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BMW M4 GT3. More like BM-Ug-ger-ly!
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Im nott a fan of the new look Chinese oversize grilles on the front of all BMWs.

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Nononsensecapeesh wrote: 1 year ago Image
BMW M4 GT3. More like BM-Ug-ger-ly!
i love that car. Including that nose.
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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 1 year ago Im nott a fan of the new look Chinese oversize grilles on the front of all BMWs.
BMW, Audi, Merc, all have horrendous grilles.
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Cadillac Le Monstre. They got the name right. That's for sure.
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The 1979 Ensign N179, in its original nose mounted radiator form.
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Kenny73 wrote: 1 year ago Image

The 1979 Ensign N179, in its original nose mounted radiator form.
Looks they tried to tried to improvise a nosecone with a stepladder!
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I wanted to post the Panoz Abruzzi aka The Batmobile for rejects but I see it's been included here already. Even the livery was meh :rofl:
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Vassago wrote: 1 year ago I wanted to post the Panoz Abruzzi aka The Batmobile for rejects but I see it's been included here already. Even the livery was meh :rofl:
Sorry mate, beat you to it, but I do agree though.
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I submit for your consideration the Ford Ham Special 1949 Cadillac/Lincoln/Surplus Airplane Canopy entered in the 1953 Carrera Panamericana by Jose Ham Gunam. DQ for not finishing in the allotted time.
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MostlyRetired wrote: 1 year ago Image

I submit for your consideration the Ford Ham Special 1949 Cadillac/Lincoln/Surplus Airplane Canopy entered in the 1953 Carrera Panamericana by Jose Ham Gunam. DQ for not finishing in the allotted time.
Good. Lord.

That's horrible on so many levels.
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MonteCristo wrote: 1 year ago
MostlyRetired wrote: 1 year ago Image

I submit for your consideration the Ford Ham Special 1949 Cadillac/Lincoln/Surplus Airplane Canopy entered in the 1953 Carrera Panamericana by Jose Ham Gunam. DQ for not finishing in the allotted time.
Good. Lord.

That's horrible on so many levels.
Good debut post, and it certainly qualifies for the ugly, not to mention unusual.

Curiosity piqued, I discovered that the Ford-Ham Special was made in Campeche, Mexico by Jose Ham Gunam and entered the race in 1953 but as mentioned, unfortunately did not finish.

Based upon a 1949 Cadillac with a 1948 Lincoln Continental grill grafted onto the front. The canopy is described as coming from a WWII aircraft!! :shocked: (Further research refers to it as apparently a North American Aviation T-6 Texan trainer aircraft ....also known as the Harvard)
It gets worse when you see its other angles! Yes really. :sick:

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They even made a model car of it....
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Edit.... Maybe the canopy is actually from a Vultee BT-13 Valiant Trainer....

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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 1 year ago They even made a model car of it....
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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 1 year ago
MonteCristo wrote: 1 year ago
MostlyRetired wrote: 1 year ago Image

I submit for your consideration the Ford Ham Special 1949 Cadillac/Lincoln/Surplus Airplane Canopy entered in the 1953 Carrera Panamericana by Jose Ham Gunam. DQ for not finishing in the allotted time.
Good. Lord.

That's horrible on so many levels.
Good debut post, and it certainly qualifies for the ugly, not to mention unusual.

Curiosity piqued, I discovered that the Ford-Ham Special was made in Campeche, Mexico by Jose Ham Gunam and entered the race in 1953 but as mentioned, unfortunately did not finish.

Based upon a 1949 Cadillac with a 1948 Lincoln Continental grill grafted onto the front. The canopy is described as coming from a WWII aircraft!! :shocked: (Further research refers to it as apparently a North American Aviation T-6 Texan trainer aircraft ....also known as the Harvard)
It gets worse when you see its other angles! Yes really. :sick:

Image

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They even made a model car of it....
Image



Edit.... Maybe the canopy is actually from a Vultee BT-13 Valiant Trainer....

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It just keeps getting worse and worse the longer you look at it.
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How about this one, not so much for what it looks like (an ok dirt track racer) but for what it was. This is 250 Testa Rossa Pontoon Fender Scaglietti Spyder s/n 0758TR
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