Fifties Fins This information-packed volume contains 48

This information-packed volume contains 48 articles including road test reports from such popular magazines as Cycle World

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creating a unique scrapbook that embodies the tough

upgraded brakes and reworked frame and suspension

Bis zur letzten Vorkriegs-Alpenfahrt 1914 hatten die teilnehmenden Werke ihre Automobile gewaltig verbessert und alpentauglich gemacht

Fifties Fins This information-packed volume contains 48Inspired 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