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'80ies ferrari testarossa
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How interesting, bugeye vs frogeye. I grew up in Oregon around TONS of English sports car and 'we' (family, friends, co-workers, etc.) always called them Bug Eye Sprites. I'm not sure if thats just a regional (state of Oregon) or a broader USA thing.
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Ernie, it was frogeye in England and bugeye here. I had two of them. Both ugly but cute.
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Hey Mad,
The Porsche 914 was indeed different but it's beauty was it's handling....you grow to love them...lol Ok for me The TR7 and 8..........The Javelin, sorry folks I know it has the ponies but it was butt ugly, Corvair was like a weird car science project gone bad, and the number 1 is "VW THING" |
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It was always called the Frogeye in the UK - I know as I've owned 5 of the blighters. In terms of fun for your money, nothing gets close. Not fast but you never had to slow down too much for the corners either - and they were virtually indestructable (I tried - rallying, autotests, you name it). Too much fun to be ugly (like certain wimmin:-)
The Daimler SP250 was clearly designed by a committee, but any early racing Marcos makes me cry. I was about to suggest the Hummer, but that's obviously a gun emplacement on wheels, not an automobile. |
Ugly car....
The first generation Mazda Cosmo Sport!!
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TR7 woes....
The TR7 suffered badly in British Leyland's downward spiral. Originally they
had planned to use the twin-cam 16 valve version of the Dolomite engine in the TR7, but it wouldn't fit under the hood. BL management so haphazard that clearance issues for the 16V Dolomite engine weren't checked before BL began stamping out TR7 bodies. So they were forced to use the 8V single- cam engine in the TR7. The Dolomite engine was a sound design but BL's build quality was so appalling that many of these engines seized up shortly after leaving the production line. Saab also used the Dolomite engine in the 99 and it cost the company dearly as they had to replace countless shortblocks under warranty in the cars. Besides the poor build quality of the Dolomite engine, the rest of the car equally suffered from quality issues to the point that the cars were falling apart when delivered to their dealers. The TR7 was such a fiasco, that BL Chairman Sir Michael Edwardes put the car out of its misery by cancelling production of it in 1981. ....Fred |
My vote goes to the old AMC Pacer - anybody remember it? Close second would be and of the "wedge" designed cars (ie. TR7, TR8, etc.)
Can believe that several people suggested the Shelby Series 1 and the TVR Griffith. I have owned a Griffith and currently own a Series 1 and think both cars are a work of art. But you are true, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Jim |
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Most of the other Fiero-based replicas are good because of their builders. Your pal, Meat. |
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Your pal, Meat. |
Kaiser Darrin Roadster
Muntz Jet |
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While the pocket doors were pretty trick for '54, the rest is kinda :eek: http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...ium/all021.jpg |
How about the original Marcos (circa 1960) designed by Jem Marsh and Frank Costin, the coupe version with the plywood chassis and gullwing doors, yikes!
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Maserati Mistralhttp://www.automag.be/spip.php?article190
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Was this only for production cars, or can we count kit sports cars, too? Because my vote goes to the Dragon:
http://www.kitcarlist.com/images/dragon-scarab.jpg http://www.kitcarusa.com/images/1161...dragon-red.jpg http://www.dragonmotorcars.com/images/S2bk1006.jpeg If they ever make a remake of the '80s TV show "Hardcastle & McCormick", this will be the car they use... |
By far, the ugliest car in my neighborhood is this one that is cooped up in the garage gathering dust while the snow flies. I'm sure there are others like mine! Its a crime against nature! :CRY::CRY::CRY::CRY::CRY::CRY:
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...67DSCN1456.JPG |
WTM, I wouldn't throw that out of my garage for eating crackers :)
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How about Volkswagen's Type III Karmann Ghia? It's NOT the Karmann Ghia we all know, but a much more, shall I say, "interesting" design! lol
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