View Full Version : Car Photos: The Beautiful, the Ugly, and the Funky
tonybelding
06-09-2007, 01:50 PM
Just for fun, I thought I'd start a thread to show off some favorite car photos -- some because they are beautiful, some because they are amazingly ugly, and some that are exotic, funky, or just plain weird.
To kick things off. . .* * In a video I saw recently, Martin Eberhard was describing how he wanted an electric car but didn't want to drive around in "a goofy little car".* This is what came to my mind:
http://zobeid.zapto.org/caviar/image/cars/Brutsch%20Mopetta.jpg
History here:* http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/mopetta.html
tonybelding
06-09-2007, 02:01 PM
The only information I have about this one is the caption:* 1935 Singer Pirate Lorry
http://zobeid.zapto.org/caviar/image/cars/Singer%20pirate%20lorry%20(1935).1.jpghttp://zobeid.zapto.org/caviar/image/cars/Singer%20pirate%20lorry%20(1935).2.jpg
Could this have been made as a prop for some kind of movie?* I really don't know what the story is behind it.
tonybelding
06-09-2007, 02:12 PM
And now, the beautiful. . .
http://zobeid.zapto.org/caviar/image/cars/1968%20corvette%20l88%20f.JPG
1968 Corvette
Can you believe how futuristic this must have looked in 1968?* It still looks fantastic today.* This photo convinced me to switch my Tesla order (for now at least) to Electric Blue.* Now, if only we could get Yokohama to whip up some "red line" tires for the Roadster, that would really be perfect!
The Stingray does look fantastic in orange too. . .
http://zobeid.zapto.org/caviar/image/cars/orange_stingray.jpg
YUM!:
1967 Alfa Romeo Tipo/Stradale 33:
http://www.partaj.cz/imgs/alfaromeo/tipo33/33t.jpg
http://www.anticandson.com/wallpapers/stradale-1024.jpg
1964 ATS 2500:
http://www.atspeedimages.com/pebble_2004/concorso_italiano/1964_ats_2500_gts/1964_ats_2500_gts_2.jpg
http://www.atspeedimages.com/pebble_2004/concorso_italiano/1964_ats_2500_gts/1964_ats_2500_gts_rear.jpg
1993 Boxster Prototype:
http://cyberdesignconcepts.com/guenter/images/Boxster_prototype_1993_b.jpg
http://www.p-roadster.de/cms/upload/prototyp_1993_gr/boxster_1993_prototyp_01.jpg
1999 Osca 2500 GT:
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/osca/osca_2500_gt_04.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/osca/osca_2500_gt_08.jpg
http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/osca/osca_2500_gt_07.jpg
WHOA:
1970 Bertone Stratos:
http://pwp.netcabo.pt/0510598901/Figuras/C_BertoneStratosHF.jpg
http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2006/04/05-lancia-tour-italian-design/1970-Bertone-Stratos-Zero-lg.jpg
http://www.leblogauto.com/images/dscn0318_small1.jpg
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YIKES!:
http://www.priceofhistoys.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/siva03.jpg
http://www.priceofhistoys.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/siva.jpg
http://www.supercars.net/garages/CitroenSM/titlegraphic.jpg
http://bloggywood.se/wp-content/amcpacer.jpg
http://www.mitchell.derbycounty.co.uk/cars/mini%204x4%202.jpg
http://2fun.pl/2fun/img/weird_cars_005.jpg
http://www.desoto58.com/customzone/cartooncady.gif
http://www.mitchell.derbycounty.co.uk/landtug.jpg
http://www.mitchell.derbycounty.co.uk/Stilletto.jpg
http://www.mitchell.derbycounty.co.uk/bigcar.jpg
tonybelding
06-10-2007, 05:17 AM
The "1999 Osca 2500 GT" photos don't work for me, I can't view them.
