Wings Wings Wings 59 Caddy

The iconic image that comes to mind when you think of wings on a car - the 1959 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. How did this style come about? What's the point and what other cars do you ***ociate with wings? More on the Cadillac here: http://americancl***icars.com/cadillac-coupe-deville/

 

My understanding is that after WW2, the public was fascinated by airplanes and the wings gravitated into car designs.

 

I read somewhere that the first Caddy fins were inspired by the P38 tail, and the later ones by the F86 Sabre.

 

Fins, Fins, Fins.

They were termed fins, since the1950's.

Wings are those other things.

Curt R

 

Please re-size your picture...

 

I'm not meaning to give you a hard time, but, it commonly happens that judging from the content of the question, the answer will not be understood. And, as pointed out in a previous reply, above, they are FINS. Not wings. Maybe you should sit back and read, study, digest. So much to learn here. Hang in there, you'll get it. There was a time when even us old farts didn't know much, And, we still don't!! (smiling)
By the way......WELCOME!!

 

Big car...........BIIIIIIIG picture.

 

In the 60s, a neighbor, John Johnson, had a Yellow 59 Caddy convertible. He was a retired Air Force pilot and a really nice guy. He used to pay us to help polish the chrome. He was an airline pilot who also flew charters in a single engine 4 seater. He died in a plane crash due to icing. Two of his p***engers survived with frostbite because the plane wasn't found until 6 hours after the crash. John and the other p***enger were alive and talking after the crash and may have survived if they had been found sooner.

 

Harley Earl