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Obsolete Visions of the Automotive Future
Creator   Title/Description Recommenders Mark
  1951 Buick LeSabre (front)
A narwhal with a cyclops eye. (But they got to re-use the front bumpers on 1954-57 Cadillacs, the tail lights on the 1954 Buick, and a more modest version of the fin shape on the 1956 Caddie.)
Robert Winter
  1953 GM Firebird I
...Could we saw the wings off a MiG and bolt some car wheels onto the fuselage?
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Robert Winter
  1954 Ford Concept Sketch
Fins, rocket pods, possible levitators, and no apparent wheels. (Just the thing for zipping across the lunar landscape.)
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Robert Winter
  1954 Ford Atmos (front)
Bubble top, fins, dual rocket pods--and proton-ray guns?
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Robert Winter
  1956 Pontiac Club de Mer
Rocket-Corvette with a single fin and a big, goofy grin. (A sightless, space-obsessed predecessor to Tommy the Tank Engine?)
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Robert Winter
  1958 Ford Nucleon
A kind of space-age El Camino, complete with a nuclear reactor in the back. (For crash safety, the designers felt the occupants should be separated by a foot or two from the reactor.)
Robert Winter
  1958 GM Firebird III (side)
Dual bubble tops and tubular body with **five** (count 'em) fins, plus three lesser fin-ettes.
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Robert Winter
  1961 Ford Gyron
Wheels are treated as landing gear
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Robert Winter
  1969 Buick Century Cruiser
Updated, Buick-themed variant of the 1964 GM Stiletto concept car
Robert Winter
Gruppo Bertone 1970 Lancia Stratos Zero (front)
Dramatic styling exercise reflecting "aerodynamic wedge" principles that came up a bit short on practical considerations (like seeing where you're driving)
Robert Winter