Product Description:

• Inspired largely by rapid advances in aviation technology, the automobile tailfin became one of the most potent symbols of 1950s American affluence and the optimism represented by the dawning Space Age. This colorful looks back at the greatest automotive styling craze ever features dozens of modern color photos depicting tailfins and the cars they adorn, from the first subtle incarnations to appear on the 1948 Cadillac to the nearly absurd variations seen on American avenues and highways in 1959. Automobiles from each of the Big Three American manufacturers are represented, as are others which have gone by the wayside, including Kaiser-Frazer, Packard and Studebaker.

Customer Ratings:

• Fifties Fins (Enthusiast Color). The written information contained in the book is well done. I learned some information about the fins I hadn t known before. The color photos are just great.
  
  But I think there are a few cars that could have been talked about and not pictured and some that are talked about but should have also been pictured. There are photos of cars with really questionable fins.
  
  And how many photos of 55, 56 and 57 Chevys there are (along with a 58, 59 and a 60)! Not one 55, 56 or 57 Ford???? They do have fins (more than that 58 Chevy)! In fact, there are only about 6 FoMoCo automobiles in the book and only 2 or 3 are actually Fords. One of those photos is of the engine compartment only showing an old flathead V8! Fins???
  
  Now, Chrysler and GM and some of the smaller manufacturers are all well represented, as they should be.

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