While scanning the ‘net we found what just might be, in our humble opinions, the world’s ugliest project cars, or maybe three or more of them, depending on how you count the parts and pieces. These lovely subjects came upon us through Autoweek’s Project Car Hell, and we just couldn’t resist revealing them to our audience, too. Admittedly, project cars rarely begin as bathing beauties, but these struck us as beyond the realm of “in the eye of the beholder” and more along the lines of “what happened here.”
It appears that in the process of backyard fabrication, these projects went far astray, and well, you can plainly see the results. This first mish-mash of automotive mayhem is claimed to be, at least partly, a 1979 Lincoln Continental chassis, a modified MGB body and a Lincoln Mark IV grille. The seller, yes it’s up for sale, claims to have put a considerable amount of work into the project already, and in his words, “This classic automobile–for show and daily driving–the dream, heart attack and stroke–and stress–stopped me from this project–along with running out of cash.”
If you are not up for that, perhaps you’re ready to tackle this next nearly finished project and make it your own. It’s a Model-A-influenced roadster with a hand-built frame, ’90s Mustang front suspension, late-’80s Jaguar rear, and a scratch-built ’32 Ford pickup-inspired body. As this seller describes, “had a newer 2002 Ford Triton 5.4 liter engine in it, which was too much for this and the wiring all over the place just didn’t look clean.”
A Chevy 350 ci V-8 and an unspecified automatic transmission can be part of the deal for more money, and is not included as part of the $3,000 price for this second sweetheart, which offers no interior and no front body. However, as the seller states, this is a “rolling chassis and is a project, so if you are not seriously mechanically inclined, this may not be the project for you!”
Well said.