The WORST looking race cars...

[Rude-boy]

Re the Breadvan above - like the T5 it is one of those cars that is so ugly it has a beauty all of it's own:-




See Bjork for further details.

[EnglishTony]

groomi said:

Land Speed Record cars are allowed in the other thread, so presumably so in this thread too.

I love the story of Art Arfons and his Green Monster, but it certainly isn't a looker!

& colour blind too

[patmahe]

Rude-boy said:

Re the Breadvan above - like the T5 it is one of those cars that is so ugly it has a beauty all of it's own:-

I think the reason we (well certainly I) like the T5 is because there are so many images of it being driven at ridiculous angles by this man. Beautiful in a beastly way

[carl_w]

[Vocal Minority]

groomi said:

Land Speed Record cars are allowed in the other thread, so presumably so in this thread too.

I love the story of Art Arfons and his Green Monster, but it certainly isn't a looker!

i give you the Triplex Special



I love an 81 litre, tripple engined V36 as much as the next man. But the execution is pretty basic.

Especially for a car with the Stutz Black Hawk and Golden Arrow as contemporaries.

[K-Cee]

Johnnytheboy said:

Shan't.

It looks like a Metro has mated with a supermarket trolley.

On the other hand it went like hell, infact it became too hot to handle.

[mikeg15]

Cunningham Cadillac "Le Monstre"

[Ahonen]

j90gta said:

In case you're wondering it's a 1971 Porsche Indy car!

That is not a Porsche and it's not from 1971. It's a 1981 Eagle Aircraft 'Flyer' and it had a Chevy engine. Apart from those minor points you're spot on with the details.

[epom]

TartanPaint said:

I may have to hand in my PH card for this, but:

+1

[EDLT]

TrivsTom said:

Andy S15 said:

FWD with 1000+hp American WTC car.

Also this, but at least its AWD

Did either of those go near a wind tunnel? I'm no expert but I'd assume that most race teams don't go for a solution like that because it doesn't work.

[Dr Gitlin]

EDLT said:

TrivsTom said:

Andy S15 said:

FWD with 1000+hp American WTC car.

Also this, but at least its AWD

Did either of those go near a wind tunnel? I'm no expert but I'd assume that most race teams don't go for a solution like that because it doesn't work.

Those are time attack cars with very different aero rules to basically everything else in motorsport. And they don't race wheel to wheel, so contact isn't an issue.