The 1970 Bertone Stratos photo reminded me of this. . .
http://zobeid.zapto.org/caviar/image/cars/Ferrari%20Modulo%20(1970%20Pininfarina%20concept).jpg
Ferrari Modulo -- 1970 Pininfarina concept car
dsacks6
06-10-2007, 06:08 AM
That alfa stradale has got to be one of the most beautiful cars i have ever seen :o :o
malcolm
06-10-2007, 12:15 PM
That Modulo has got to have a turning circle the size of Nevada. Looks like something out of this:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua_wCMywEM0
Ferrari concept cars:
http://www.supercars.net/carpics/3456/2006_Ferrari_P45byPininfarina3.jpg
http://www.supercars.net/carpics/3456/2006_Ferrari_P45byPininfarina2.jpg
http://www.leblogauto.com/images/ferrari_concept_1_1.jpg
http://www.leblogauto.com/images/ferrari_concept_7.jpg
http://www.sybarites.org/wp-content/ferrarimythos.jpg
http://osaka.cool.ne.jp/hiro54/ferrari-mythos-concept-back.jpg
http://www.autoblog.com/media/2006/03/ferrariP4concept_1.jpg
http://autopixx.de/bilder/autopixx-de-1152222463-89.jpg
http://www.thecarconnection.com/images/gallery/10415_YVRZFBEIDSZPJ.jpg
http://www.thecarconnection.com/images/gallery/10414_XOPVVVAJCORDU.jpg
http://es.motorfull.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Ferrari_aurea_01.jpg
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_422/car_photo_211020_7.jpg
http://www.autoblog.nl/images/ferrari_concorso_small.jpg
Alpha Romeo concept:
http://www.supercars.net/carpics/3430/2006_AlfaRomeo_DivaConcept2.jpg
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OK, so you wanted something funky too:
http://www.ku4you.com/minicars/ferrari_enzo_4.jpg
Nice Toys! Some remind me of the vehicles used by the Car Acrobatic Team in Speed Racer.
Tony the goofy little cars he is talking about are EVs! Martin's quote calling previous Electric Vehicle incarnations Dork-mobiles refers to all those naked egg frame NEVs (you know it's an ugly car if you put Pamela Anderson in it and it STILL looks dopey) http://www.hightechscience.org/myers_motors_nmg1.htm (note the quote, "the coolest car in town) [img]
The Impact is arguably in that description as well.
As an owner or ex-owner of at least 3 cars found in the Micro Museum, I don't think it's appropriate to use any ICE cars as an example. I like goofy little cars. Cars that put a smile on people’s faces when you go by. (The street legal versions of the Electric bunny slippers or Muffin floats mentioned in this Tesla blog http://www.teslamotors.com/blog5/ Typically these are fuel saving cars and I admit that some are amateur attempts at car design. But I would not even include the Brütsch Mopetta in a list of poorly designed cars; its clean lines are the epitome of simplicity. I would be thrilled to add one to my collection.
Corvettes do nada for me. About the same on a beauty scale as a Brickland http://www.cars101.com/subaru_bricklin.html or a Pantera. http://www.panteraclub.com/fordphotos/colindex.htm Yawn....
Mercedes-Benz C Class DTM
tonybelding
06-23-2007, 06:34 PM
I'm sticking my neck out, and I know people will probably make fun of me for this. . . . But I think another great design is the 1993-1997 Pontiac Firebird. (And the 1998-2002 cars were also similar, but they did something baroque with the nose that I didn't like as much.)
The Pontiac and Camaro of that generation were very striking when they appeared in 1993. If they haven't aged gracefully, I think it's only because they were too successful, and familiarity breeds contempt. That's particularly true in the case of a relatively inexpensive, American-made, not-quite-a-real-sports-car.
I'm sticking my neck out, and I know people will probably make fun of me for this. . . . But I think another great design is the 1993-1997 Pontiac Firebird.
