>> MOST UGLY CARS I have ever seen, Warren Dorrill's "The Shark", 49 Ford ruination, it looks like an accident, really, and there's nothing post-modern about it. Packard Pan-American -- "... whatis unusual today may very well be the accepted thing of tomorrow" << Shark attack? From Ford http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/334238/1 http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/334238/2 to forgotten independent, http://www.hotrodhotline.com/feature/special/04sharkattak/index.html old could be new again. Teague talk? Tomorrow, http://www.desoto58.com/dreamcar/packard/balboa1.jpg new things -were- accepted. http://www.transmissioncenter.net/Packard3.jpg http://www.webmycar.com/zonecar/webacarphoto.nsf/UNID/626F077F85E4D41FC1256D AD005EDD3E/$FILE/xSony_0080061-vi.jpg http://www.nfol.ca/naccc/jpeg_files/CarPics/efarrell_1964parklane/efarrell_1 964parklane49.JPG AMC folks should at least know the "Gremlin" in Simca history, http://www.bilhistorie.no/e70/lav36.jpg but models from the earlier decades are far more interesting. >From the itsy-bitsy cute http://n.v.v.free.fr/images/simca%205%2001%20h036.jpg to the coachbuilt beauty http://www.allsportauto.com/modules.php?name=Sportphoto&zl_idMD=743 to the serious racing (bitte klicken "-->" three times at first link) http://www.motor-klick.de/WueClassic2002/Hensler/page/image6.html and http://photo.popmonkey.com/9905wineclassic/9905group3/big/9905G3_42_Abarth_S imca.jpg and http://www.passionautomobile.com/gd_prix_pau_historique/2003/abarth_simca_20 00_gt.jpg Simca is worth knowing http://www.clubsimca.com/ as is Falk's '59 Peugeot http://www.club-peugeot.com/sveitsi/JPG/columbo.jpg (compare it to a '58 M-B http://www.mbzponton.org/mbz220s/sellswap/mb_220SE_cabrio3.jpg or Kenosha Duesenbergs and Cadillacs; more croissant/less dough?) http://www.allsportauto.com/modules.php?name=Sportphoto&zl_idMD=168 http://www.columbo-site.freeuk.com/car.htm worth knowing also.