There's nothing quite as sweet as a well cared for classic car. My Dad once had a beautiful baby blue 1950 Caddy with the big fins. They don't make em like that .

Take a look under the hood of 1950s classic Chevrolet cars. . Chevy started incorporating fins into the design of cars produced for the 1959 model year. Learn .

Virgil Exner and Harley Earl created classic cars like Pontiacs, Lincolns and . Of course, the 1950s automobiles were characterised by chrome, fins, huge gas .

Apr 6, 2009 – Pop culture history: Tailfins and chrome (1950s) . Dealer Central in the 1950s. "If you were into cars in those days, that was the place," he said. .

10 posts - 10 authors - Last post: Dec 26, 2008. pages of the automotive world. By the mid-1950s, Most GM cars had fins, and Chrysler was pretty much forced to follow the popular trend." .

Sep 17, 2011 – Tail fins, push- . Many automatic transmissions in 1950s cars had push-buttons for each gear selection. Some were in the steering wheel hub, .

About 1950's Fins and Chrome Collection. 1950's cars with lots of Fins and lots of Chrome! Be it a Wreck or Restored or everyday Auto, if it has fins or chrome, .

During the 1950's, many colorful American cars, such as Oldsmobile, had huge fins. They also had shiny metal bumpers and bright lights fitted to them. .

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Aug 18, 2010 – My love for 1950's American cars started-no pun intended-with the Stephen King book Christine put to film and my obvious favourite is the .

Nothing says the 1950s like a pair of tail fins— and by extension, the insolent chariots that flew beneath them. Enthusiasm for these cars has been growing for at .

Another symbol of the cars of the 1950s was the tail fin. These fins did not make cars go faster, nor did they improve the car's performance in any way, but they .

I Remember The Fins! Fins Were In. The postwar era marked the emergence of all things American, and in the 1950s, cars led the way. The brilliant colors-pinks, .

Jun 24, 2008 – There were fin wars: G.M. design went into crisis in the mid-1950s when young designers . . Some cars had four fins, two upper and two lower. .

Back in the late 1950s when I was a small boy I could pick out a Ford from a Dodge or Pontiac, and those beautiful late 1950s cars with their fins and wrap .

With its nine fins, GM's 1959 Firebird III dream car still holds the world's record. It all started out rather innocently when GM styling chief Harle.

Jan 1, 2011 – It was a style that spread worldwide, as car designers .

Fins & Chrome! My Favorite Cars of the Late 1950′s and Early 1960′s. July 12, 2009. Here's a look at some of my favorite cars of the late 1950′s and early .

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5 days ago – Fins ain't wot they used to be. Sunset for those 1950s cars? Apr 24th 2008 | havana | from the print edition. Tweet. THE stately American .

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General Motors Car Designs in the 1950sthumbnail General Motors early to mid 1950s Cadillac started with modest fins, only to see them grow later in the .

All one has to do is mention "57" around a bunch of old car buffs and everyone . was the dream car of every baby boomer in the late 1950s and early 1960s. . and distinct rear fins, that all 1957 Chevy fans love, helped to make the car look .

We have all the Cadillacs listed from every year from 1950 until 1969 with all the . Smaller tailfins and a sleeker design made these cars more of a luxury item .

The tailfins were a trademark feature of 1950's cars and before it ran its course in the decade, it remains to this day the defining feature of one of the most curious .

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This 1950 Studebaker appeared at the 2008 Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. I think I have always liked these classic cars because my .

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Aug 8, 2009 – One vehicle on display at Fabulous Fins, the aforementioned Packard Hawk, had a . . I was a boy in the 1950's, and the country was "car crazy. .

May 29, 2011 – Back in the late 1950s, there was a car built on (I believe) Chevrolet chassis that had fins like a Caddy? I am not thinking of the 1957 Chevrolets .

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Apr 15, 2011 – Auto Classifieds - Hemmings Auto Classifieds feature cars for sale nation wide. . . is actually a 1953 Ford, and the green Plym is certainly 1950. .

Apr 30, 2007 – There were some pretty outrageous cars in the late 1950s, but the 1959 . Why not have outlandish tail fins on the most prestigious U.S. car .

1950's Car prices models cars memories from The People History Site what do . Tailfins the ultimate car with tailfins produced by Cadillac with the chrome to go .

1950s car ads. ads . Dodge truck ads 1950s This was the . Cars with fins were on the way out by 1958 - Buick was lucky, they had the more subtle versions. .

When talking about cars, fins and the 1950s, you can not even have a conversation without mentioning the 1959 Cadillac Coupe De Ville. Commonly viewed as .

Dec 22, 2008 – And although fins lost favor when rule changes slowed cars in the late 1950s, they staged a minor resurgence in the late 1960s on both the .

Not tailfins, but peilstege ("sight lines") on a Mercedes 190D. A British finned car, the Vauxhall Cresta PA. Late 1950s Dodge Coronet. One of the last and slightly .

Related Searches: What Influenced the Design of 1950s Cars?thumbnail The early 1950s Cadillac's tailfins mimicked the tail section of the P-38 Lightning fighter .

Earl's marketing plan affected the design of rear tail fins on cars, which were modest in early 1950s Cadillacs, but grew larger and more flamboyant by the time .

Oct 14, 2008 – GM Firebird Rocoket Powered Concept Car. In the mid-1950s, America was fascinated by the idea of the future: a new age of jets, .

Jun 21, 2011 – 10 ugliest cars from the 1950s. 1 of 11 . Fins were all but gone, along with all the baroque frills that produced cars like rolling jukeboxes. .

Tail fins on cars were directly responsible for increasing sales of Detroit's motoramic masterpieces of that era. Also, a far-reaching . Tail Fins Anatomy - 1950 .

Apr 25, 2008 – Cadillac first offered a car with modest tail fins in 1948, sparking the trend that would define the 1950s. When the carmaker introduced the .

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