Are you a closet "Night Rider Fan"?
http://www.riekmann.prohosting.com/magazin/knight_rider/david.jpg
http://www.riekmann.prohosting.com/magazin/knight_rider/kitt_vorne.jpg
How about all the cool, Australian, funky modded cars from Mad Max & Road Warrior?
("The last of the V8s...")
There was a character called "The Night Rider" in those movies.
http://www.lastinterceptor.com/PursuitSpecial/BlackMFP2.jpg
Click here for jumbo size (http://www.madmax.net.au/IMG_MFP058.JPG)
http://www.lastinterceptor.com/real.html
tonybelding
06-24-2007, 05:38 AM
Are you a closet "Night Rider Fan"?
Nonono!!!
I'm not talking about those 1980s Firebirds at all, I mean the 1993+ models, the "fourth generation" Firebirds.
http://zobeid.zapto.org/caviar/image/cars/pontiac_firebird_1996.jpg
As for the Mad Max car. . . . .
http://zobeid.zapto.org/caviar/image/MM2.jpg
Oh yeahhhhh. . . .* * *That's the good stuff.* * *;D
Nonono!!!
I'm not talking about those 1980s Firebirds at all, I mean the 1993+ models, the "fourth generation" Firebirds.
Yeah - I know - but it was a prime opportunity to get you going...
Ferrari 365GTB (Daytona Coupe) the inspiration for the 599GTB (Fiorano Coupe) this week end Ferrari officially celebrated that 60th Anniversary
Hummer H1 with "inboard brakes"
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
Possible Harley Davidson 3 Wheeler not a car but not a bike either - an hybrid?
The iconic Peterbilt 379 is nearing the end of production after 20 years.
That Harley looks like a squid... No thanks.
Why the truck here? I know it is a fixture of the roads, but is it Beautiful, Ugly or Funky? It is just a plain workhorse to me.
Alfa sure can make beautiful cars, but I always feel like they have a weak image compared to Ferrari.
The truck is Funky... 8) check them out http://www.peterbilt.com/index_home2.asp
This is the Can Am Spyder
OK, that Spyder-cycle doesn't look so bad with fairings to hide the naughty bits.
Not so squid-like anymore.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autobloggreen.com/media/2007/05/star_car_small.jpg
Top Fuel Dragster
Watch Cory Mac grenade the engine http://www.nhra.com/2007/events/race10/video/projectmov.asp?mn=CoryMac_07race10.mov&mt=Race10 Movie you need Quicktime to watch.
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/images/2007/04/02/600art01.jpg
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/images/shoe_bike.jpghttp://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/images/pig_car.jpghttp://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/images/shop_cart.jpg
bikergod
07-06-2007, 10:12 AM
Hey that was fun but the shopping cart was going a little too far (Paper or plastic)
ATS2500 links stopped working so here is another try:
http://www.motorsportscenter.com/uploads/ats_full_shot.jpg
http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/imagescaler/10470a86663a92da33b2667ee9e6992c.jpg
http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/imagescaler/fe3eb8561a83e1b483e66e78d7eba32f.jpg
http://www.zerotohundred.com/wp-content/imagescaler/6493853d413a7b899756b7ff9cbe0e31.jpg
http://www.zerotohundred.com/gallery/albums/Japanese%20Tuner%20Car%20Madness/medium_2999732773_3841b2d371_o.jpg
http://de.fishki.net/picsw/102008/02/japan/009_japan.jpg
http://de.fishki.net/picsw/102008/02/japan/004_japan.jpg
graham
11-08-2008, 07:00 PM
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/11/batsmart---2_opt.jpg
http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/car-images/hummer-wagon-wheels-1-big.jpg
http://autoworld.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/hummer-h3-with-wagon-wheels-img_1.jpg
?????????????
*edit*
There was no image. Now it's fixed.
Hilarious!
ChargeIt!
06-23-2009, 11:24 PM
?????????????
