Tailfins

Two mach-donuts of ruptured air smash out from my tailfins. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Aside from him, the other elements in the picture are the facade of the building with an enormous, backlit American flag hanging above the marquee and, at the curb, a Cadillac Coupe de Ville: Its egregiously superfluous tailfins are as emblematic as the flag. ❋ William Meyers (2011)

THE 1950s had to end sometime, and in Detroit the soaring tailfins of 1959 models put an exclamation point at the conclusion of an exuberant decade of unchecked optimism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So start slowly: Think tailfins and chrome instead of a new engine. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We thought we were unearthing a buried Cadillac, but it turned out to be an alien spacecraft with two-foot tailfins and a really badass sound system, and a disco ball hanging from the roof. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Heck, I love me some Mad Men, and the only tailfins in that show are on the cars. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The jutting tailfins of Cadillacs spoke of the brash confidence that prevailed in a country on its way to landing men on the moon. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Last weekend the Hall of Fame made tailfins the theme of its annual classic car show, which included 40 models. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now the average American car buyer, who has been raised on chrome and plastic and tailfins all his life, looks at that ad and starts to think small. ❋ Jerry Della Femina (2010)

Nothing said "New!" like the annual GM Motorama shows, where the public caught a glimpse of radical new designs and often bizarre trends like soaring tailfins, glass bubble-tops and chrome, well, everywhere! ❋ Unknown (2008)

Instead of focusing on the car's engine we began focusing on the tailfins. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The shimmering light-blue uniforms that Schramm introduced in 1964 were perfect for an era of cars with enormous tailfins. ❋ Unknown (2010)