Not my cup of tea, but certainly unique. Not hideous. Strange is a better description. Decades ago I saw an AC Cobra with a 440 in it. I thought it was cool. Ford guys likely hated it.
WAY back, when I was at Indy for the Mopar Nats there was an AC replica with a 440-6 in it. Bright orange, red. I have a snapshot, "someplace." Also got to see one of the turbine cars "idle" around the parking area. Great big loud Kirby vacuum