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Monthly Archives: August 2012
24 Hours Of LeMons Thunderhill: NTC Will Be There
“Ann Arbor MI — Today Car and Driver reported that the NTC writer, against the advice of mental-health professionals, will compete in the 24 Hours of LeMons — a wheel-to-wheel car race for heaps that cost $500 or less. His … Continue reading
Posted in Event Coverage, Race cars
Tagged 24 Hours of LeMons, LeMons Thunderhill, NTC goes racing, Probably a bad idea
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Fastback Friday Used Car Review: 1999 Ferrari Modena
This post was originally written for, and appeared here, at Hooniverse.com. (Phone rings) “Hello?” “Whatcha doing?” “Not much, how about you? I haven’t heard from you forever.” “I’m at the Costco, I got something to show you. I’ll be there … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Ferrari 360 test drive, Ferrari Modena, Red train to sexytown
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Quick Hitter: Separated At Birth Edition
These two cars have a real Luke/Princess Leia thing going. Could it be they have the same evil father? Perhaps, and if so, he must be some special kind of ugly.
1958 Ford Thames Trader: Newsreel/Advertisement
This post was originally written for and appeared here, at hooniverse.com. This film, posted to Youtube by the Ford Heritage Museum, details a rare trip with rare meat from London to Paris by truck. The goal was to pimp the … Continue reading
Dogs In Cars: A Project By Martin Usborne
Photographer Martin Usborne created this series of images, called “MUTE: the silence of dogs in cars”. Eventually, he plans to release this series as an art book. There are some great vehicles in the series, and some great looking dogs … Continue reading
“The Bend” At Bonneville Speed Week
This post was originally written for and appeared here, at hooniverse.com. Everyone calls it “The bend”. You can think of it as Burning Man for Gearheads. What is it? It’s a place where a portion of the throng of attendees … Continue reading
You Will Smile: Google Fiber Ad
This an ad for Google Fiber, which is, apparently, a whole new set of tubes for the interwebs. The difference is that these tubes deliver your data 100 times faster than the old tubes. Vevo, here I come! Click through … Continue reading
Bonneville Speed Week 2012
This post was originally written for, and appeared here, at hooniverse.com. Speed week is about half over for 2012. With the end of the weekend, most of the onlookers have gone home and the serious racers linger on the salt. … Continue reading
Posted in Event Coverage, Photoshoot, Race cars
Tagged Bonneville Salt Flats, Salt Flats, Speed Week, Spicy
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Lada Selecta: An Online Lada Customizer
If you are in to customizing Russian cars (and let’s face it, who isn’t?), then Lada Selecta is the site for you. Choose a body style and go hog wild. Paint colors, ride height, rims and tires, and roof racks … Continue reading
Posted in Custom, Imports (Euro)
Tagged Lada Customizer, Lada Lada Lada, Lada Selecta, Russian car, That's a Lada car
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Padded Vinyl Landau Roofs For Everyone! The 1987 Chrysler Lineup
Take several different Chrysler ads from 1987 and mash them up into a 3 minute video and what do you get? You get a humorous glimpse at the sorry state of Chrysler at the time. Landau roofs, integrated coach lights, … Continue reading