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01-28-2008, 08:50 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Austin,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Lonestar Classics, 302 stroked to 347; Metallic British Racing Green
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Did you really call them 'bugeye' Sprites here in the US? We always thought of them as 'frogeye' Sprites in the UK!
hmmmmm
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"No, I DON'T have an accent, this is how English sounds when it is pronounced correctly!"
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01-28-2008, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: istanbul,
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Cobra Make, Engine: scratch built 289 eclectic mix of fia/ussrc/early comp
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'80ies ferrari testarossa
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01-28-2008, 08:56 PM
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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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01-28-2008, 09:18 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: yuba city,
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Cobra Make, Engine: spf
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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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Too close for missles, switching to guns.........
Last edited by thudmaster; 01-28-2008 at 09:31 PM..
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01-28-2008, 09:18 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Toronto,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Cobra International body Waltech frame
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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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"A company that makes nothing but money is a poor company" - Henry Ford
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01-29-2008, 04:10 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY USA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Venamm
Ok for me The TR7 and 8..........
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A well know designer, looking at the TR7 at a motor show, walked around it and exclaimed "Dear God, they've done it to this side also!!!" 
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01-29-2008, 05:03 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Crowley,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Findling 001 - starting scratch build
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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
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01-29-2008, 02:22 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: AC427 MkIII of 2004 vintage
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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.
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01-29-2008, 02:48 AM
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Ugly car....
The first generation Mazda Cosmo Sport!!
....Fred
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01-29-2008, 06:10 AM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chatham,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby Series 1 CSX5098 (w/ supercharger) & Diasio D962R Turbo race car
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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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01-29-2008, 09:07 AM
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Location: Big Bear, CA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jamvan
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.
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I can't believe you think the AMC Pacer is a SPORTS car!
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01-29-2008, 09:09 AM
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Kaiser Darrin Roadster
Muntz Jet
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01-29-2008, 09:21 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: BDR #89, KCR aluminum 427 windsor
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Quote:
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Kaiser Darrin Roadster
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While the pocket doors were pretty trick for '54, the rest is kinda 
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BDR #89- KCR aluminum 427 windsor, TKO-600
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01-29-2008, 11:29 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: CSX 4039 427 FE 1966- SOLD
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Maserati Mistral 
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01-29-2008, 01:29 PM
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Location: Kansas City,
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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:
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01-29-2008, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF1049 Titanium w/black stripes, 351W with Trick Flow Heads, Tremec 3550
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'Liberals are maggots upon the life of this planet and need to get off at the next rotation.' (Jamo 2008)
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01-29-2008, 11:24 AM
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Location: Wisconsin Rapids,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 1421 351W
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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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01-29-2008, 03:09 PM
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01-29-2008, 04:35 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Santa Cruz,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2613 Titanium w/Black, Roush 402SR
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I've always thought that the BMW M Coupe was one ugly car. It's like a combination of an old MGB GT and a ??? Faster than hell, but ugly!!
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No stop signs, speed limit - Nobody's gonna slow me down - Like a wheel, gonna spin it
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01-29-2008, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Winchester, VA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF 2369; Keith Craft 427FE Alum w/614hp. & 1999 Lotus Esprit V8, 375hp
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I think I just found the ugliest car in entire 2009 new car line up...
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The 2009 Mercedes SL550 now looks like a Chrysler Sebring Convertible.. I thought they sold Chysler to the lowest bidder
It really is a shame as the 2008 model was a classy car. |
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