking: Rode Hard and Put Away Wet
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While the Best of France and Italy car show managed to have a representation of most every make and model of car those two countries officially sent to the U.S., as well as many that made it over here surreptitiously, one car that wasn’t present on the grass was the Peugeot 504. Well, we found one,…
