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[blackhawks]

They really took off, so to speak, in the later '50s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_tailfin


Another view of the 1959 Cadillac tailfin

[blackcat]

I'll tell you a good story. When I was really young, I was fascinated with cars- all cars. I learned what every one I saw was, One day when I My Mother and I were out grocery shopping, we saw a hit and run. Mom gave the victim her name and phone number in case she needed a witness. The next day the police called and said they would be by to take a statement. One of the things they asked was if she knew what model car it was. She didn't. I said "It was a 1958 2 door Buick Special with a white top and a light blue body". The policeman gave me a really strange look. My Mom said "She knows all cars". I was 5 years old. My Dad said "Why don't we take her down to the grocery store and she can tell you what every car in the parking lot is". So that's what we did. The policeman was astonished, but he put in his report that there was a very reliable witness who identified the hit and run vehicle!