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  • Have you ever seen vehicles so ugly they're beautiful?
    We selected 20 ugly vehicles suggested by you, the viewer for this video.
    Here are 20 vehicles so ugly they're beautiful (viewer picks).
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    00:00 Intro
    00:25 600miles - Powell Sport Wagon
    00:58 BaldDogM71 - Studebaker Champ
    01:36 Caspers Last Stand me - Bedford CA
    02:04 AMC Pacer
    02:40 Elaine Treadwell - Chevy Avalanche
    03:10 Embargoman - Pontiac Aztek
    03:56 frankienphil9261978 - Lincoln Blackwood
    04:37 Jeff King - Studebaker Transtar
    05:09 Jungle Drums - Chevy COE
    05:43 Lisa Anglin - Dodge Omni
    06:18 Lisa Thow - AMC Gremlin
    06:49 Lucky B - Dodge A100
    07:19 Michael's Corner - Cadillac Escalade EXT
    07:52 No Troll - Saab 95
    08:19 Ramon De Haan - Toyota Prius
    08:50 Richard Nielson - Dodge Rampage
    09:18 rupe53 - Ford Falcon Ranchero
    09:50 S Drape - Corvair Greenbrier Sports Wagon
    10:24 S Drape - Ford Courier
    11:03 Tank 710 - Corvair Rampside
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  • @mindseyedesign
    @mindseyedesign  5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Thanks for watching everyone! 😍
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    • @oldmenruleracing
      @oldmenruleracing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Loved the rampy

    • @franko5331
      @franko5331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      dude you forgot something the most blyatfull car on this world MULTIPLA!!!! :)
      it got everithing 3 seats in front big glas because you want to see that idiot who buy it :)
      an its realz cheap!

    • @mindseyedesign
      @mindseyedesign  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is a viewers choice video and we only had room for 20.

    • @franko5331
      @franko5331 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Minds Eye Design ahh ok but I think multipla might have that 21 plače😂😂😂😂😂😂👌👌

    • @mindseyedesign
      @mindseyedesign  5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree and very good suggestion. I'll save your pick for the next ugly vehicle video. 👍

  • @eddietucker3334
    @eddietucker3334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Nothing ugly about the 50s era Studebaker trucks: they were gorgeous!

  • @CaptainFoufeu
    @CaptainFoufeu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    My grandfather was a farmer and he had a Corvair Rampside. I loved that truck. It was so fun to ride in, and he showed me that the ramp made things extremely easy to load, especially livestock like hogs, and anything he needed to use a dolly or hauling tool with. I dont know what happened to the truck after he died in 1984 though. Even for a farmer, he kept it in beautiful condition.

  • @lawnmowermanlawnmowerman9930
    @lawnmowermanlawnmowerman9930 5 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    All of these cars have more character than any of this late model junk we have now.

    • @Norbert1819
      @Norbert1819 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      yessss!

    • @martinmorgan1538
      @martinmorgan1538 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lawnmowerman lawnmowerman j7

    • @lawnmowermanlawnmowerman9930
      @lawnmowermanlawnmowerman9930 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      martin morgan: j7? what does that mean,please explain.

    • @stevencorrea7982
      @stevencorrea7982 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@lawnmowermanlawnmowerman9930 You can't tell none of them apart they all look just alike. Tesla look like a Austin Martin Ford Fusion look like the Tesla.

    • @mowbros769
      @mowbros769 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A few of these would make minty work vehicles!

  • @Stillkickingarse
    @Stillkickingarse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    I totally adore the Studebaker pickup trucks

    • @carlcushmanhybels8159
      @carlcushmanhybels8159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like the old Studebaker pickups too. In the late 70's there was an abandoned late '40's one in the NH woods I liked to pretend to drive. In good condition, it was taken out and restored.

    • @notinterested5787
      @notinterested5787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That Lark pickup looks like it has a late 50s/early 60s Ford pickup bed, with a Studebaker tailgate. It even still has the Ford pickup taillights!

    • @JeffDeWitt
      @JeffDeWitt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@notinterested5787 It's NOT a Lark pickup, it's a Champ. While the front sheet metal of the Lark sedan was used the structure is all truck with solid axles and leaf springs on all four corners. There were two different style beds offered, the one they show in these pictures which is actually a Dodge bed... Studebaker made a deal to acquire the dies from Dodge in exchange for providing crash parts. The narrow bed... stepside not shown here is all Studebaker and much better looking, if less practical.

    • @glennso47
      @glennso47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Dodge A100 was a horrible thing that I had to drive in order to get my military drivers license.

    • @justaguy6100
      @justaguy6100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Studebaker grill is easily as iconic as the Beemer kidneys grill.

  • @HawklordLI
    @HawklordLI 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The Falcon Ranchero's are cool looking, not ugly at all.