No ... I get it. It's a comment on the horse-and-buggy wheels :tongue:
http://media.nextautos.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/Redneck%20central%20air.jpg
What's that on the dashboard?
http://www.boingboing.net/200805210922.jpg
ChargeIt!
06-24-2009, 08:27 AM
vfx, you're right that image was not here before.
I still like the "horse-and-buggy" part ... but what happened now to the "Go Pro" image ????
That was the FUNNY part !! TEG ... You are confusing me ...
What's that on the dashboard?
http://www.boingboing.net/200805210922.jpg
Pretty sure I saw that in Soylent Green. The "furniture" was playing Asteroids on it.
Computer Space - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Space)
They have one at the Computer History museum in Mountain View.
A brief history of video games and their technological breakthroughs and milestones (http://www.glasshotel.net/teleblivion/history.htm)
1961-62 Spacewar! is programmed at MIT by TMRC, the Tech Model Railroad Club, some of the very first hackers. [2] The first space-themed game, Spacewar was a huge influence on dozens of games to follow, and featured the first implementation of hyperspace, as well as bells and whistles like "expensive planetarium," a subroutine that drew stars in the background in their correct relative astronomical locations (see also Star Castle, Sept. 1980).
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1971
Nolan Bushnell and Nutting Associates release Computer Space, the first arcade video game, which introduced many of the features that have persisted in arcade games to this day: a wooden cabinet, printed circuit board(s), monitor, control panel, audio speaker, power supply, and lighted marquee. Computer Space is inspired by TMRC's Spacewar!. Also this year, Ralph Baer patents the "Television gaming apparatus" (the Odyssey prototype).
Galaxy Game (http://www-db.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/galaxy.html), another port of Spacewar, is also released this year. In 1971 the idea of "war" is not a popular one on campus, so the intrepid creators change the name to Galaxy Game. It runs on a PDP-11 minicomputer with a coin mech attached. It is claimed that Galaxy Game was the first commercially released video game - it was installed in Tressider Union, Stanford University, in September 1971 and cost 10 cents to play (or three plays for a quarter.) A later version "drove four to eight consoles" but it is unknown if all players were interacting; more likely, the minicomputer was simply running four to eight terminals, each with two players only. So while Galaxy Game may have beaten Computer Space to market in September of 1971, Computer Space still established the concept of a dedicated computing device which only played one game (rather than using the minicomputer paradigm of a CPU connected to various terminals.)
http://www.wolfgnards.com/media/blogs/photos/miscellaneous/delorean-monster-truck.jpg
Antinomie
02-09-2010, 12:37 PM
The beautiful :
Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione
Alfa Romeo 159
Maserati Granturismo
Italians Cars and one english :
Aston Martin Vantage
http://autoworld.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/hummer-h3-with-wagon-wheels-img_1.jpg
under construction
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/h220.jpghttp://green.autoblog.com/2010/02/01/artist-transforming-hummer-into-horse-cart-i-e-why-we-love-mod/
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_v63oTveUEGI/TG1eZ1AE1HI/AAAAAAAALHk/8_tNX0osRFc/s1600/black-cloud-balloon.jpg
http://funny.funnyoldplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/car-wagon-wheels.jpg
I'm not sure what is more odd: That those rims exist or that those tires exist. Great find, definitely funky.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/198/495644297_3db869ff78.jpg
http://thebsreport.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/rhino_car_0.jpg
10 Overly Cute Japanese School Buses That Go the Extra Smile (http://inventorspot.com/articles/10_overly_cute_japanese_school_buses_go_extra_smile)
http://inventorspot.com/files/images/117514__468x_us-vs-japanese-schoolbuses-030.jpg
http://inventorspot.com/files/images/3806746977_1984173d65.jpg
http://inventorspot.com/files/images/us-vs-japanese-schoolbuses-029.jpg
http://inventorspot.com/files/images/us-vs-japanese-schoolbuses-013.jpg
VolkerP
11-07-2011, 11:06 AM
http://www.heise.de/autos/imgs/14/4/9/3/0/8/5/Pylon-1487af3abb90fa91.jpg
Mercedes C-111 II, one of the most appealing concept cars, driven by Wankel motor.
