Cool "Car Art" Illustrations
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67newport
Old Man with a Hat
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
1956 New Yorkers
More 1956 "big" (Newps, NYKR's, etc.,) Chryslers - night illustrations
1956 Eldorado. Check out the "Dagmars" ("bullet" bumpers that showed up in the 50's - Buicks, Caddies, Mercs, and others) on this baby.
Plus, somebody (in the downsizing, look-a-like era ~ 1990) told me Cadillac pulled the gold trim trick before in the 50's. I hooted 'em down .. I was clearly wrong.
post #1027 above Harley Earl went nuts with these things over at GM in the '50's
No "art" exaggeration on those "bullets". Here's 1955 Caddie Series 62 Coupe: 1955 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe DeVille
TANGENT:
some of you all may be old enough to have seen these things in person.
i am not old enough, but ....we have family pictures/home movies of my own mother, her sisters, our neighbors, as young women in their late teens & early 20's in the late '50's, walkin' around puttin' eyes out with these pointy things.
Hell, my mom's HS yearbook (1956) is full of 17-18 year olds in these things. Her kids and grandkids tease her good naturedly about this bygone "sweater girl" fashion craze .. they really "stand out" so to speak.
People still think Madonna was "first" walkin around in the 1990's with her loaded "torpedoes" .. nope, not even close. Every "girl next door" (and EVERY buxom or not female actor in Hollywood) was in the '40's & '50's .. and a crap-ton of 50's cars apparently.
source: Bullet Bras: A Bizarre Fashion Trend From The 1940s And 1950s
Plus, somebody (in the downsizing, look-a-like era ~ 1990) told me Cadillac pulled the gold trim trick before in the 50's. I hooted 'em down .. I was clearly wrong.
post #1027 above Harley Earl went nuts with these things over at GM in the '50's
No "art" exaggeration on those "bullets". Here's 1955 Caddie Series 62 Coupe: 1955 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe DeVille
TANGENT:
some of you all may be old enough to have seen these things in person.
i am not old enough, but ....we have family pictures/home movies of my own mother, her sisters, our neighbors, as young women in their late teens & early 20's in the late '50's, walkin' around puttin' eyes out with these pointy things.
Hell, my mom's HS yearbook (1956) is full of 17-18 year olds in these things. Her kids and grandkids tease her good naturedly about this bygone "sweater girl" fashion craze .. they really "stand out" so to speak.
People still think Madonna was "first" walkin around in the 1990's with her loaded "torpedoes" .. nope, not even close. Every "girl next door" (and EVERY buxom or not female actor in Hollywood) was in the '40's & '50's .. and a crap-ton of 50's cars apparently.
source: Bullet Bras: A Bizarre Fashion Trend From The 1940s And 1950s
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Justin Plant
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Yep, Cadillac made both Gold and Silver anodized "Saber" wheels. Really heavy, really cool!
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
1960 Saratoga
1960 NewYorker
1960 Windsor
1960 Rambler American
1950 Crown Imperial Limo
1950 Chrysler Royal Station Wagon