    • @stickpd7885
      @stickpd7885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The only thing I didn't like about the early rancheros, was the roofline, other than that they were cool

    • @tomfrazier1103
      @tomfrazier1103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When I was a kid in the '70s my uncle drove a '63 Ranchero as a work truck. California framer/surfer.

  • @19rrodman69
    @19rrodman69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My first car was the yellow 72 Ford Courier pickup. I had it all thru high school in the late 80s. Lot of good memories with that truck.

  • @Dan-sq5cv
    @Dan-sq5cv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    I have to say I always thought the mid 50's Studebaker truck was beautiful, not a square line on it. Nice aerodynamics when you pass the 150mph mark LOL.

    • @louisedwards6681
      @louisedwards6681 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      👍

    • @rickwilson466
      @rickwilson466 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Guy in town has one. Fully restored 4x4 not lifted 31/10.5s ...
      ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!

    • @TheOzthewiz
      @TheOzthewiz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wonder if Andy Granatelli had any "R3" Stude trucks that he modified in the late'50s or early '60s!

    • @JeffDeWitt
      @JeffDeWitt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheOzthewiz Not that anyone knows of. However there were two R2 trucks built, a black one which is in a collection, and a white one that disappeared somewhere in Indiana in the late 60's. Who knows, it might be sitting in a barn waiting to be found.

  • @RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts
    @RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    AMC Gremlins were raced successfully on the Nurburgring by Team Highball. Definitely not an ugly car or even a poor performing one

  • @Ruddster6
    @Ruddster6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I really like the Ford Falcon pick up.

  • @paulrodrigues9603
    @paulrodrigues9603 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I like the Falcon Ranchero. There is so much that you can do to mod it and make it your own. Lots of Mustang parts will fit it.

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I had an enormous LTD Ranchero with a rare truck cap on it. That thing could tow enormous pontoons to the lake and not feel it. A tree feel on it after a tornado hit the neighbourhood. The cab caved in on the passenger side, making the passenger's side door worthless and breaking the glass on it. Nobody could sit in it because the roof was so low on that side after it caved in. I drove it like that for almost a year. Someone offered me money for it and I accepted. He had one with a perfect body but a cracked cylinder head and ruined transmisson. I sold it and missed it immediately. I still think about that old aircraft carrier. I miss it.

    • @waterhead1029
      @waterhead1029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@indridcold8433 That was the only vehicle I said "There's nothing ugly about that, what's wrong with people?"

    • @freddieh5539
      @freddieh5539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      IMHO- the Falcon Ranchero needs to be taken out of the video, then add the Nash Metropolitan in its place.

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@freddieh5539 The Nash Metropolitan was definitly the original clown car. They would look right at home under the big top with 25 clowns crammed inside.

    • @karlsmith2570
      @karlsmith2570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed, the Ford Falcon Ranchero is beautiful, as are a lot of the other vehicles that appeared in this video such the COE truck that appeared in here

  • @Requiredfields2
    @Requiredfields2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    4:40 Studebaker Transtar pickup is the nicest I've ever seen. This thing is gorgeous.

  • @BarryGordon58
    @BarryGordon58 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Corvair Rampside is the pinnacle of AWESOME. Imagine that beauty today with a Subaru Boxer engine. Some modern styling cues... I will take THREE!
    .

    • @TheOzthewiz
      @TheOzthewiz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I could imagine that Rampside with the original Chevy engine, but turbocharged. With the Chevy you would probably have a few oil leaks, but NO blown head gaskets like you would with the Subi.

    • @attyjanduschinwaukeshawisp8832
      @attyjanduschinwaukeshawisp8832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have. 3 vans & clone corvair jenko stinger no are running got hooked on them put a 140 hp. Into a 71 vw camper bus motor totally modified about 215 hp. It was awesome.

    • @jefferyschirm4103
      @jefferyschirm4103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly what I was about to text , a boxer eng. would make it great .

    • @k.r.v.4219
      @k.r.v.4219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually the only advantage, if you call it that, is liquid cooling, that only helps keep emissions in check. But the simplicity of air-cooling can’t be dismissed off hand! Plus the Covairs latest engine, the 164 c.i., boxer, with modern gaskets an viton pushrod tube seals can be tight as a drum, without any oil leaks! Plus with modern ignition systems and fuel injection systems, with or without a Turbo, develops great torque at low rpm’s.

  • @terencejay8845
    @terencejay8845 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I have a soft spot for both the Pacer and Gremlin, as I hired both during trips in the 70's. In the UK I had a Bedford van. I like quirky cars and I'd love a Saab 95.

    • @TheInvincibleOne
      @TheInvincibleOne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i also love quirky cars, and AMC cars

    • @chuckleber5646
      @chuckleber5646 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I recognized the Bedford from my Dinky Toy collection. I love the first Pacer.

  • @carlan.pennington7346
    @carlan.pennington7346 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Dad had the Ford falcon what a mighty little Workhorse. bought used and lasted 12 plus years. With no problems

    • @MoonwolfeConsulting
      @MoonwolfeConsulting 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dad's Falcon pulled a 2 horse trailer with no complaints. One strong, well engineered little old workhorse.

