Finned fantasies

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Some sixty years ago, a styling trend in the motoring industry went mad: it was the tail fin that peaked. GM chief Harley Earl or Chrysler draughtsman Virgil Exner are generally credited for the idea, but by 1957 the thing was everywhere, not just in the US. With anything from Mercedes to Moskvitch and Mercury to Morris. A blessing from the Golden Age of Motoring? Or something better to be forgotten?

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