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From: Jason James on 7 Jun 2010 10:14 "John_H" <john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote in message news:1j6p065mo1hntl7ceaell58l9bkn7is73s(a)4ax.com... > Scotty wrote: >>http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/motoring//3776785/Ugliest-cars-of-all-time > > For frontal treatment 1950 Studebakers would have to be a close > contender. To which I'd add they probably look a lot better now than > they did then.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/hudson666/3197747637/ Love it or hate it.... BTW, what is that grey thing on the car at the top LHside? Jason
From: hippo on 7 Jun 2010 18:05 Jason James wrote: > > > "John_H" <john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote in message > news:1j6p065mo1hntl7ceaell58l9bkn7is73s(a)4ax.com... > > Scotty wrote: > >>http://fat.ly/i7n74 > > > > For frontal treatment 1950 Studebakers would have to be a close > > contender. To which I'd add they probably look a lot better now than > > they did then.... http://fat.ly/zp0eq > > Love it or hate it.... BTW, what is that grey thing on the car at the top > LHside? > > Jason > > > > Radar. Strangely, this one-off Police evaluation model did not prove popular with oficers in the field.... :) -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: John_H on 7 Jun 2010 18:47 George W Frost wrote: >"John_H" <john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote in message >news:1j6p065mo1hntl7ceaell58l9bkn7is73s(a)4ax.com... >> Scotty wrote: >>>http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/motoring//3776785/Ugliest-cars-of-all-time >> >> For frontal treatment 1950 Studebakers would have to be a close >> contender. To which I'd add they probably look a lot better now than >> they did then.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/hudson666/3197747637/ > >Utter bullshit !! >The Studebaker was a wonderful looking car >I remember selling papers around 1953 at the Malvern Town Hall tram stop in >the mornings and I saw my first Studebaker Champion >I thought it was Buck Rodgers spacecraft >It was a coupe with windows all around the cabin and the rear windows came >right around to the side >The link you posted showed only a pink one, but they came in green or grey. >That car was and will always be a true classic. > Were you a crossed eyed kid who'd been dropped on his head perchance? Up the seppo super heroes as well... Dan Dare was our hero. We reckoned the Martians he did battle with drove Studes on the approach and Triumph 1800's in retreat. (The Triumph roadster had the ugliest rear end of its era). :) -- John H
From: hippo on 7 Jun 2010 20:03 John_H wrote: > > George W Frost wrote: > >"John_H" <john4721(a)inbox.com> wrote in message > >news:1j6p065mo1hntl7ceaell58l9bkn7is73s(a)4ax.com... > >> Scotty wrote: > >>>http://fat.ly/ik1es > >> > >> For frontal treatment 1950 Studebakers would have to be a close > >> contender. To which I'd add they probably look a lot better now than > >> they did then.... http://fat.ly/j5cgs > > > >Utter bullshit !! > >The Studebaker was a wonderful looking car > >I remember selling papers around 1953 at the Malvern Town Hall tram stop in > >the mornings and I saw my first Studebaker Champion > >I thought it was Buck Rodgers spacecraft > >It was a coupe with windows all around the cabin and the rear windows came > >right around to the side > >The link you posted showed only a pink one, but they came in green or grey. > >That car was and will always be a true classic. > > > > Were you a crossed eyed kid who'd been dropped on his head perchance? > > Up the seppo super heroes as well... Dan Dare was our hero. We > reckoned the Martians he did battle with drove Studes on the approach > and Triumph 1800's in retreat. (The Triumph roadster had the ugliest > rear end of its era). :) > The various Stutz Bearcats from the 70s and 80s are hard to beat for continuity of ugliness and increasing absurdity. Then again, some people bought them! -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: George W Frost on 7 Jun 2010 20:10
"Toby" <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:s09sdbey3dls.dncrz1sy1uzd$.dlg(a)40tude.net... > On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:42:59 GMT, George W Frost wrote: > >> "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote in message >> news:4c0cc1b2$0$56570$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... >>> >>> "George W Frost" <georgewfrost(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:Qs2Pn.1512$Ls1.1411(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>> >>>> Utter bullshit !! >>>> The Studebaker was a wonderful looking car >>> >>> You're the first person I've ever heard say that about that particular >>> model :) >>> >>>> I remember selling papers around 1953 at the Malvern Town Hall tram >>>> stop >>>> in the mornings and I saw my first Studebaker Champion >>>> I thought it was Buck Rodgers spacecraft >>> >>> The owner probably did too :) >>> >> >> A very wise man >> >> >>>> It was a coupe with windows all around the cabin and the rear windows >>>> came right around to the side >>>> The link you posted showed only a pink one, but they came in green or >>>> grey. >>>> That car was and will always be a true classic. >>> >>> Certainly collectable, but that doesn't automatically make them >>> beautiful. >> >> >> I guess that beauty is in the eye of the beholder >> But you have to remember that I was only a kid and anything that looked >> like >> a spaceship was something out of the ordinary >> >>> A mate of mine built an extended chassis doorslammer out of one a few >>> years ago, and even *he* thought the thing was as ugly as one of Mike >>> Tyson's turds. But then, that's precisely why he used the car. *Because* >>> it was butt ugly. >>> >>> It got a *lot* of attention. >>> >> >> I think there is still a doorslammer around running as a Studebaker >> Champion >> >> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Noddy. >>> > > So, you *were* a space cadet? > > -- > > Toby Space cadets came along way after I was made a Commander. |