I was driving home yesterday and saw the ugliest car I've ever seen (well except for that front half looks like a '30s car, back half looks like an '80s sedan thing...)

The back says Avanti and there is no grill. I read up on Avantis and they appear to have only been made by Studebaker for a very short time before they tumbled through a few entrepreneurs' hands. They were designed in the early '60s and went under in about '91 or '92

Any one know what  year this one is?

Hard to tell. I think the last batch of Avantis were made in Canada with GM running gear. I use to service a 1961 model when I was working in a service station. Fit and finish was nothing to write home about , But that dang thing would fly. It would give a Corvette all it wanted at the time. A real sleeper. It may have had a 289ci V8( not sure) with some mods, a Paxton belt driven supercharger, 4 speed / pos traction. All the wiring under the hood was run through stainless steel conduits. Very hard to run down wiring problems.

I am pretty sure that is a Studebaker.
Yes, a studebaker.
And you wonder why they went out of business...
KC

A late '70s or an '80s model, judging by the bumpers and lack of "Studebaker" badging.

I guess I missed the date of the Avanti I use to service by a year. I do know it was the first year model .  You are right Anthony about the badging.

IIRC the older models had round headlights, and the ones made after changing owners had square headlights, but can't remember when they changed.