http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/ Autoblog Comments for U.S. Postal Service to celebrate the tailfin starting in October http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/
Hell, even do a nod to tailfins!]]>Apr 25th 2008 7:43PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/Apr 25th 2008 7:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/Apr 25th 2008 8:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/
It's nice to see something different for once!

Personally I think a '57 Nash Ambassador would've been a good choice, but I'm weird. LOL!]]>Apr 25th 2008 9:11PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.whatifcars.com/gallery/What-If-Cars/58_Ambassador )

I wonder if someone could retouch with Photoshop pictures of Accord coupe/sedan, Camry, Altima, etc... to add tailfins? ;-)]]>Apr 25th 2008 9:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/
Glad they included the 300C, but my favorite car of the late 50's is the 57/58 DeSoto Adventurer. Virgil Exner was the best designer of that era by far.]]>Apr 25th 2008 11:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/
Oh well, I'll be buying these for sure.]]>Apr 25th 2008 8:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/
Oh wait, it's a Pontiac.

STILL.]]>Apr 25th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/Apr 25th 2008 9:19PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/
If they are they're very impressive. I've been getting into doing some the last couple years - they're pretty time intensive. And these ones look very detailed.]]>Apr 25th 2008 9:34PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.fitz-art.com/

His work is incredible. Back when he and Van worked together, Van did the backgrounds and Art the cars. You may remember in particular all the work they did for Pontiac. Sometimes their initials didn't show but even then you could always spot an AV & VK rendering. Back then, their work was done with paint, probably guache.

I had the pleasure of meeting Art a few years ago at a Pontiac convention. I told him of how we Industrial Design students used to idolize he and Van when we were in school. At the time I met him, he had just done the '50's stamps of a few years back. They were done on the computer as I presume these new ones were. I was amazed that a man his age had learned to do the same thing with computer technology. Most people his age are lucky to be able to use e-mail.

Read more about Art here: http://tinyurl.com/3omhsz

]]>Apr 26th 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/Apr 25th 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/Apr 25th 2008 10:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/
I think there was a better '59 Caddy to put there; though it was a ambulance. Ecto 1. ]]>Apr 26th 2008 12:01AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/Apr 26th 2008 12:00AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/
And to join everyone's wishing for another car, late 50's Dodge Fury four door.
I love those.]]>Apr 26th 2008 5:02AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/Apr 26th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/Apr 26th 2008 11:36AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/Apr 26th 2008 7:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/25/u-s-postal-service-to-celebrate-the-tailfin-starting-in-october/Apr 26th 2008 10:11PM