American cars made during the Baby Boomer years provide the prime example of automotive style created to show the world your success. Whether it was the chrome-filled tailfins and chromed frontal styling of the 1950s or the luxury coupes and big full-size cruisers of the 1960s and 1970s, Americans could count on their cars being […]
10 Classic Tailfin Cars From the Jet-Age Era of Driving
During the 1950s and 1960s, American cars took an inspiration from jet planes, rockets and the space race; car designers converted mundane, everyday cars into theatrical rolling sculptures with extravagant tailfins soaring to the sky, acres of shiny chrome, and futuristic shapes suggestive of onward motion, power, and innovation. Leading designers from GM Harley Earl […]