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#1 RShack

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 04:02 AM

Pontiac Aztec

 

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 04:06 AM

Fiat Multipla

 

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 06:55 AM

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 06:59 AM

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 07:02 AM

Datsun F10

 

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 07:10 AM

61 Plymouth 

 

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 07:23 AM

Aston Martin Lagonda

 

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As if the outside wasn't bad enough, it also had the world's ugliest dash too...

 

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 03:35 PM

I second the Aztek, that thing is hideous.

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 04:10 PM

A true Car Crime... Part I...

 

They started with one of the prettiest American cars ever... the '53 Studebaker Starliner Coupe...

 

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and ....


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Posted 25 June 2016 - 04:16 PM

Datsun F10

 

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I like this.



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Posted 25 June 2016 - 04:17 PM

A true Car Crime... Part II...

 

... and... by 1958, they'd turned it into this... the Packard Hawk...

 

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ps:  This was not the fault of either Studebaker or Packard... both of which are historic brands.... it was some conglomerate who bought them, merged them, and then shuttered them to take the tax loss...


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Posted 25 June 2016 - 04:31 PM

You have the Aztek...and then there is everything else.

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 04:48 PM

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 04:51 PM

Chevy Citation. 

 

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 05:06 PM

I like this.

 

I do as well.



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Posted 25 June 2016 - 06:37 PM

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 09:54 PM

Chevy Citation. 

 

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IMO, the main reason they're ugly is because every one you see is rusted all to hell....they saved weight via thinner metal, which is fine, but they hadn't figured out to dip the body and fenders in zinc first... so, they rusted like old Fiats used to...

 

But the design was quite good... it was a game changer for having a big American 4-door sedan be big on the inside but distinctly un-big on the outside... it's gotta be one of the most efficient packaging of any car design..  my folks had one and I moved a large washing machine in it... 

 

And without the rust, it doesn't look bad... if anything, it's kinda clean and crisp for 1980... I think it was a case of very good design being defeated by lousy implementation...

 

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 10:05 PM

I like this.

 

 

Different strokes, etc....

 

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 10:10 PM

I do as well.

 

 

In places other than here, it was known as the Datsun Cherry....

 

Its tailights recapitulate its headlights...

 

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Posted 25 June 2016 - 10:28 PM

Not all these seem ugly. Those Datsuns, Plymouths, Packards look sweet. That Aston Martin though. Ouch. It looks like a Ferrari from the windshield foward, and a Chrysler LeBaron from there back.
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