Flamboyant fins, embellished fenders, outrageous grilles: chrome details became the calling card of American postwar automotive design. Celebrate the sheer glorious personality of these accents that captured the exuberant and optimistic spirit of the postwar years. Everywhere, flights of fancy abound, captured in breathtaking photographic detail: the fantastic 1948 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet, displayed in the Museum of Modern Art; the 1953 Buick Skylark, with its signature tooth grille; or the classic 1957 Thunderbird. An eloquent tribute to a unique era.
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You remember seeing them in the 1950's as children. Your family had one -- the neighbors had one -- and you encountered them everywhere! The classic and sometimes bizarre cars of the chrome and fin-laden 1950's are re-born in this extremely well documented and photographed book. It's not just a book about cars - but captures the period and the business success [and failure] of American automakers at the time they dominated the consumer market. You won't be able to stop turning the pages -- shaking your head -- remembering those cars your young eyes once marveled at. Great price & great book.
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