# Another Contestant in the World's Ugliest Car Contest! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161 "2006-12-31T00:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/1 "2006-12-31T00:17:46Z")
[I’m guessing it started out life as a Chevette.](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Super-Rare-Leata-Cabalero-Two-Owner-Orig-Papers-WOW_W0QQitemZ290065078112QQihZ019QQcategoryZ6472QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) Certainly proof positive that no matter how much you polish a turd, it remains a turd. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/2 "2006-12-31T00:33:20Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] [I’m guessing it started out life as a Chevette.](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Super-Rare-Leata-Cabalero-Two-Owner-Orig-Papers-WOW_W0QQitemZ290065078112QQihZ019QQcategoryZ6472QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) Certainly proof positive that no matter how much you polish a turd, it remains a turd. [/QUOTE] You know, it wouldn’t be bad looking if… …if… …no. You could not make that car look good. The name alone has SCTV comedy written all over it. I’d drop the vinyl roof and the fender flares and smooth the front grille just to make it survivable. Other than that, though… ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/3 "2006-12-31T01:16:35Z")
I like it. It would definitely rate a place of honor in my collection of Objects From Parallel Dimensions. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/4 "2006-12-31T02:32:08Z")
That “car” (for lack of a better term) looks like a gene splicing experiment that went terribly wrong. Take Chrysler Cordoba front fenders, mix in a Ford Granada radiator grill and headlights, put the rear greenhouse of of a American Motors Pacer, mix in about 27 yards of brown nagahide, and graft onto the root stock of a Chevrolet Vega. Then once you have done that, all that is left is to add the $10 wheel covers from Pep Boys. Holy Fuck somebody has bid over $3,500 for that shitbox? Somebody has all of their taste in their mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/5 "2006-12-31T03:16:35Z")
What about the [Daimler SP250](http://www.motorbase.com/profiles/vehicle/picture.ehtml?i=540;p=1147680157)? Looks kind of like a catfish. (I think it’s an actual example of ‘a sports car designed by committee’.) Compared to the car in the OP, it’s a beauty. Indeed, I kind of like it. But it’s still a bit bizarre looking. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/6 "2006-12-31T03:23:56Z")
Actually, the [Daimler Conquest](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1957-DAIMLER-CONQUEST-ROADSTER-RHD-RARE_W0QQitemZ260070787033QQihZ016QQcategoryZ6472QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) is a little funky looking too. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/7 "2006-12-31T03:35:01Z")
It’s hard to say exactly where the maker lifted all those unrelated body parts from. The big companies were stealing each other’s lines a lot in those days. The side quarters could be from the Cordoba or the Monte Carlo. The Granada and the Grand Prix looked similar to each other. The outsized vinyl half top looks lifted from some huge sedan. It’s hard to imagine two-hundred-some buyers shelled out for this peculiar thing back then. And what’s with the hammer and sickle in the yard? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/8 "2006-12-31T04:48:25Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] It’s hard to say exactly where the maker lifted all those unrelated body parts from. The big companies were stealing each other’s lines a lot in those days. The side quarters could be from the Cordoba or the Monte Carlo. The Granada and the Grand Prix looked similar to each other. The outsized vinyl half top looks lifted from some huge sedan. It’s hard to imagine two-hundred-some buyers shelled out for this peculiar thing back then. And what’s with the hammer and sickle in the yard? [/QUOTE] In communist Russia, car steals parts from _you!_ Other than that, I got nothin’. Oh, and yes, that’s one eye-bleedingly _hideous_ car. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/9 "2006-12-31T06:34:15Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] In communist Russia, car steals parts from _you!_ Other than that, I got nothin’. Oh, and yes, that’s one eye-bleedingly _hideous_ car. [/QUOTE] Yes! Here’s a guy with the courage and capital to build a low-volume car, and he doesn’t have a single original idea! He could have hooked up with Ed Roth or George Barris, but noooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/10 "2006-12-31T10:40:13Z")
it was obviously a car designed by a group of committees who had little or no idea what the other committess had in mind. An elephant is a mouse built by committee… regards fML ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/11 "2006-12-31T20:13:02Z")
I’d just like to quote this gem from the item description: > [@](#): > > The vehicle you are looking at is, without a doubt, the finest and most beautiful automobile to ever be manufactured in Pots Falls, Idaho. Now I’m curious to see what the good people of Pots Falls, Idaho consider ugly. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/12 "2006-12-31T20:21:36Z")
Surely it must be a prank, created via Photoshop! ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/13 "2006-12-31T20:33:17Z")
Looks like a hearse for small creatures. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/14 "2006-12-31T23:07:44Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] Now I’m curious to see what the good people of Pots Falls, Idaho consider ugly. [/QUOTE] Cleverly, the seller has transposed the name of the actual town, in order to keep from making a false statement. 😛 Also, I think Cabalero is supposed to have a double L. Check this out, **Tuck** : [www.leata.com](http://www.leata.com) :shudder: ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/15 "2007-01-01T01:09:51Z")
[QUOTE=NinetyWt] Cleverly, the seller has transposed the name of the actual town, in order to keep from making a false statement. 😛 Also, I think Cabalero is supposed to have a double L. Check this out, **Tuck** : [www.leata.com](http://www.leata.com) :shudder: [/QUOTE] That’s a _1975_ model? :eek: And none of the links work in the website. Looks like they design web pages as well as they style cars. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/16 "2007-01-01T02:34:46Z")
I get the feeling that Post Falls lost touch with the rest of the industrial world around 1950. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/17 "2007-01-01T03:01:41Z")
Post Falls? Viagra! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/18 "2007-01-01T04:15:47Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] Holy Fuck somebody has bid over $3,500 for that shitbox? Somebody has all of their taste in their mouth. [/QUOTE] Maybe they assumed the tractor was included. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/19 "2007-01-01T09:47:51Z")
Nah, that tractor is covered with bushes. It’s a no-go. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2007, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161/20 "2007-01-01T09:54:53Z")
That looks like that… _thing_… Wesley Snipes drove into spring training in _Major League_, only worse. And tackier. And uglier. Worse than the almighty “lime green hatchback” Pacer mistake from that commercial. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-contestant-in-the-worlds-ugliest-car-contest/386161.md?page=2)