The 1950s was the year American automakers produced the worst looking cars of the last 60 years: great tail-finned land barges draped in ornamentation and dripping in chrome. Designers had been trying to outdo themselves for so long, they'd lost touch with reality.

Well, I don't care if they considered these ugly then, but I'd swap my car now for any of these.

Buick Limited

Chrysler Imperial Crown

DeSoto Adventurer

Dodge Custom Royal

Mercury Turnpike Cruiser

Lincoln Continental Mark IV

Edsel Citation convertible

Oldsmobile 98 Holiday coupe

Packard Hawk

Rambler Ambassador wagon