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24 Hours Of Lemons, Thunderhill 2012: A Beginner’s Perspective

Posted on September 22, 2012 by needthatcar

This post originally appeared here, at Hooniverse.com. The sun rose over the rolling hills of golden winter wheat and filled my tent with light.  I rustled, rubbed the sleep from my eyes, and thought, “Holy shit!  I’m first on the … Continue reading →

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Quick Hitter: Totally Looks Like Edition

Posted on September 21, 2012 by needthatcar

This Nissan Rogue grille totally looks like a ’77-’79 Corvette flags emblem. Who knew? There’s something interesting about the Rogue after all.

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Modern Art Monday: Cancars

Posted on September 17, 2012 by needthatcar

This post originally appeared here, at Hooniverse.com. Sandy’s Cancars is a website featuring the work of Sandy, an English draughtsman turned technology teacher living in New Zealand.  Having been involved in the world of competition modeling, he had seen aircraft models made … Continue reading →

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Blimey! A1969 Mini Cooper Limousine

Posted on September 11, 2012 by needthatcar

For the record, I am against this. It’s not as bad an automotive crime as, say, building a Ferrari replica out of a Fiero, but it’s pretty egregious. What has happened here is that someone has taken one of the … Continue reading →

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Ear Candy: A Supercharged Inline 8 Cylinder Powered Roadster

Posted on September 10, 2012 by needthatcar

This post originally appeared here, at Hooniverse.com.   Some ideas just sound right.  An example of such an idea is taking a straight eight Packard engine, adding a McCulloch supercharger and four Stromberg carburetors and dropping the whole monster in … Continue reading →

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Midget Update: LeMons Prep

Posted on September 7, 2012 by needthatcar

This post originally appeared here, at Hooniverse.com. I would like to announce that I have made the questionable decision to accept the poorly thought out invitation from the Killer Zombees Racing Team to join them at 24 hours of Lemons … Continue reading →

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24 Hours Of LeMons Thunderhill: NTC Will Be There

Posted on August 27, 2012 by needthatcar

“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 →

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Fastback Friday Used Car Review: 1999 Ferrari Modena

Posted on August 24, 2012 by needthatcar

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 →

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Quick Hitter: Separated At Birth Edition

Posted on August 23, 2012 by needthatcar

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.

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1958 Ford Thames Trader: Newsreel/Advertisement

Posted on August 22, 2012 by needthatcar

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 →

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