    • @raymondswarmer1433
      @raymondswarmer1433 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My dad bought one and we took it on a family trip to Canada. Put a 16` boat onto with roof racks. Reall_ looked odd going down the road.

  • @gregglasgow5957
    @gregglasgow5957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Owned a 72 Gremlin. Loved it despite the rather rude remarks about forgetting the rear half.

  • @luannstewart4881
    @luannstewart4881 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I would love to have the Ford falcon ranchero, parents had one when I was little, we used to cram 2 adults & 4 kids in there. Love that little pickup !!

  • @bigpat_4295
    @bigpat_4295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The Omni isnt ugly Its normal
    Edit The rampage and ranchero are awesome too

  • @rusty358
    @rusty358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My first car was a SAAB 96 with a 2stroke engine. I often miss that car.

  • @MrPropanePete
    @MrPropanePete 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My vote is number 18, the Bedford van. I remember working on these as a mechanic in the 1960's in Australia. They were very popular and there are still a few fully restored and running around as mobile ice cream vans, etc.

  • @wolfman5833
    @wolfman5833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The AMC Pacer and Gremlin are my personal favorites 🥰

  • @wayneferreira9041
    @wayneferreira9041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Love that Saab Wagon, had a 1969 96 with V four Ford motor, love to have a 1969 95 wagon today.

    • @nickfry7705
      @nickfry7705 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The Saab is def the best here, beautiful innovative car.

    • @davidkinzie8998
      @davidkinzie8998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mine was a Saab 96 V4 deluxe

  • @tedsmith5804
    @tedsmith5804 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I had a SAAB 95 Wagon with three cyl. 2 stroke engine. I loved that old SAAB!

    • @karlkiessling
      @karlkiessling 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We had one too! I liked riding in the back seat even though I was too tall for it.

    • @rogerengel6202
      @rogerengel6202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ted Smith Mine was a V4 4 cycle. Loved mine as much as you loved yours.

    • @lucassaaf9183
      @lucassaaf9183 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have a Saab with Three cyl. 2 stroke and a 4cyl.v4

    • @notroll1279
      @notroll1279 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm the one who suggested the SAAB 95 here.
      I also fiercely love SAAB and their cars - but the 95's design really takes some getting used to - particular the later ones with those triangular tailfins and round lights in them were extremely… hmmm… "courageous" … or downright eccentric.
      Somehow all this blends to a very lovable whole - which is why I think the SAAB 95 is pretty right on this list.

    • @WalesRadio
      @WalesRadio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My wife drove a 3 cyl 2-stroke one. She was perpetually pestered by people when they saw that dumb woman pouring oil into the petrol tank and when buying three spark plugs was mostly told she should replace ALL of the plugs.
      We used to take it for a burn-up once in a while to literally burn all the oil out of the exhaust - which NEVER needed replacing.
      My brother-I-L still has one and swears by it. I had a Wartburg Knight estate that also attracted laughs until I'd leave them in my smoke.

  • @larryhutchens7593
    @larryhutchens7593 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A co worker bought one of those Pontiac Aztecs for his wife. She liked it because it had a lot of neat features inside. She had a small wreck in it and put it in a body shop for repairs. I asked him if they were going to work some of the ugly off of it while it was in the shop. His reply "I don't think that there is that much body work available". While walking from the parking lot into work a guy drove past myself and another co worker in a new Chevy Avalanche. The co worker yelled out "how much they payin you to drive that thing?". Some things just can't get no respect.

  • @eugenewilson7555
    @eugenewilson7555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love the looks of #13 Studebaker Transtar

  • @stevensmith6201
    @stevensmith6201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I owned a dark red 89 Dodge Omni, it was pretty decent on gas, it was a nice driving car.

  • @brucegalbraith9787
    @brucegalbraith9787 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    the Greenbriar van and pick up are my favorite

  • @briankeithnull194
    @briankeithnull194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I actually when I was a teenager owned a 1974 Gremlin. It had a Levi interior and a 3 speed on the floor transmission.
    No A/C and my Dad installed an 8 track tape player in it for me for Christmas one year. Nobody that's ever had an 8 track player will ever forget the click sound it made changing tracks in the middle of your favorite song.

  • @jamesoldman3021
    @jamesoldman3021 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never could understand why the Corvair pick-up was not more successful. It was produced in an era when 4 x 4's were rare. With its rear engine design it had far better traction than most pick-ups when empty. The drop down side panel was convenient and would be handy on today's vehicles. Cousins son drove one as a parts delivery vehicle and loved it.

  • @cliff7292
    @cliff7292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Shelby Omni did have something in common with the Shelby Mustang. It was fast,it was turbo charged which made it a pocket rocket.

