the original GM split window coupe?
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the original GM split window coupe?
In 1949 no less, and styled by Harley Earle. Split window 2 door fastback coupe. Makes one wonder how evolutionary vs revolutionary that particular feature of the '63 was.
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I agree - split windows were around way back...parked beside this at a show Saturday.
No passenger side mirror either - fun to back up in I'm sure!
No passenger side mirror either - fun to back up in I'm sure!
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Lots of cars had split rear windows, it was the combination of the fastback roof shape - with its tapered ending in particular - and the window on the '49 Cadillac that struck me as being a "familiar" overall design theme.................
The dash on the '36 Studebaker is interesting; I hadn't seen one of those before.
The dash on the '36 Studebaker is interesting; I hadn't seen one of those before.
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J.C. Whitney sold THOUSANDS of little add-on '48 Caddy-style tailfins including tail lights to people wanting a "touch-of-class" addition to their cars. A neighbor of mine had a nice, good-running '39 Caddy four-door with side-mount spares for decades. (Imagine the car Don Corleone was shot trying to reach)
Not shiny black like the Don's, his car was bright oxidized yellow. The worst thing was those little Caddy tail lights someone grafted to its rear fenders, probably in the Fifties!
Not shiny black like the Don's, his car was bright oxidized yellow. The worst thing was those little Caddy tail lights someone grafted to its rear fenders, probably in the Fifties!
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