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The cars came finished in Sears-blue paint. [3] Most notably, the Allstate featured a unique two-bar grille and jet-plane hood ornament designed by Alex Tremulis, who had come to Kaiser-Frazer from the Tucker Corporation. [3] Tremulis described it as a "rush job" including the Allstate logo with an outline map of the United States. [3]
There is a collector's market for hood ornaments and car mascots. [49] [50] [51] [self-published source] One of the most sought-after is the Nash Petty Hood Ornament, with one of the most largest followers of all hood ornament collectors. [52] To satisfy collectors, reproduction castings of the "Flying Lady" are being made from the original ...
Tailfins gave a Space Age look to cars, and along with extensive use of chrome became commonplace by the end of the decade. 1950s American automobile culture has had an enduring influence on the culture of the United States, as reflected in popular music, major trends from the 1950s and mainstream acceptance of the "hot rod" culture. The American manufacturing economy switched from producing ...
The car had a unique design that made it popular with consumers too, adding up to more than 27,000 models sold during 1953. The four-door sedan had a 5-liter, naturally aspirated petrol engine and ...
A light-up plastic Chief Pontiac hood ornament that illuminated with the headlights adorned the front end. [7] The Star Chief was added to the Pontiac line in 1954 and the Chieftain was moved down to entry level status. Both cars were built on the A-body shell, but the new Star Chief had an 11 in (279 mm) extension added to its frame.
Company founders Claud Dry and Dale Orcutt, airplane pilots turned car designers, [1] first sold the King Midget as part of their Midget Motors Supply operations in Athens, Ohio. Dry and Orcutt were inspired by their experience flying the Civil Air Patrol to create a car based on aircraft construction principles. [ 2 ]
The book listing the 75 noteworthy American automobiles that made news from 1895 until 1970, documents "the 1950 Nash Rambler was a historic car on two counts: its ancestry and its small size." [ 58 ] While other compact-sized cars were introduced by the small independent automakers, such as the Henry J , Hudson Jet , and Willys Aero , only the ...
Like many similar cars of the time it was not operational, except for the electrical components such as the motorized trunk and front hood, although some of its innovations appeared later in the Lincoln Premiere. [66] Harley Earl helped develop the General Motors Firebird, a series of three concept cars shown at Motorama auto shows in the 1950s.