  • @IronheadOfScroteus
    @IronheadOfScroteus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My dad has had a long career of building custom cars. During the 70's he retrofitted three Ford Rancheros; a '62, and two '64's, with Mustang 289 V8's and transmissions and the beefier Mustang running gear and suspensions. It was easy since the early Mustangs were built on Falcon chassis and everything pretty much bolted right in. They were fun. In the 70's, beat up and trashed out Mustangs were for sale on every street corner, so he had plenty of parts. Rancheros were not as common but he had no trouble finding as many as he cared to mess with. I wish I had that little '62 right now.

  • @curtissmith2679
    @curtissmith2679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I once had a 71 Torino station wagon. I chopped it down and made my own homemade ranchero. Almost everyone thought it was the real thing. I called it an "El Torino" for a while, or ranchino or El ranchero. That was one of my favorite trucks and it sure turned a lot of heads.

  • @williamwurthmann1573
    @williamwurthmann1573 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Powell truck is my favorite.....Two thumbs up. Thank you.

  • @hunterglass1840
    @hunterglass1840 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My wife had a Prius. I hated the way it looked, operated and drove but my wife loved it. She’s smart and a great driver so to each his own.
    I also went to college in 1978 in a Studebaker pick up I was ashamed of but would dream of owning it now.

    • @danielholtxxl4936
      @danielholtxxl4936 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hunter Glass Ain’t that the truth! I look back on some of the cars I had and didn’t appreciate at the time. If I could only afford one of them now. A 1957 Chev pickup, a 1968 Dodge van, and more.

    • @treojoe1077
      @treojoe1077 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know what you mean. In 1979 I went with my wife (then girlfriend) to trade in her 1974 Nova Custom for a Toyota celica because it was costing her over $10 a week to fill up. 🙄

    • @ilikefordchevygmcnotramand6810
      @ilikefordchevygmcnotramand6810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@treojoe1077 Oh, you thought me spelt it The Top Speed Guy I thought I did it but treojoe did it

  • @jessenone3708
    @jessenone3708 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I had a 73 courier, I liked it, never thought it was ugly. I thought it had simple styling

    • @danbasta3677
      @danbasta3677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I liked the Ford Courriers to. They were a simple pickup truck and were made by Mazda for Ford.

    • @billyork9588
      @billyork9588 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I also have a Ford Courier - it works and has now run reliably for 1.47 million kilo-metes being re-bored twice. Solid hard worker!

  • @mcshawnboy
    @mcshawnboy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I liked the Corvair vehicles. I have a soft spot for them. As small child who often has in the rear window shelf or on the rear floor as my Mom drove from next to Binghamton, NY to Baltimore City, MD on the weekends to see my Dad who was a teacher. I ALWAYS loved to be awake going through the area around Harrisburg, PA. There was a bar called somebody's Landing, can't get the 1st part, but they took part of a plane on the front of the building & lit it up like it's a crash. This was along US#11, as I-81 hadn't been built yet! I still LOVE train's & Enola was a HUGE freight yard & reverse it's name for how the workers felt being there. So many bridges across the river on a Moon lit night made me giddy with the reflection!
    When I got to drive as an adult I got 1964 red Corsa & I joined the Corvair Club of Baltimore. I made friends with Gary Segal
    who had a bunch of Corvans & Rampsides! He even had autocross events at a church next to Towson where we rented for meetings. I carpooled to Lincoln Tech in Baltimore when it was on Wilkins Ave & I rode in Bill Atkinson's Bicentennial-like paint job on his Pacer! I'd an opinion that 80's Dodge trucks had a flat odd grille, but I guess I'd missed the really UGLY ones!

  • @LaJivecisco
    @LaJivecisco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Corvair Greenbrier is definitely be one of my favorites cars for my book. Considering that i have soft spot for Vans & would likely drive a vintage 60's, the Greenbrier shows the best on what Vans are known to be.

  • @Paul8851
    @Paul8851 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    When I was in High School I thought that the Stude Lark and Champ looked good. I still do! They do not belong on this list of 20ugly vehicles.

    • @5610winston
      @5610winston 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Love that Lark, but I worship the Avanti.

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All of these cars look way better than the crap that is coming out today. Many car companies went bankrupt and begged their respective governments for bailouts when they switched to the ugly upside down soup bowl look. As you can see when you look out the window, none of them learned much. The cars are still getting uglier, more cramped, flimsier, lower to the ground, and getting ever more ugly plastic on the inside and outside. I hate modern cars. I doubt I will ever own one. It is a shame. I used to love to upgrade to the latest model every four years or so. I have had my current car 24 years and climbing. I just could not trade in my beautiful vehicle for a deformed jellybean with an tiny little engine operating on the edge of self destruction.

    • @danbasta3677
      @danbasta3677 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@indridcold8433 Agreed! And that also goes the same with these ugly four door station wagon trucks to along with these ugly wagon wheels and thin tires they put on onler along with newer cars and trucks of today.

