What was the ugliest vehicle you've owned?
 

Mine was a Oldsmobile Aurora, ug-ga-ly on the outside, kind of like a spaceship on the inside, but definitely got out of its own way. I guess I was ug-ga-ly streaking down the Highway LOLhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/lol2.gifhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1699365252.jpg

I don't think I have ever owned an ugly car.

Since 1970 I have only owned 5 cars in my lifetime, first was a 60 VW Bug, then a 73 Bug, My 74 914, my El Camino and my 911. VW Bugs were usually called cute, the 914 was hated by some, but I think it looks great, and everyone loves my 911. I had a guy just this week that really loved my El Camino.

I had a cow poop green 1970 Dodge Dart 2 door, scant 6 and 3 on the tree.
It was not ugly enough to be cute or interesting. It was unremarkably plain, boring, and ugly.

'63 Plymouth Valiant 4-door, 193" tower-of-power, 3 on the tree, painted baby blue with a brush by the previous owner.

I've never owned what i considered to be an ugly car. The least visually-pleasing was undoubtedly an '87 Subaru wagon - door stop with wheels that couldn't get out of its own way but was certainly utilitarian and served its purpose.

An old rusty 70's Plymouth Valiant I paid $75 for when in college in the late 80's. It was ugly as sin but served me well for about a year while in college and delivering pizzas as a part time job. I truly don't remember when or how I got rid of it. I remember the front suspension was starting to collapse on one side due to rusting body attach points, but for some reason I can't remember if I drove it to a junk yard or if I sold it to some other poor bastard.

Every other car I have ever owned, I remember what eventually happened to.... not this one though. LOL

Peugeot 304. Parts were a problem.

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Hmmm, good question. I briefly owned a Pontiac Sunbird in the late 80’s…can’t remember the year, but I’m going with that one. Everything else I’ve owned I don’t think I could call ugly…

I also had a ‘65 beetle that I bought for $75….virtually no paint, interior and floor pan was shot, but it got me where I needed to go. And it was a bug, so….still not ugly IMO. Actually ran great….didn’t have a key, used a screwdriver to start it.

I recently learned from some aesthetic design experts here that the EVs I've had are all ugly as sin. Perhaps sour grapes, I dunno. I did recently sell an '87 Mirai, which was okay from the front and hideous from the back. It looked like some Prius' ugly brother. People used to pass me just to get in the gap in the road in front of me, even though it accomplished nothing with all the cars still ahead. I think it was more the hatred of the Prius. I got to drive it for 55,000 miles with $0 spent on fuel, so it was a useful commuter. I would have gotten the much improved newer one, but there's no hydrogen stations where I currently live or work, so it's not practical. Not mine, but looks the same:

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Not mine, but I had its twin.


Face only a mother could love, but i really enjoyed that car. 300hp turbo charged econobox felt like a rocketship in 2004.......now that is just a regular commuter car

New White Ford Taurus wagon that started rusting the day I brought it home from the dealer. It just got worse until the day the driver door started on fire in the driveway, I guess the power window switch got wet, that was its last day!

1980 Pontiac Phoenix
 

Mine was a 1980 Pontiac Phoenix. Not the ugliest car out there but it was the most unreliable car I’ve ever owned.

We custom ordered it from the factory. It would lose power on the freeway and begin to buck like a bucking bronco. The only way to regain power was to turn on the heater full blast which somehow helped the situation.

It is amazing I never got rear ended or killed.

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Ford Windstar minivan.

Was still doing a lot of work on the house when my first was born.

I didn’t feel comfortable putting her in the front seat of my Ford Ranger (jump seats in the extra cab) so I bought a POS Windstar until the big work was completed.

What do i win?
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Silver 86 Tercel wagon or red 78 LTDII. Either qualify. And, briefly, an unfinished Bradley GT. Don't even want to post pictures...

You've won the thread! Your 50% off coupon from Earl Scheib will be sent out today.

Believe it or not, of all the things left on my wife's bucket list is a Chevette Scooter 2-door. The Scooter was the most bare-bones model offered. I don't even think it had a back seat. That was her first car in high school. I've been looking for one for some time. Surprisingly, of all those they made, very few are still around. Specifically 2-door, manual trans.

