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Collectible Automobile 1994 August 1955-57 Citroen Panoramic windshields 1930 Mi
Collectible Automobile 1994 August
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1954-56 Cadillac: To Underscore a Statement
With its new tailfins, overhead-valve V-8, and Coupe de Ville hardtop, Cadillac easily outran its competition in the early Fifties. With the all-new 1954 models, Arch Brown notes, there was more of everything-plus a "Panoramic" view of the world.
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"Panoramic" Style: The Wraparound Windshield in Postwar America
The automobile stylist was king in Fifties America, designing flashy two-tones and even flashier fins. One of the main styling fads was the wraparound windshield-everybody had to have one. Dick Nesbitt tracks their birth-and demise.
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1955-75 CitroDS & ID: All Hail The Goddess
When the DS-Series bowed at Paris in 1955, it was a sensation, says Graham Robson. It was aerodynamic-some said strange-looking-and boasted a "Citro-Matic" oleopneumatic hydraulic system for suspension, steering, brakes, clutch, and gearchange.
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1947-49 Studebaker: Now We Know Which Way They Were Going
Studebaker was "First By Far With a Postwar Car!" The styling was a knockout, and a bit controversial-some wags asked, "Which way is it going?" Richard M. Langworth traces the car's development, and questions whether being first was good or bad. 0.
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