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0–9. 1950 Chicago streetcar crash; 1950 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 1950 NBA draft; 1951 Chicago mayoral election; 1951 NFL draft; 1952 Democratic National Convention
The car's official public debut was on January 8, 1955, at the Chicago Auto Show; [4] [non-primary source needed] it had been shown to the press at the city's Congress Hotel on January 5. [5] While being displayed elsewhere in the U.S. that spring, the Futura was seen by the country's television audience on Today ("The Today Show") on March 3 ...
The Building Was Demolished In 1955. Today There Is An Office Building And Parking Lot Where It Used To Stand ... "Dust Lady" After Escaping The North Tower Of The World Trade Center On 9/11 ...
The 1955 Hudson was actually a rebadged Nash auto with different trim. They were offered with a V8 in 1955, but it was too little to save the brand, which was discontinued two years later. [11] Packard began the 1950s on a difficult note, as sales dropped from 116,248 in 1949 to an underwhelming 42,627 in 1950. [79]
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 ...
1951 newspaper advertisement for stock car racing at Soldier Field. Stock car racing was introduced to the track in 1950. [6] Stock car races were held until June 7, 1968, when Sal Tovella won what was the last stock car race at Soldier Field. [26] [14] Many stock car races held at Soldier Field were late model races. [27] [28]
The 1955 show dates were New York (January 20–25), Miami (February 5–13), Los Angeles (March 5–13), San Francisco (March 26 to April 3), Boston (April 23 to May 1). Exhibited at these venues were the Buick Wildcat III, Chevrolet Biscayne, Pontiac Strato Star, Oldsmobile 88 Delta, LaSalle II roadster and sedan, and Cadillac Eldorado Brougham .
Pro Street, also known as a back half or tubbed car, is a style of street-legal custom car popular in the 1980s, usually built to imitate a pro stock class race car. Pro Street cars are close in appearance to cars used in drag racing while remaining street-legal and with a full interior.