See full gallery here: http://heise.de/-950281
Rather than post a bunch of image links, here is a link to a page full of cool stuff:
Japanese Concept Cars of the Last 50 Years (66 pics) - mdolla (http://www.mdolla.com/2010/11/japanese-concept-cars-of-last-50-years.html)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqhAg2hu8oI
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SO6h5q6HZXI/AAAAAAAA-a0/25GsZzxQPWA/s400/Fiat-X19-7.JPG
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FoXyvaPSnVk/SO6hzgDcqdI/AAAAAAAA-Z8/LijSpbFaJoA/s400/Fiat-X19-1.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7eOQw5aQ-c
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/smart-monster-truck.jpg
VolkerP
01-04-2012, 05:03 AM
new Mercedes SL premiering at NAIAS 2012, according to heise cars (http://heise.de/-1395499)- touches something in my memory...
http://www.heise.de/autos/imgs/14/7/4/7/2/7/2/daimler-sl22-e894ada5973e6a8e.jpg http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f224/budakhan/216.jpg
http://maxclarke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451f40369e201538ff6b272970b-pi
Norbert
01-22-2012, 03:03 AM
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3938
3938
medved
01-22-2012, 08:08 AM
She had a tubular frame, three wheels, rear wheel driven motorcycle engine and the surface of the body parts were leather.
In her time (50') the only approved vehicle with a soft top, impregnated body in the world.
http://img.automoto.sk/img/20/gallery/1136766_velorex-bol-povodne-urceny-pre-postihnutych.jpg 3940 3941 3942 3943
All that leather... It's like a motorized cow...
And then there is this:
http://www.kcadby.org/images/mybikes/cowasaki_600-450.jpg
PV4EV
01-22-2012, 08:46 AM
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d183/diginut/WeinermobilefromHansdec201112.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d183/diginut/tankchair1.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d183/diginut/tankchair5.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d183/diginut/clocklessdash-1.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d183/diginut/x-wing-car.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d183/diginut/515b_3.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d183/diginut/PopeMobile2-1.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d183/diginut/PopeMobile5-1.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2mvUbUoNF-Q/TrDzB1PgvsI/AAAAAAAAARU/JkHjojdCN1M/s1600/Alfa%2BRomeo%2BStradale%2B.jpg
http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/gallery/albums/album02/kayoticsera.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s6OWVkmCxME/T1Y0TbbPqDI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/znwu6cphAAQ/s1600/lamborghini-aventador-j-01.jpg
http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2010/08/10/sheikh-hamad-bin-hamdan-bin-mohamed-al-nahyans-custom-black-spider_AykAt_1292.jpg (http://www.automotto.com/entry/sheikhs-transforming-six-wheeled-suv-takes-to-an-incredible-level-of-stupidity/)
http://hooniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wood-2.jpg
Concours d'LeMons 2012: Worst of Show
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/concours-dlemons-2012-worst-of-show (http://editorial.autos.msn.com/concours-dlemons-2012-worst-of-show)
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Doug_G
08-24-2012, 08:19 AM
Concours d'LeMons 2012: Worst of Show
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/concours-dlemons-2012-worst-of-show (http://editorial.autos.msn.com/concours-dlemons-2012-worst-of-show)
Worst of Show #6:
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I used to own an identical orange 1974 Pinto. It was my first car, and was a bit rusty... that one is in lovely condition! Someone must be a Pinto enthusiast...
A look inside:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HQtmiCSaXBY/TsvdOKd23OI/AAAAAAAAAKY/xV7YPGYX4Ls/s1600/Exploded%2BCar.jpg
http://favimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/car-airbrushing-hood-painting-engine-picture-accent.jpg
http://favimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/painting-car-airbrushing-hood-engine-picture-bmw.jpg