It's Fin Friday! Show off your favorite fin car. I just caught this one on BookFace and had to share. I'm not a huge fan of green but this just works!
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Fin Friday
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Sixpactogo
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A row of fins
SGT FURY
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A 59 Buick Electra that I had awhile back
Abandoned in forrest in since 1974
Abandoned in forrest in since 1974
SGT FURY
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61s
Top Cat
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Not a Mopar, but this view of the '58 Cadillac looks like a screaming monster!
73Coupe
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57fury440
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I've owned it since '64. Always my favorite car with fins.
I wish there was a tail end photo of this one.
To me, one of the geniuses of the middle and late 1950s car designs was their (really) basic and simple shapes adorned with splashes of color surrounded by tasteful chrome (used as a color divider, where applicable), as in the Windsor above. Those shapes were generally easy to produce and the cost of the chrome and paint was not that much additional to make things look really spiffy, neat, and desirable. Even classy, too, depending upon how the two/three-tones and chrome were done. Vehicles which were exciting to see and be seen in!
Thanks for sharing these great pictures!
CBODY67
Thanks for sharing these great pictures!
CBODY67
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Gotta post my favorite Forward Look custom, Clif Inman's '57, built by Joe Wilham back in the late 50's. This car is still around, having been restored in the 80's.
That reminds me of my favorite custom car made by Gene Winfield, I saw in a magazin in the mid 80s.
I think this car is the reason why I love the white interior and the two door style...
Gene Winfield's Comeback - Custom Car Chronicle
How about a 57 Sweptside? They used station wagon 1/4's on those.
I saw Winfield at the Syracuse Nationals last year. Doing pretty good for 95 years old!
Speaking of fins... I was just at the local park walking me and the dog and this song came on the radio on the way home....
Have you spoken to Mr. Winfield?
I saw one of those reality TV car shows a few years ago and he was still working on custom cars, very amazing!
There are strange coincidences.
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