[Leica] IMG: Not buying a Hummer or a Prius - Ira's PESO 2008-2

[ISILVERMN at aol.com (ISILVERMN@aol.com)]

To Sonny C, Jim Shulman and Jim Nichols,
 
Thank you all for commenting on "Tailfins".  Just to close the loop,  so to 
speak, here is the front end of the same car:
 
_http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Miscellany/1959+Dodge.jpg.html
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(http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Ira+Silverman/Miscellany/1959+Dodge.jpg.html)
 
 
Buicks were certainly the "heavy metal"  of the mid-fifties.  My  dad had a 
56 Century that weighed about 2 1/2 tons, but had barely a hint of a  
tailfin.  
It was replaced by a 59 Plymouth that was bigger, but  weighed less than the 
Buick, and had what would be considered an average  fin. Not at all like the 
Dodges and Chryslers.  I think the limit was  reached with the 61 Chrysler, 
where IIRC the fin started in the middle of the  front door and never seemed 
to 
end.
 
I learned to drive on a 83 Oldsmobile, by which time tailfins were a thing  
of the past.
 
Best Regards,
 
Ira Silverman
Irvine, CA



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