  • @nicholaschanda4992
    @nicholaschanda4992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Say what you want about number 7, but ever since I was little I always wanted a Saab 95

    • @dougsteel7414
      @dougsteel7414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same.

    • @danadoggett1667
      @danadoggett1667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I learned to drive in my parent's 67 saab wagon. Great car. 30 mpg when nobody cared, Seat belts for 6, and never got stuck due to the front wheel drive (unheard of back then...)

    • @markcollins2666
      @markcollins2666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My neighbor had one, in the early 60's. SAAB's were all he'd buy. Big Al was obese, so he loved the suicide doors. He was an aviation engineer for GE, so of course a big fan of SAAB.

  • @dsmith8859
    @dsmith8859 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have a 62 greenbriar van, I got it when I was 15 and I'm 39 now. My brother has a 61 panel van and our dad has a 61 rampside. Now our kids are getting into corvairs

  • @chucklachance
    @chucklachance 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Also, every single Citroen is poetry in motion!

  • @FADn12641
    @FADn12641 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1974 Ford Courier, my parents had one in the early to mid 80's. We got a lot of use out of that gutless little wonder. I loved that truck! I wish a true mini-pickup were available again, current models are already too big for me.

    • @garypeatling7927
      @garypeatling7927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Good looking and the Saab

    • @TheOzthewiz
      @TheOzthewiz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SUPER RELIABLE because Mazda designed it, BUT was a real rust bucket up here in North Country!

  • @niklaswejedal463
    @niklaswejedal463 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    easy to pick a favorite here; the only non-ugly car - the Saab 95. May not be classic beauty, but it is as cool as they come.

  • @eddietucker3334
    @eddietucker3334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I owned several Saab 95s and 96s from 1967 - 1974 and I loved their oddball looks and the way they drove. Crap clutches, though.

  • @lalajohnson7194
    @lalajohnson7194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My dad had AMC Gremlin he drove, plus a 2nd one disassembled in the shed for parts. They were such a Heinz 57 car, when going to the auto parts store you always had to have the VIN# with you. Depending on which year the car was made it might have Chevy brakes one year then Ford brakes the next. But it was the best car for doing donuts in the snow!

  • @jimburig7064
    @jimburig7064 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My favorite is the Corvair. When you drive a Rampside, you'll be amazed by the lack of engine noise.

  • @erroleabrown4317
    @erroleabrown4317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    l cant believe that most of these were put out of production, their awesomely cute and very versatile, l love them

  • @lorinwgould1874
    @lorinwgould1874 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My first car I had, my parents bought me from a coworker of my mom's: A 1984 Dodge Omni, #11 on the list. I felt & still do feel it was a nice cute little car. Dodge's version of Chevy's Chevette & Ford's Escort.

  • @DMACHOLMAN
    @DMACHOLMAN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When the Lincoln Blackwood was introduced as a new model mercury also introduced a new cougar, I felt like I was at a baby shower and had to say something nice like what a beautiful baby.
    Everyone else was doing it...
    Thanks.

  • @BBoxn
    @BBoxn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You forgot to mention the Aztek also had a Tent an Ice Chest Seats on the tailgate and an air mattress.

  • @oifivguy
    @oifivguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loved the Currier, had 2 of the later modeled ones, one exactly like the light blue one, and a 94 Mazda B200 in silver, loved both of those little trucks.

  • @davidjackson2524
    @davidjackson2524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Dodge Omni's European cousin the Chrysler/Talbot Horizon had a Lotus tuned version as well, which was rallied.

    • @heikosteffens1661
      @heikosteffens1661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am sorry, but you confuse it with the Simca Horizon´s smaller brother, the Simca Sunbeam or Talbot Sunbeam wich even was sold as Lotus Sunbeam

  • @bitemykrank1970
    @bitemykrank1970 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The AMC Pacer came about when an American with a car companies cheque book saw a British Made Jensen Interceptor in a magazine. Problem came about from the fact he was looking at the picture through his glass of water on the counter at the cafe. Half the damn car is missing due to Snells Law.
    Also it seems funny that what was ONCE considered ugly, is now a thing of beauty.....all these really needed was some bling wheels and flashy paint.....turns a turd into a trophy winner in no time.

  • @bigb1209
    @bigb1209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I had an omni once, that thing was reliable and would scoot. I had a courier I bought for $50, put a 302 with a 5 speed in it...was fun.

  • @jonathangriffin1120
    @jonathangriffin1120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Bedford CA was made by GMs UK division in Luton, Bedfordshire, it was very successful, watch any film footage of London streets in the fifties and sixties you're gonna see a CA! It sold well until Ford brought out the bigger and faster Transit in '65.

  • @Tool-Meister
    @Tool-Meister 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    VW Thing. Top contender for #1 spot! I should add I owned 3 Saab’s, one 99 , 1 5-door turbo, and a 25th Anniversary 4-door. Great driving cars with excellent driver and passenger comfort & safety. Wife was t-boned by a guy going about 50 in a full-sized Plymouth. No one hurt in the Saab. He went to the hospital.

