Thread: Ultimate fin car???

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"......That is the sad story of how one beautiful Imperial met its demise......"

Not to get too far off topic, but I personally believe that one of the main reasons that a lot of the old 51-58 Chryslers, Dodges and DeSotos survived the crusher (especially the less popular more door and luxury versions) was the fact that they still had a HEMI under the hood. The number of 392 HEMIs that are still out there amases me considering that it was only in production for 2 years and only fitted into the high end Chryslers.

One unusual "fin" treatment that also comes to mind is the 58 Chevy. Not nearly as pronounced as the sideways fins (wings) on the 59 and 60 models, I personally kind of developed a soft spot for them, although a lot of people will claim that one of the big factors for the popularity if the 57 Chevy was the introduction of the 58