Download or read book Fifties Fins written by Dennis David and published by . This book was released on with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by advances in aviation, tailfin became the most potent symbols of 1950s American affluence. This look back at the greatest automotive styling craze ever features modern color photos of tailfins and the cars they adorned, from the first subtle examples on the 1948 Cadillac to the absurd variations commonplace by 1959.