  • @briankeithnull194
    @briankeithnull194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just out of high school I worked for a company called Rupert Plastics. We made the taillights for the Dodge Omni and the Plymouth Horizon.

  • @js4540
    @js4540 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Number 10! I always loved the Pacers too.

  • @IAmRyan25
    @IAmRyan25 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    12 isn't ugly, it's just different. A true truck can never truly be ugly.

  • @artletellier3153
    @artletellier3153 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had a 1976 (?) Yeller, not yellow as shown. :-)
    180,000 miles on the same brake cylinders. Sold to my mechanic for almost same amount as I purchased it. Great little truck and with a camper top, we pulled a Rockwood popup camper to many a good weekend for the two kids. Oh, they loved riding in the back. Good fine. Thanks for the memories. You have a great site. Art L. New Orleans, LA

  • @karenvickers8165
    @karenvickers8165 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a fun video to watch, great jobgn Minds Design!!!

  • @eottoe2001
    @eottoe2001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The Gremlins weren't built that well but the body design was ahead of its time with Honda and other makers adopting the chopped off end. Liked the video.

    • @sockshandle
      @sockshandle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Better than the pinto and the Vega

  • @Mr101Indianscout
    @Mr101Indianscout 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The Ford Courier truck was a great product. Loved seeing the list

    • @cerealtiller
      @cerealtiller 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I owned 2 Mazda B1800 Pickups which was the Ford Courier in the USA....a very good Vehicle..why describe it as Ugly?

  • @bigburrearp7609
    @bigburrearp7609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had such a love/hate relationship with my first car. A 1974 AMC Gremlin-X. Ugly? Yes(just the back half). Rattly? Oh yeah. And definitely falling apart way before its time. But OMG would that car haul ass!!! That 305 paired up with a "Three" on the floor(always wished it was four) was a great match for its time. Hard to start sometimes on those cold Oklahoma winter mornings, though. Brings back fond memories of blasting down the highway with Alice Cooper blaring from my 8-track player. Good times.

  • @stevesilsby5288
    @stevesilsby5288 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    1964 Chevy Greenbrier was my first car. When I purchased it in 1973 it had been converted into a Hippie van with Earl Scheib orange paint, wide 70-series tires on chrome wheels, back seats removed, carpeting on the floor and curtains covering the windows. Yeah it was homely, but I loved that machine!

  • @johnpenny9656
    @johnpenny9656 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Lurrrv the SAAB 95. My brother had one, and we had 3 or 4, 96's between us.

    • @5610winston
      @5610winston 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To me, the 93 and 96 models look a lot like a 3/4 scale '48 Packard fastback. Not a bad thing, and the Sonett 2 models are startlingly sharp.

    • @sundar999
      @sundar999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The SAAB 92 looked gorgeous, especially early fifties. Then they ruined the aerodynamic design gradually until it looked very ugly in the sixties and seventies

  • @steveryan6299
    @steveryan6299 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Don`t forget that a special edition Gremlin came with "Levi`s denim" interior, metal buttons and all. Gf in '73 got into car and Immediately screamed bloody hell. Levi button "brand" on back of thigh. Date over...

    • @proudtobewhiteprivileged9530
      @proudtobewhiteprivileged9530 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      the Gremlin is number one of the what were they thinking category But you can still get them on ebay for the low price of 22k restored.

    • @darrellcook8253
      @darrellcook8253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But a lasting impression....? What the hell was THAT?

  • @billmaurer6092
    @billmaurer6092 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bought a new Ross Brown 1982 Mazda B2000 Sundowner off the lot. LOVED that little truck. Drove it for 20 years with very few problems. Being in Minnesota it did eventually rust out and things began to fail. But it never died, I donated it to a charity. Who knows, it may still be out there on the road. If so, I'd buy it back!

  • @johnasbury4455
    @johnasbury4455 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I had one of the Ford Courier pickups I'm 6-foot 6 and was about 350 lb at the time wonderful truck great room much more than the Ranger and it always ran great I miss that truck

    • @louisedwards6681
      @louisedwards6681 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hay,bigman let me hold a dollar!

    • @haroldwilkes6608
      @haroldwilkes6608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We had a fleet of them that just would not die. Probably in some zombie movie today or a Mad Max movie.

    • @chaosdemonwolf1
      @chaosdemonwolf1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@haroldwilkes6608 That's cause they were import mazda's from Japan with the Ford logo

    • @haroldwilkes6608
      @haroldwilkes6608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chaosdemonwolf1 - true - our next fleet was Luv pickups - Chevy logo, Isuzu build- couldn't destroy them either - I'd like to have one now but they cost too much.

    • @soco13466
      @soco13466 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A friend of mine had one, couldn't get parts. Neither Ford or Mazda would claim anything to do with it.

