Oppo QOTD: Angry cars.

"mkbruin, Atlas VP" (mkbruin) 04/27/2018 at 08:48 • Filed to: None

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What’s the angriest car ever produced?

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 09:00

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RAWR

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WilliamsSW > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 09:05

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Maybe not the winner, but not many angry cars this old.

Dasupersprint - base trim is enough > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 09:05

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 09:05

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As always, the ‘59 Buick belongs on the Angry Cars list.

As does, appropriately, the ‘61 Plymouth Fury:

interstate366, now In The Industry > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough 04/27/2018 at 09:07

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Beat me to it.

Dasupersprint - base trim is enough > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 09:16

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Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 09:16

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Despite -or perhaps because of - its cutesy appearance, the Nissan Micra convertible is one of the angriest cars on the road. It seethes with resentment at its brothers and sisters whose roofs stay put.

It wants deeply to race in rallies, hurtling across creeks, sliding through the corners of dirt roads, and darting through narrow city streets. Its anger is well-contained, although if you push its one-liter four toward redline it will let out what it perceives as a fierce primal scream. However, much like a frustrated chihuahua barking, it will sound more annoying than intimidating.

fintail > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough 04/27/2018 at 09:17

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Is the car angry, or does it just anger those behind/beside it?

WilliamsSW > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/27/2018 at 09:18

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It seems to me that 1959 was peak angry for US manufacturers- see the Dodge also.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > WilliamsSW 04/27/2018 at 09:22

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Both the Pontiac and the Chevy were glowering with heavy eyebrows that year:

The ‘59 Lincolns were frowning, maybe. Not furious.

kanadanmajava1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/27/2018 at 09:24

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I have always thought that ‘61 Plymouths look confused.

WilliamsSW > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/27/2018 at 09:41

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I almost picked the Pontiac to post, but decided the Dodge was much more furious, plus it’s chomping 2 cigars.

The Chevy looks more confused than angry to me - but that car might have the angriest rear view of any car.

The Lincoln definitely isn’t happy, but not so angry.

Sam > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 09:47

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PG Elektrus.

One does definitely need Parental Guidance when looking at this thing.

SmugAardvark > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 09:57

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Clearly, it’s hiding a dark past.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > WilliamsSW 04/27/2018 at 09:58

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The Lincoln might be taken aback... or befuddled.

WilliamsSW > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/27/2018 at 10:04

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Yeah I’m not entirely sure what to make of that face. But at the same time, I have a weird attraction to any car from that era that has canted headlights - with the ‘61 300G being my favorite.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 10:11

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Balaton

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 04/27/2018 at 10:13

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what do I win?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > WilliamsSW 04/27/2018 at 10:18

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Canted or stacked, it’s an eye-catcher. One of the the reasons I willingly parted with money for Jarod Rose’s ‘59, which my dad insists is the ugliest car in the world. I tend to counter with “It can’t be, by definition, because the ‘61 DeSoto looks exactly the same but with a facial tumor.”

WilliamsSW > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/27/2018 at 10:25

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Yeah, the ‘61 DeSoto is definitely not the prettiest example of canted headlights, but I don’t really hate it either.

I recently saw a ‘58-60 Continental (I can’t tell years apart, but it was a Connie coupe with the Breezeway) up close and it’s got a lot of presence. I love it, personally.

Canted or stacked is awesome:

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > WilliamsSW 04/27/2018 at 10:41

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The ‘58-’60s are most easy to tell apart from the front. The ‘58s have body color “bags under the eyes” and a weird fender indent that I think is supposed to be a stylized/mirrored ‘40s Continental-like fender line:

The ‘59s don’t have as big an indent, merged the lights into the grill opening, and the ‘60s have a taller grill, big dagmars, and a more square shape overall, including reduction of the fins.

random001 > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 10:44

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Fiat 500 Abarth, no question.

InFierority Complex > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 10:45

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More sinister than angry, I guess.

Future next gen S2000 owner > WilliamsSW 04/27/2018 at 10:47

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That has a get off my lawn feel to it.

Future next gen S2000 owner > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 10:48

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Angry Jeep is angry

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 12:34

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I was told before that my car looked angry (picture is not mine)

WilliamsSW > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/27/2018 at 14:10

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I went and looked it up - it’s a ‘59 coupe. Chicago Oppo meet at Gateway -this car:

http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/CHI/1352/1959-Lincoln-Continental

WilliamsSW > Future next gen S2000 owner 04/27/2018 at 14:13

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Yep - kinda reminds me of our next door neighbor growing up, who was constantly yelling at us to get off of his lawn.

Plus, the car is almost 60 years old, so it’s at that ‘get off my lawn’ stage of life...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > WilliamsSW 04/27/2018 at 14:13

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Very nice, and what it sold for is a steal. I won’t spend that much getting mine back alive, but I’ll be into it a good bit.

WilliamsSW > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/27/2018 at 14:20

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I only looked at it for a few minutes, but I did check it out a bit because the price seemed on the low end. Up close (and you can see in the photos), there are some rough edges, and I didn’t look at it long enough to figure out whether there was something way worse being hidden.

Love these cars, but (as you know waaayy better than me), they really seem like they can be a Pandora’s Box of issues, thanks to the early unibody construction and some unique systems.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > WilliamsSW 04/27/2018 at 14:32

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It’s also an odd Continental in being somewhat low-option. Meaning that it has the part-lustreweave seats(which look amazing), no A/C, no extra radio options, though it does have the better power seat and the map lights. I do see from the photos there’s a floor pan spot in need of attention, but it probably doesn’t have serious rocker problems. Probably should get the rockers Ziebarted just in case, though - that five-layer sandwich is no picnic.

WilliamsSW > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/27/2018 at 14:38

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Yeah, those seats were brilliant looking, I remember that.

If you can protect what’s there, and have no desire to fuss over making it perfect, that’s a great price point.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > WilliamsSW 04/27/2018 at 14:41

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As horrifying as repairs seem to be, if you have access to an 8' press brake, it’s not that hard to make the repair pieces to splice into the rocker - and out of paintlok zinc-coated steel at that. And when putting them back in place, all the frame measurements are in the shop manual... which I may have read cover to cover already.

Die-Trying > mkbruin, Atlas VP 04/27/2018 at 17:37

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