Customs Cars you wouldn't want to be seen in...

Hummer. Anything with an LS1.

 

Hey Rusty, the car looks GREAT with those wide whites! Have fun in Ocean City. Al

 

ok I just had to do this.. had some cars mentioned. first was a smart car.. heres one I would be seen in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLVQtK04lig
next a volvo heres a pair i would be seen in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnv62ozgRL8

 

Any of my brother's BMWs

 

Things change with time. In the early '60's, dad's car was a 50's Morris Minor convertible. Just about everybody had full size Detroit iron in their driveway. That's what I wanted us to have too. having the Morris now would be cool. Black with burgundy interior & a canvas coloured top; yeah.

 

Gremlin

 

the cop car comment was funny.
I dont mind 4doors, not tuners if done w/ restraint, what i would be extremley embarassed to be seen in would be a Prius for sure or a pastel colored boyd wheeled street rod w/ 90s style graphics on its side.
That would be total diggin my own ditch experience.

 

Le Car by Renault. 3 F'n lug nuts per wheel, an exhaust pipe that Ts off and runs to nowhere? Failure to meet the sick whore and the piss pot test

No thank you I'll just walk.

 

Ouch that hurts!! Heres my daily driver an x Wi state patrol pursuit special. Never been cut off in traffic and gets a lot of respect on the highway!!!!!

 

Bob mate, im totally w/ you, but i think ya know already.

Who said vintage japanese cars are ugly i think he doesnt know what hes talkin about.
After this i'll pan out, but how can these be called ugly????
We all have diffrent tastes, to like certain imports or non american old cars doesnt mean to beclueless, its just being more open minded.

 

Camaro.... I have no mullet

 

Not even driving?

 

While i agree on the part that four doors were mainly family cars; no one on here can deny that 4 doors were not hot rodded and well respected and award winning cars. Sure; they may not be everyone's cup of tea but in the same boat; there were quite a few TRADITIONAL hot rod four doors back in the day. Maybe in the area that you grew up; the 4 doors were not as well-liked but it really all depends and what one person experienced in one place may be completely different than what another experienced somewhere else.

Ive had countless folks here on the HAMB who were actually a part of "the good ol' days" tell me to be proud of our 4 door because it is in fact traditional and they were in fact hot rodded back in the day.

And just because our four door is on display at a car show with a herd of people around it doesnt mean that it only attracts a bunch of know-nothing public people who just think its cool, because its old. I'm sorry but you are horribly wrong. We've had traditional hot rodders who have seen the car in person in its current unfinished state loving the car. Maybe its because we took pride in our work and gave the 4 door the treatment most 4 doors dont get. time, pride, and hard work to produce an awsome looking car thats appealing to the eye but not over the top. We know the car isn't worth much so we did subtle thing like shaved the doors to give it a cleaner look and dropped it down a little. Maybe it attracts people because its not something you see....at all anymore. It was never a high end type of car and yes youre right, they were advertised as family cars back in the day. But i will tell you this, i like the longer, stretched out look of the 4 door compared to the 2 door plymouths of its time.

While i understand that roadsters, 57 chevys, coupes, pick-ups, etc, etc are the "norm" and what everyone likes....i like them too....but I think a four door can make just as nice of a hot rod as a 2 door.

Now for those naysayers who say 4 doors wern't hot rodded back in the day need to take a look at French's 4 door plymouth that put a lot of 2 doors at the shows it attended...to shame

http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Leroy_French's_1949_Plymouth

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl0gcEohxxY&feature=related
How would you feel about being in this smart car?

 

Thanks Al, I put on an adapter and small block mopar fuel pump on it and it works great! Have a good time at the Jalopy Showdown!

Here's another car I wouldn't want to be seen in!

 

It's okay Farmergal, our cars are fine with us, who cares what the "haters" think! Dusty

 

I dunno. I can have fun in any car, whether it's "cool" or not. A girl I used to date had an 87 Chevy Nova hatchback and I had a lot of fun driving that little turd around!! I had a 1980 Mercury Zephyr with a straight 6 that would barely do the speed limit, but I could just smash it into things and not care. I don't mind the imports too much. I know some guys with some nasty little Hondas (how does 600hp TO THE TIRES and 140mph trap speeds sound?). The last generation Toyota Supras are pretty bad ass. AWD turbo cars are fun as hell. I had a 05 Subaru Forester XT (turbo wagon) with a 5 speed and a 4.44 final drive ratio. It would snap your neck on a 5k launch.

Anyway, before I stray too far OT, not really much of anything I'd be "ashamed" to ride around in, as long as it's road worthy.

 

i do have to agree with sinister. if the thing is safe for the road...you could have fun with anything. the experience is what you make it

 

Any rice burner......But those egg shaped Porsche's from the 80's are the worst of all!

 

This was true even in the late 70's when I was in high school...

 

I think the early ones are cool ('67-'69)... As long as they're not slammed, turned into a pro-mod (YUCK!), resto-mod er whatever you want to call it. I always liked the stock look on those...

 

Ya ever see a '67-'69 4-door T-bird??? I think them are badass...

 

remember back in 'the old days' when it was embarrassing to be seen in a two or three year old car... especially the 'fin' cars... and camaro was a girl's car.

 

dont have a pic but ugly as sin
mid 80s 4 door reliant..ugh

except for that one that showed up
with a built 440 tubbed !!
even that was cool !!

 

A "Smart" car. There's nothing smart about them. Prius sounds like some sort of STD or a feminine hygiene product.
There was a time that even two door post cars were not cool to be seen in, never mind the more doors, although more door hard tops were OK. Now anything that's made of real steel is OK.

 

One with payments, could not afford hot rod parts then.

 

vw thing

 

I'd drive that to a cruise night. get some rub-on tatties, DA, roll my cuffs up...yea...

 

X 2 ! Or ANYTHING with faux spindle mounts!

 

The Vaccumetski Physhka! (sucking fish)

Despite the desmodromic valve train and alluring red finish,
I could not put my bottom in this hemorrhoid on wheels.

Delightfully awful!