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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Nash-Healy: Italian Fail




The 1951 Nash-Healey was a pretty little roadster. Nothing to write home about, but nothing offensive. Then in 1952 they hired Pinin Farina to do a redesign. I guess you can call it unique. It's unfortunate heavy and cross-eyed looks spread like disease throughout the Nash range - by 1955 most models shared the Nash-Healey look.

Updates...

For anyone who regularly watches this site, I've now added a search as well as "reactions" on the bottom of each post. It seems to only let me have 3, so I chose to keep it simple with, "verified fugly" and "404: fugly not found". Feel free to go check crazy.

Bavarian Sushi




Don't know what's up with all the Honda BMWs as of late. Mating an M3 with a Civic appears to suffer more than mating a 5 series with an Acura...

Pimp My Alero




Because a Olds Alero looks exactly like a vintage Cadillac. And because the Olds Alero is such a terrific base for a rat rod. I'm guessing rat rod due to the pinstriping and matte paint. I think it's matte paint... The door and the rest of the car seem to be different textures.