| Some of the Detroit Iron manufactured after | | | | to clean rather than clutter. I wasn't one for fuzzy |
| WWII until about 1980 can be considered Rolling | | | | dice hanging from the rear view mirror, instead |
| Art. Several Companies like Packard, Hudson and | | | | preferring power windows and air conditioning. Of |
| Studebaker ceased building cars for one reason or | | | | course I always opted for the biggest V8 option |
| another during the early part of this span, but | | | | and always dual exhaust both for easy engine |
| they and the traditional big 3, Ford, GM and | | | | breathing and the sound.The late 1940's and early |
| Chrysler did turn out some masterpieces.As a kid | | | | 50s saw the transition from stodgy, subdued and |
| just old enough to think about getting a drivers | | | | functional to a more sleek and powerful motif |
| license, I would sit in my tree house and fantasize | | | | which, year after year during the 1950's, became |
| about the latest crop of finned behemoths | | | | a size, power and chrome enhancement |
| pictured in the car magazines of the time. After | | | | race.While some models went overboard with |
| careful consideration I would rank them according | | | | various excesses making their designs |
| to style and features that I could really relate to | | | | overburdened or clumsy, others managed to |
| and desired to possess. Always decisions. Should I | | | | integrate fins, masses of chrome and color |
| have twin rear antennas and dual spotlights or | | | | schemes that were a delight. All the |
| would one of each do. Wire wheels were really | | | | manufacturers had their winners and losers but |
| neat as were the two and three tone paint jobs. I | | | | American cars of the period were all individually |
| ended up choosing the most streamlined and | | | | identifiable and definitely distinct and could roll |
| elegant looking as my favorites always deferring | | | | down a super highway without a care. |