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I see your fins and raise it with twin-motor mounts... 1959 Cadillac
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It doesn't have fins, but it does look like a rocketship. Especially if you're an overly excitable 8 year old.....
Added bonus in that I actually own it.... :3
Added bonus in that I actually own it.... :3
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Suicide rear doors Doug ?
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Yep!
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Goodbye cruel world in atomic jet-age style! :3
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Looks like '59 was the year of the car fin cold war. I much prefer the look of the Impala. Actually, I really like it.
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I've heard that actual tail fin connoisseurs tend to prefer Mopars. I can easily see that.
I had heard that Pennsylvania State Troopers used the '59 Chevy until they realized the horizontal fins were creating a little lift to the drive wheels causing some handling issues. Haven't gone to Bing to see if it's true, just a good story either way.
At one point, the folks had a late 50's purple Plymouth with a white roof and fins. I recall a rectangular steering wheel with glitter in the clear plastic parts and a push-button transmission but I think those were introduced later. Not our car but similar to my old brain.
At one point, the folks had a late 50's purple Plymouth with a white roof and fins. I recall a rectangular steering wheel with glitter in the clear plastic parts and a push-button transmission but I think those were introduced later. Not our car but similar to my old brain.
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My dad had a 1957 Chrysler Saratoga...it was all about the fins and the grill. The two-tone paint was pretty badly faded when he got it, so he had it painted shiny black... we called it the Batmobile.
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I like the look of that one, too.My dad had a 1957 Chrysler Saratoga...it was all about the fins and the grill. The two-tone paint was pretty badly faded when he got it, so he had it painted shiny black... we called it the Batmobile.
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It's not from Estes, but I suspect that it's a S.P.E.V.... :3
And, yes, I also own this little monster....
And, yes, I also own this little monster....
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It has fins and there was a boost glider named after it.
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I like it! Didn't know what it was, so I looked up "Champ pickup" and found:
Studebaker Champ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Champ
I've previously posted here another classic pickup I liked that I saw on the sitcom Northern Exposure:
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I suspected from the grille and your pickup that it was a Studebaker, but spent five minutes on Google to find these? I know, cheating...
Studebaker Silver Hawk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Silver_Hawk
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We had these fins growing up. Fins in the '70s!
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Volvo P1800... nice !
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I like it! Didn't know what it was, so I looked up "Champ pickup" and found:
I've previously posted here another classic pickup I liked that I saw on the sitcom Northern Exposure:
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My Dad had a well used Chevy version of that back when I was in grade school. It was a 3/4 ton with the six popper and the truck four on the floor with the granny low and and big hand brake. In the summer between kindergarten and first grade, he put a camper on it and drove the family out to Colorado. A cousin and I were riding in the top bunk, pretending it was a submarine and that we were torpedoing semis. The family had a black cat named Midnight that liked to map on the warm manifold. Until she was scared by a start up and went through the fan. She hit the ground running 100 miles a hour. After that, she slowly turned into a gray cat.
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