Assassin Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Did ya'll forget about the Gremlin???? http://www.bloomberg.com/ss/09/10/1028_50_ugliest_cars_of_past_50_years/7.htm Did you ever drive a Gremlin with a V-8? They were a hoot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Did you ever drive a Gremlin with a V-8? They were a hoot! No, my cousin had one in a 6 cyl., it was pretty quick but U G L Y !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 My Grandfather's car when I was little gets my vote. A '68 Renault R10. Even when I was little, I thought the thing was Fugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Plasters, SASS#60943 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Dad bought a 1958 Rambler. Oh, the shame... http://oldcarbrochures.org/NA/AMC/1958_AMC/1958_Rambler_Brochure/1958-Rambler-05 My first car was one of these - The Rebel. It did have the advantage of the fold down seats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 My first car was one of these - The Rebel. It did have the advantage of the fold down seats! A BIG point with teen age boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Irish Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 1989 Toyota Celica ugh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Any Crosley. Got at least two running examples in the Prescott Valley area. Followed by the Cube ...and followed by an Amphicar that a frat brother drove. A door seal failed when his girlfriend closed the door on a coat. Last I heard it was at the bottom of a reservoir in Hyrum, Utah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Yes! and this too -- Dodge Daytona But they were FAST. It's the only car I ever lost a race to in my 1970 1/2 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400, the infamous Iron Mistress II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 A BIG point with teen age boys. A BIG point with teen age boys. A BIG point with teen age boys. Yes it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancocas Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I bought my first truck a 1947 Studebaker pickup for $50.00 and it was certifiably ugly. The year was 1971. Studebaker's are still my favorite Pickup Truck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 AND, we can't forget the Mini Cooper. Poster child for Ugly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 How could ya NOT like the early 60s IMPALAS ? I still want a 41 to 46 Chevy P/U . the grill is too cool CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Goodnight Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 How about every Formula 1 Car since 1992. Talk about hideous. They started getting ugly in 1993 and now they all look like science experiments gone horribly wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Lou Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 The Studebaker Avanti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Dad bought a 1958 Rambler. Oh, the shame... http://oldcarbrochures.org/NA/AMC/1958_AMC/1958_Rambler_Brochure/1958-Rambler-05 Our neighbor had one of these and my dad taught me to drive stick shift on it! (in 1963) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finagler 6853 Life Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 I was going to nominate the Gremlin also but got beat. For new models, the Kia Soul looks like a shoe box on wheels. I got one as a rental once and people refused to ride in it. If you closed your eyes, opened it up and got in, it wasn't too terrible but on the outside it is butt ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Chevy Vega (any model year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 '57 Ford. Don't resemble nothin'!! '56 and '58 weren't bad looking cars, but the '57 looks like they intended to do the quad headlight thing and didn't have the right bulbs!! It just threw the whole appearance off!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 '57 Ford. Don't resemble nothin'!! '56 and '58 weren't bad looking cars, but the '57 looks like they intended to do the quad headlight thing and didn't have the right bulbs!! It just threw the whole appearance off!! Hey! You aren't going to believe this but I drove one of these for almost a year. I thought it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Allie, I'd drive it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Last time I saw one of those Allie, the car looked just like the one in the photo. Problem was the top was stuck in that position. IIRC you had to be on level ground to operate the roof. Otherwise the thing would jam as the mechanism couldn't handle the unequal loading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 One of my running' buddies had a '59 Sunliner. It was banana yellow with white and gold interior. The colors were hideous, but it ran great and we could make the top work with a series of toggle switches. I think he finally found the original roof switch and control solenoids many years later. The front bumper on those cars looks like somebody put a Continental Kit on the wrong end!! Most ALL old cars are cool, but some of 'em are STILL UGLY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 To humor my teen age daughters I bought a VW bus that was kelly green with a navy blue band and a pee green top. Ugly was not even close. But they loved it and it was the easiest driving car I have ever know. That sucker would climb a tree but would be outrun by a guy with a wheelbarrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Whiskers Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I'd have to say the 2 ugliest cars of the 50's and early 60's were the 61 Dodge and the 59 Buick. I did always want a 61 or 62 Impala bubble top though. Never had one, started driving Mopar's and stayed pretty much with those. I did buy my 1st wife a 63 Impala when her old car went south on her. She ended up totaling that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Another vote: the Cadillacs for the last 8-9 years have all had a disgustingly industrial look. Sort of like a fork lift sedan with the forks removed. And the Lotus Sevens, especially those with the "streamlined" nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I learned to drive in a 1959 Olds. Pizza plate steering wheel and a hood that looked like a football field from the end zone when you were in the drivers seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bama Red Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Allie, my second car was a '53 Henry J in a tomato soup red color. Not much for speed, but it got this college kid everywhere I wanted to go (and some places I shouldn't have gone!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasty Newt # 7365 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 56 Dodge. Pink and gray two-tone. Push-button automatic. I ran reclaimed oil through it because it burned about as much oil as gas. Wouldn't be allowed on the road today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I bought a brand new 1971 Gremlin X with a screemin' six banger like in the pic -- only mine was in royal blue. Looked like someone started to make a station wagon and then quit. Had a 3-speed stick, but that hot six would get rubber in the first two gears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 BGQ, Was that the 258 motor?At one point, I had a '72 Hornet with the 258.Car was in really nice shape, but wasn't worth a darn in the wet or snow. Green 4 door with a tu-tone green vinyl interior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudgeBagodonuts Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Personally owned a 1949 Packard Super 8. It was, putting it nicely, an upside down bath tub. Even with the big engine, driving it was like piloting the Queen Mary. The bulbous flanks, and width of the car, made it difficult to park. The huge heavy doors were a hazard if you opened them while parked on a hill. Had a relative with a green Gremlin. We all agreed it was not an improvement over his previous car, an early Camaro so rusty that one could open the door from the outside by putting one's entire hand into the rust hole and working the lever to the unlock position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 BGQ, Was that the 258 motor?At one point, I had a '72 Hornet with the 258.Car was in really nice shape, but wasn't worth a darn in the wet or snow. Green 4 door with a tu-tone green vinyl interior 4-IB, I'm not a car buff, but I know that the '71 six had a higher compression ratio than the '72 six. If I recall right, the '71 had 150 HP engine.... That Gremlin had a light back end. That may be why I could get rubber in the first two gears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Did you ever drive a Gremlin with a V-8? They were a hoot! I once made the mistake of lining up next to a Gremlin X with a built 304 in my Mustang. It was purple and white, and I was looking at tail lights before I ever knew what happened. Evidently the owner knew what to do about the light rear end! I have wanted one since. Sort of neat looking in an odd, funky kind of way. The Pacer, on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 My wife refers to Pacers as upside down bathtubs. BGQ, The Hornet( I called it a hernia, probably should've called it a hemmoroid as it was a pain in the..........toookis) was fairly light in the butt,too. The narrow bias-ply tires probably didn't help either. It did have a torque-flight tranny, probably the 904. My MIL had a '75 Vega wagon. I called it a vaguely,as in vaguely resembled an automobile. I hated that thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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