Harley Earl's designs for GM peaked with this 1959 Cadillac model
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Car tailfin - Wikipedia  The tailfin era of automobile styling encompassed the 1950s and 1960s, peaking between 1957 and 1961. It was a style that spread worldwide, as car designers picked up styling ... The tailfin at its apex on the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado ... General Motors design chief Harley Earl is generally credited for the automobile tailfin,...
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Requiem for Misterl: The 1959 Cadillac and the Winter of Harley Earl ...  Jul 16, 2008 ... The '59 Cadillac emerged from a seismic shift at General Motors and marked ... Harley Earl hired 23-year-old designer William L. Mitchell in December of 1935. .... Harley Earl's mandate for the 1959 models was more of the same, but ..... In many respects, the early sixties seem to have been a peak era for...
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Earl, Harley J. - Generations of GM  Harley J. Earl commanded the Styling Staff of General Motors from its inception as the Art and Colour Section in 1927 until his retirement in 1959. ... The result of this partnership was the design and creation of the original 1927 ... world in 1933 when Cadillac asked him to prepare a special model to showcase at the General...
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History - Caddyman  Harley Earl was invited to General Motors to head the new Art and Colour ... The 1959 Cadillac was where Harley Earl reached the extremes of his vision in ... In 1957 the fins steadily grew until 1959 they peaked dominating the look of the car. ... death in 1969 Harley Earl had been responsible for the design of around fifty...
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Harley Earl - Wikipedia  Harley J. Earl (November 22, 1893  April 10, 1969) was an American automotive designer and business executive. He was the initial designated head of Design at General Motors, later ... Fisher commissioned Earl to design the 1927 LaSalle for Cadillac's companion marque. ... 1959 Cadillac tailfin. Harley Earl authorized...
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The Roadhead Kicks Asphalt - OffbeatTravel  We'll end with a tribute to the most famous of all bus drivers, Jackie Gleason as Ralph .... Desire ran proudly from 1920 until 1948 when it was replaced by a bus named Desire. ...... Cadillac Ranch seems to run the gamut of Cad-dom too. Most years are represented starting with the 1949 Club Coupe called the Sedanette.
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1949 CADILLAC COUPE DEVILLE | Action News Now  Sep 23, 2016 ... GM Heritage Center Collection | 1949 Cadillac Coupe DeVille 1949 ... the one- millionth Cadillac built, but it is a subject of interest in its own right. ... The Cadillac Series 62 is a series of cars which was produced by ... 1949 CADILLAC COUPE DEVILLE 2-DOOR HARDTOP  Daniel Schmitt & Company.
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Oldsmobile Toronado - Wikipedia  The Oldsmobile Toronado is a personal luxury car that was produced by Oldsmobile from ... It used the GM E platform introduced by the rear-wheel drive Riviera in 1963 and shared .... Slight interior cosmetic changes were also implemented for each new model year, and a full-length center console with floor-mounted shifter...
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Cadillac - Wikipedia  Cadillac is among the oldest automobile brands in the world, second in America only to fellow GM marque Buick. The firm was founded from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company in 1902, almost nine years before Chevrolet. It was named after Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who founded Detroit, Michigan.
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Kill Your Darlings: The Birth and Death of the Pontiac Fiero - Ate Up ...  Nov 28, 2009 ... The idea of a cheap, plastic-bodied Pontiac sports car goes back 20 years or more, ... general manager, and John Z. DeLorean, then the division's chief engineer. ... Estes as head of Pontiac, had to content himself with the midsize GTO and the .... He okayed the development of a V6 engine package and an...
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Henry Ford and Edsel Ford Driving the 20-Millionth Ford off the ...  The Ford Motor Company produced its 20 millionth automobile -- a black Town Sedan -- in 1931. The car rolled off Ford's Rouge plant assembly line on April...
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Man takes great-grandfather's car from movie to ... - Associated Press  Sep 24, 2016 ... It would be built with aluminum, giving the car better mileage and speed. ... The car inspired the 1988 Francis Ford Coppola film "Tucker: The Man and His Dream," which ... deliver "the car of tomorrow," billing it as fast, safe and affordable. ... Tremulis and other stylists were brought on to finish the design,...
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1959 Daytona 500 - Racing-Reference.info  1959 Daytona 500. ... NASCAR Grand National race number 3 of 44. Sunday, February 22, 1959 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL ... 7, 41, 47  Jack Smith, Bud Moore's Garage/Georgia Chevrolet Dealers (Jack Smith), '59 Chevrolet, 196, 2,625, running, 57 .... Pos, Name, Nbr, Sponsor, Owner, Car.
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Tucker History | The Tucker Automobile Club of America  This Car of Tomorrow was the vision of Preston Thomas Tucker (1903-1956) of Ypsilanti, Michigan. 51 were built, of which 47 survive now (and many are on...
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1948-1976 Cadillac | AUTOMOTIVE MILEPOSTS  Made famous through starring roles in movies, literature, and by celebrity endorsements over the years. ... and soon learned the company in question had a car, but no engine for that car. ... Cadillac also built its one millionth car in 1949, and introduced a beautiful new two door hardtop model called the Coupe deVille.
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1949 Cadillac history - Motorera  Also in November, Motor Trend magazine named its very first "Car of the Year." The field ... The one-millionth Cadillac ever produced was a 1949 Coupe DeVille...
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Norman Bel Geddes Exhibition Labels - Harry Ransom Center  Jul 30, 2012 ... I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America ... He also created offices, nightclubs, and factories and the products to be ... predictions, Geddes's best-known project was the Futurama exhibit in the. General Motors pavilion at the 19391940 New York World's Fair. ... As his father was in.
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Museum of American Speed - Timeline | Facebook  599 Oak Creek Drive. Lincoln, NE 68528 ... In subsequent years, sales reached into the thousands. ... He soon went on to found the REO (based on his initials) Motor Car ... When the last Oldsmobile rolled off the assembly line in April 2004, more than 35 ..... On this day in 1977, General Motors (GM) introduced its first diesel...
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1964 - 2006 Ford Mustang History | car review @ Top Speed  May 2, 2006 ... Named after stylist Larry Shinoda's nickname for Ford president ... 's Camaro Z/28 in Trans Am racing, Ford built the Boss 302 which ... It wasn't. Only 18,000 were sold the first month, compared to 22,000 on the first day back in 1964. ... In keeping with its equine image, Mustang also offered the "Stallion"...
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The New York Times > Automobiles >  In 1964, tens of thousands of car buyers were swept off their feet by the ... The pony cars auto enthusiasts covet are a dying breed. ... For its 35th anniversary, the 1999 Ford Mustang receives more horsepower and a ... was introduced at the New York World's Fair on April 17, 1964, the car remains one of Ford's better ideas.
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Cadillac Logo, History, All Car Models Features & Reviews  Oct 3, 2015 ... Henry Ford's second venture into automobile manufacture, the Henry Ford Motor Company, was reorganized after Ford's departure at ... Following the Crash, Cadillac  now minus Leland, who had left to form Lincoln in ... but in 1959 became the Cadillac Eldorado in three forms, the Seville hardtop coup,...