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Fins on cars = An era when they were built huge & thirsty.
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The only fin I ever really liked on a car was the one on the Batmobile.
I totally agree with Fading Fast.
And for the record....I LOVE cars with fins. They are the pinnacle of coolness, except for luminas.
I totally agree with Fading Fast.
And for the record....I LOVE cars with fins. They are the pinnacle of coolness, except for luminas.
What mystifies me is that in this day of jumbo sized Americans, the American car seems to be sized for midgets, even the so called luxury models.
Yesss!!!!In regards to fins and the batmobile, I've always been a sucker for the car before it became the batmobile, as it was in all its former glory as the 1955 Lincoln Futura.
An ideal "daily-driver" in my honest opinion!
Please tell me it was that color, too!I love fins. I used to daily drive a '57 Sedan Deville. Maybe not the best fins ever, but one of the best grilles.
I once saw a '57 Eldorado Seville at a hot-rod show that had the fins shaved!
Please tell me it was that color, too!
With you on all of this.
I know fins serve no purpose, but to look cool. Neither does chrome, or flamboyant colors, but boy they sure make a car look good! I've owned plenty of classics, but I always liked the big-finned behemoths the best.
My dream car is a '59 Eldorado Biarritz Convertible, in fire engine red:
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Great point on "the purpose" of fins etc. - many aesthetically pleasing things exist simply to be aesthetically pleasing. The old Soviet Union gave a window into what life looks like when everything is "practical."
1959 Gaz -- the Soviet equivalent of the Cadillac. The Cold War, deep down, was nothing more than nations comparing the length of their -- fins.
Still just as sweet!No ... it was Copper Iridescent.
If fins are a metaphor for the Cold War, then comparing the '59 Eldo and '59 Gaz, it's no wonder the US won.
I will admit, the Gaz has more styling than most USSR cars I've seen. While Cadillac was hardly a car for the masses, they did sell a lot of cars and you saw them in a few driveways in neighborhoods like mine (think "Wonder Years" - not rich, just regular guy middle class - when my dad saw it in a neighbor's driveway, he'd say they probably owe more on the car than the house) - did the Gaz make it to the people or just the nomenclature?
If fins are a metaphor for the Cold War, then comparing the '59 Eldo and '59 Gaz, it's no wonder the US won.
I will admit, the Gaz has more styling than most USSR cars I've seen. While Cadillac was hardly a car for the masses, they did sell a lot of cars and you saw them in a few driveways in neighborhoods like mine (think "Wonder Years" - not rich, just regular guy middle class - when my dad saw it in a neighbor's driveway, he'd say they probably owe more on the car than the house) - did the Gaz make it to the people or just the nomenclature?