Features The Ugliest Kustoms of the 50s

This one is crazy cool. That space ship rear is killer.
The only problem I see is that little children might start to cry when they see the front end.

 

I don't think this qualifies as ugly, but it's pretty high up on the weirdness scale...

 

It's as ugly as a hat full of a$$holes.

 

Me too. off a cliff.

 

Do we need to start a suicide hotline?

 

Call me weird. But I have always wanted an ugly Custom.

 

Well, now you've got PLENTY of inspiration. hahahaha!

 

It's going to take a LONG time to photoshop that one out of my brain.......

 

This car was built on the east coast and ended up in St Joseph Missouri. Which is when the picture was taken .St Joseph is 100 miles from where I live. Hmmmm.

 

Holy crap, I think that's a '59 Studebaker Lark grille! Can't recall seeing one ever used in a kustom.

 

Kinda crazy times ! Everybody tried to be Big Daddy Roth ,but others could not quite get it right !

 

Most all mothers think there baby is pretty++++++++++++,and it is the case,as often said "Eye of Beholder"
Today some* who look an call "ugly" on customs and cars of the 1950s n 60s,don't have eye of the times,so do not see stuff in the same way!! Yes ,there was some that were ugly then an now,just not to the mother !!!
I was lucky to have lived it and very into cars the hole time! Nothing can be said,that will make what a younger guy sees as ugly into pretty. How much of a artist are you'all?

 

I’m willing to bet there were plenty of folks when some of these rides were just out of the shop called em ugly.
Id still drive em either way.

 

Sunliner so killer. This thread is like dangerous drugs, go easy...

 

buick and nash for starters!??

 

Could be worse.
At least these cars aren’t gassers.

 

As homely as most of these cars are, there is still something endearing about them. I have no forgiveness in my heart though for ugly 80’s kustoms.

 

I'm thinkin' that some of the Barris cars aint that bad.

 

I see a little Studebaker, too

 

Try this link for starters ....

https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWheels/comments/1epr396/the_cysne_prateado_a_brazilian_project_car_of/

 

George Barris created some really ugly vehicle modifications. He was the king
of ugly customs. just my opinion. His Sam created some really nice Merc chop jobs,
class and eye pleasing style. Just my opinion. I lived in the California bay area in the early sixties and saw a few of his efforts in person at various venues.

 

This is the one, a 39 Merc tub made into this. Have Mercy !!

 

I think it was built by someone named Frank Maratta. It actually made the cover of Rod & Custom when it was PINK.

I didn't know that drugs were available back then. The only thing missing is a visor and hydraulics.

 

In east germany they built an ugly custom for a movie....
https://eastgermancinema.com/2012/01/07/motoring-tales/

 

Actually, that car is a very close replica of the "Phantom Corsair" built in 1938 by Rusty Heinz ( yes, that Heinz) I think it is pretty good looking, and was way ahead of the times, in styling, for the era it was built (by Boehman and Schwartz, I believe)