  • @johnrecknor5639
    @johnrecknor5639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    For nostalgia the Chevy COE is neat. They are easy to load.

  • @shadowjack8
    @shadowjack8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Never owned one but I will ALWAYS love the Pacer. I did own a Courier, and my dad owned two. With a gas engine it was tolerable because it got around 30mpg. Dad's diesel, on the other hand was a pathetically weak beast. BTW Long time since I saw a Willies CO pickup.

  • @bobbysolo5411
    @bobbysolo5411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My Granpa had the ramp side Greenbrier and it as perfect for his purposes. Easy loading and unloading of the toys he loved to play with, cycles and go karts.

  • @TheresaForino
    @TheresaForino 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I so love my Aztek, from the first time I saw the Aztek when it was part of the prize package for the winner of the first season of Survivor. I purchased the storage package, sports package and the camping package with mine. I ordered the 2003 model which had the body change in October of 2002 and started driving it November 22 and had no problems with it till I was forced into a telephone pole a few years back by someone who had no idea where they were, what they were doing and had no concept how to use their mirrors, that caused a whole lot of problems from then on. I have spent money on fixing, buying parts from junkyards to replace parts that can't be purchased anywhere else, but then something else would pops up related. Most of the problems have something to do with sensors and electronics, I've even had my dash brain worked on. As my husband says it's dying of old age, he's is trying to get me to buy a new vehicle but there is absolutely nothing out there I like or I want, all are so ugly, to small and none of them fit what an SUV should be and they all even more sensors and electronics to worry about going bad. I remember the days I could work on anything on a car, yes a female that knows their way around, well use to, a car engine, however, nowadays it's all based on electronics based and you have to really know what your doing. How I would love to see something rugged, roomy, with less electrical to go bad like either an old school off-road vehicle such as a Ford Bronco, Chevrolet Blazer, Land Rover Defender or Range Rover, Jeep Wagoneer or CJ, Isuzu Trooper, Toyota Land Cruiser, Mitsubishi Montero and the Volkswagen Type 181(LHD)/182 (RHD)(Thing aka Safari, Camat, Trekker) or 183(Iltis aka Polecat) the true SUVs that started it all.

  • @rogerengel6202
    @rogerengel6202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I owned a 1970 Saab 95 same ugly green as your video. We all called it the Turtle. I was constantly stopped & told how ugly the car was but shut everyone up when I responded that with it's V4 engine front wheel drive, 4 speed on the column, duel range transmission & locking or freewheeling front wheel hub's I got 53, yes that's right 53 miles per gallon during the late 70's fuel shortages. I once drove from Chicago to Cleveland, Oh. & back on one tank of gas. Sure wish I had a brand new one today!!!

    • @Stefan-
      @Stefan- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Beauty isnt everything like they say...

    • @glurnheim
      @glurnheim 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had one also. Thought it was the best! If I could a new one today I wouldn'thesitate.

    • @100forks
      @100forks 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I owned six of these cars. Loved them

  • @jonminnella2966
    @jonminnella2966 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Studebaker truck is cool truck

    • @5610winston
      @5610winston 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I 've bought five four-cylinder Nissan trucks.
      Can't find a Studebaker dealer in my city and South Bend is a bit of a hump from here.

  • @tomcondon6169
    @tomcondon6169 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Falcon Ranchero, the first extenda-cab Ranger, ton of room behind the seat, which allows tall people to drive it, wide people too, based on OddJob driving it in Goldfinger.

  • @vassa1972
    @vassa1972 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting video, it makes me missing the drive again

  • @bobbue8166
    @bobbue8166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A friend had a gremlin, but she called it a “grem-lemon”...... it was always breaking down

  • @TD402dd
    @TD402dd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Saab 93 and 95 (wagon) were very well designed when America was build 3 ton behemoths. It lead to the modern Saab which still used the front end design.

  • @pmd5428
    @pmd5428 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We had several Saabs, my sisters shared a ‘95’ year 1968, while in school and kept it ten years into raising her family. ( I guess my dad stopped helping with repairs. ) boy that thing could blaze trail through any snow storm. A great car.

  • @raymathews7035
    @raymathews7035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Saab96/ My dad had one.
    It had a 3cylinder 2stroke engine.
    This was one of two cars I learned to drive, when I was 16.
    Over 50yrs ago.
    My father also had the 1962 Studebaker 4door sedan. Had the V-8 in it. Fun car to drive.
    Had the automatic transmission.

  • @richardfox8168
    @richardfox8168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I like the vintage COE #12. Would have loved to have one years ago when was into hot rodding.

  • @Sebastian_George
    @Sebastian_George 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's wonderful to see old SWE-classics around the whole world. 🙏
    Greetings from: SWE 🇸🇪 :-)

  • @wadeguidry6675
    @wadeguidry6675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the thumbnail pic of the COE. I saw one last week and was wondering what the hell it was, now I know. And by the way. I think it's cool looking.