That thing is amazing, so bad its good

Sadly, it might be my 996....or my Pontiac Ventura.

Ford Tempo.

My first car was a Thing.

In collage my friends had cool cars like a 69 Mach1, a 72 Cougar, and even a brand new 79 TransAm.
I had this.

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I bought an 80 Chev LUV truck like this one for $250
It was rusted out terribly, but it ran good. I kept it for a couple years and sold it for the same amount. The Isuzu engine was a great engine.

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73 AMC Gremlin....Levi's Edition!

When I lived in England, someone GAVE me a late 70s Dodge Omni. Looked like this POS but had Omni script on the C pillar. It wouldn't idle and finally blew a water pump. I sold it for scrap.

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I also had a Mercury Sable that looked pretty much like this one. I believe it was a 1988 or 89. It was a total piece of junk. Can't believe I paid money for it. My BIL, who was and still is a car dealer, talked me out of buying a late 80s Nissan Maxima for this POS. His logic: the Nissan has 70k on the clock, by the time you pay it off it will have well over 100k. Hmmm, just saw a similar Maxima last week and it was still going strong. Bad choice

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Three on the tree?

When I was about to start driving, my parents bought a Chevy Vega GT wagon for me and my sister to share. It was manual trans. I took to the clutch and gears immediately. My sister never did.

When the parents got divorced shortly thereafter, my poor father got the Vega. My mother got everything else, literally.

It was white and was pretty close to this one.

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Here you go...this is similar to one of Cindy's past grocery getters. Blistering performance. 0-60 in 20 sconds flat!

1980 Plymouth Volare Wagon for sale - Plymouth Other 1980 for sale in Duluth, Minnesota, United States

62 Rambler American. I was 14-15. Pal and I drove it around the neighbor hood at night and upgraded to a 2 door 65 Malibu when I hit 16.

Mine had a green lower section and was way worse body wise than this picture.

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What can I say, it had a rebuilt engine and trans in it and my brother traded me straight across for this Alfa:

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My wife was NOT happy when I showed up with the brown car after taking a trip with a friend up to my brothers to retrieve the 912.

My first (and fuglyist) was a $500 '64 Thunderbird like this one:

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While the outside was nothing special, the interior was space-age pop:

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The speedo was like a thermometer, cool 'orbs' for the gauges, and the steering wheel could be shifted to the right when in park to ease egress.

Got in in '77, but sold it in '80 when gas went over $1 a gallon.

Now car #2 was a nice upgrade: '72 small block 4-speed like this:

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...I don't have a picture of the Maverick my wife drove when we were first married.

I think it could have broken the camera if I'd taken a picture of it.

Flight school 1983. I have a really nice BMW 2002.

I get hit, 2002 is done-ski.

My logic was the flying part of flight school was, for the lack of a better term, a no brainer.

What I was concerned about was medical/eyes and the "NAMI-Whammy". I wanted zero debt should I get bounced. I was able to buy the mighty, mighty Fiat 128, a year old, for much less than I got from USAA for the 2002.

I actually drove this thing across country twice. Not mine in the picture below. Mine was white, so it ran better:cool:

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You couldn't get laid in this thing in a women's prison with a hand full of pardons.

Bought a well-used, butt ugly example to pull my first Formula Ford on an open trailer. Lasted one season. Trying to pull the 20-ft enclosed trailer bought during the second season was a near-death experience....(imagine the sway from the short-wheelbase combined with a sub 60 mph top speed). :eek:

Replaced it with a 10-yr old Suburban.....also butt ugly, put did a fine job pulling the trailer.

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This thread reminds me of the 'less than perfect women' thread. 99% of the cars y'all call ugly are beautiful, timeless, designs. Perhaps y'all are saying y'all owned forlorn examples?

My Mighty, Mighty 128 was in perfect condition, the best in breed in the Fiat 128 Herd; The herd, however, was as ugly as canker sore.

I wanted zero debt, which is why once I got my wings, the 128 was sold to my lovely neighbor in Milton, Florida, and her E-9 retired husband.

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those all all NICE cars.....

ugliest ?

i gotcha !

my $300 AMC Pacer as a 16 year old. (but this one is in good shape!)

any questions? this is THE one to win this contest !

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Wait…no Pontiac Aztec owners? That may be the only car that can bear the pacer.