I am thinking there needs to be a "come on man" thread dedicated to showcase the oddest most ridiculous rides (OK so beauty is in the eye of the beholder),,,,
This baby cost more than 300K to build and is a vette with possibly the ugliest body style attached,,,come on man!
For sale locally for the princly sum of $7,900.00, Imagine the down force needed when this baby comes through the corners? no wonder he needs that wing Come On Man!
What is even sadder is the fact that this is a Aston Martin Lagonda Shooting Brake and that's how Aston Martin built it!
It was designed with wealthy Middle Eastern buyers in mind. You could pack a lot of wives in a Aston Martin! Interestingly enough, this Aston Martin was the first production car in the world to use computer management and a digital instrument panel. The Series 3 used cathode ray tubes for the instrumentation, which proved even less reliable than the original model's light-emitting diode (LED) display.
Ok, I am guilty of liking that car, I DIG it. I saw one in the Disneyland parking lot in 1984, it is a SHOCKINGLY different car and YES it has a very low roof line. The one I saw was a sedan. I just looked them up and they only bring about $30K holy crap, I could DIG driving that everyday, sorry Marge.
Now here is a COME ON NOW! It's photo shopped thank goodness, I don't have to go beat someones butt.
You're just annoyed that it says "ASTON Martin" instead of "BRIAN Martin" on the side!
The electronics in those things were classified somewhere between horrible and downright awful! Very early in the development of automotive electronics, hugely unreliable and done in the very finest traditions of Lucas quality. Computers that could not live in an environment of vibration or heat.
Remember the first Buicks with CRT dashes? Caddys with the 4-6-8 engines?) Now have that stuff done on a very small volume sans much development/testing.
Yet another example of customizers changing stuff just to change stuff - the more outrageous, the more they try.
Some cars were just fine as is. Some needed a "certain something" Some needed a LOT of work. And many (most?) came out worse than the stock look. This is an example of one that is very hard to improve upon - and this is certainly NOT an improvement!
And many (most?) came out worse than the stock look. This is an example of one that is very hard to improve upon - and this is certainly NOT an improvement!
I disagree about not being able to build a tri-five custom and not make a great looking car. Beauty is ALWAYS in the eye of the beholder. Some builds look great some not but the pride of the imagineer who dreamed it is always paramount. We for the most part are just critics, arm chair experts. Maybe you can build to radical but if the builder likes it?
Take a look at these and see if they arn't worthy.
If the builder likes them ,I am happy for them I personaly don't like the changes,, I guess I am old and set in my way of thinking but I like the original body lines ,,change tires interior ,engine, color or what ever ,just leave the body alone ,,:thumbup::thumbup:
That is amazing work ,I can see a lot of 59 cadalliac ,grill bumpers and rear panel ,and 61 Chrysler , tailfins ,headlights and how could you miss that Chrysler Speedometer ,Could be Imperial , That really looks like Barry ,I remember seeing it on a episode of Storage Wars ,either the door don't open or he was having problems ,he crawled out over the door,
I guess I am odd ,I like te body style of the 72 and earlier, 73 and newer with slant nose didn't look as good but were MUCH better cars with cast iron blocks,
It is a nice looking truck, but I've often wondered what they were thinking when they designed the back side of the cab...
Looks like the cab was designed by one committee, and the bed designed by another; and they took a sledge to the back of the cab to make them fit together ain:
The S-10s were the same way, except their bed was too short, and they had to build a flange on the back of the cab to fill the gap
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