  • @markcollins2666
    @markcollins2666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Chevy COE. Ford and GMC also had them, that looked nearly identical. My father drove one, as a wrecker driver for a Ford dealership. Man, you rode tall in the saddle in that baby! And what a view! Going on runs in that was my favorite thing to do, as a kid.

  • @ergbudster3333
    @ergbudster3333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Well, nevermind that Creeper thing, I've seen custom COEs that were/are just plain gorgeous. If you like trucks I guess.

    • @gekolizzard
      @gekolizzard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah those coe's are ultra cool.
      Like that giant truck that had a raisable light bar on the roof....and a jet engine in the load bay.

    • @orlandocarmona1442
      @orlandocarmona1442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'll take the one from jeepers creppers

  • @raymathews7035
    @raymathews7035 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember the first car I learned to drive was the Saab96 2dr-Sedan.
    It was a fun car to drive. It came with a 3cylinder 2 stroke engine.

    • @TheOzthewiz
      @TheOzthewiz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also the SAAB 93. I still remember SAAB's slogan " 3=6".

  • @alfbittner6489
    @alfbittner6489 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow the Pug nose Bedford made its way to Australia in the 60's I picked one up in 1980 for $400. A tiny 1100 cc four we went everywhere with a bed in the back but not very fast, dang I wish I still had that van. I'm glad it made it to the list because I owned one and because of its practicality, sliding side doors, and barn doors ait the back.

  • @bentnickel7487
    @bentnickel7487 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I enjoyed the last one - Cassie !! Looks like she'd fit into one of those cabovers real easy !!

  • @johnoakes3106
    @johnoakes3106 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For what it's worth, there were more people burned up in rear-end collisions in AMC Gremlins than Ford Pintos. Ah yes, the power of the Press! Also, for what it's worth, the Gremlin with a 304 V-8 and a 4-speed was a wild, little, fun, car. Replace the 304 with a 360 (bolt in) for real kicks!

    • @proofbox
      @proofbox 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A 401 CID fits just as easily all AMC V8's are the same engine casting

    • @ASPCOT
      @ASPCOT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      John Oakes , you mentioned "The Power of the Press". On an unrelated subject, the "Press" is the reason that Honda had to cease building the ATC... they caused a national uproar about how dangerous they were. As a machinery lover, my belief is a machine is only as dangerous as the operator. Take a look at some ATV / UTV crash compilation videos and look at the redoculously stupid way they ride these things, many times with little or no protective gear. But none of this matters to the "Press". They had their drive-by shooting and 3-wheelers are gone.

    • @tonyunderwood9678
      @tonyunderwood9678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Over three times as many people burned to death in Crown Vics and Merc Marquis than in Pintos. The Pinto fiasco was a bit of a scam perpetrated by safety groups who were looking for a scapegoat in the guise of a popular car over which they could "champion" their crusades and condemn so as to give some meaning to their lives. The official NHTSA figures (last time I checked in) put Crown Vic / Merc Marquis deaths from Fires Alone (and not deaths by trauma) at 109. The Pinto? Same criteria, 27. Hell, 1st gen. Mustangs killed more people than Pintos in fires, including one fairly recently in a restored 1st gen. Mustang that got rear-ended and burned, resulted in a big lawsuit. Heaven save us all from these "civic organizations" who claim to be only looking out for us, the citizenry...

    • @johnoakes3106
      @johnoakes3106 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tonyunderwood9678 Something like 35 people burned up in the AMC Gremlin and Nader's Raider's didn't raise a fuss about that. Why the American public would give credence to someone who didn't drive telling everybody how unsafe cars were is beyond me!

  • @chriscalvin5083
    @chriscalvin5083 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video

  • @leonardberg5012
    @leonardberg5012 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have fond memories of the Bedford van. My uncle in England had one and when I went to live with him for a while in the early 1970's he would take me to work with him and let me drive it. Bedford was the truck and van division of Vauxhall Motors which is the British branch of General Motors

  • @myronstark4083
    @myronstark4083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    From the time I've started too frequently watch TH-cam videos mind eye design has been a favorite.!

  • @jeffking4176
    @jeffking4176 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very good list.
    Some not so “ugly “
    But all good choice for a list like this .🙂👍‼️

  • @tonybaloney8455
    @tonybaloney8455 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Beside the Omni, the Aztek, and the Pacer I don't find any of them ugly. Also, the AMC Matador should be on the list.

  • @duerandaggi
    @duerandaggi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I actually love the Horizon, #11, and #20 and #13 seem really cool.

  • @js4540
    @js4540 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Number 1 was great as well! Thank y'all!

  • @johnbrookbank2969
    @johnbrookbank2969 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Think I have over the years worked on over 3/4 of all listed here ! Dates me to some degree !

  • @brentonmcclean3647
    @brentonmcclean3647 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesomeness

  • @karenvickers8165
    @karenvickers8165 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this video again; I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it!!!!!