In a message dated 2/15/00 5:22:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, kneedrager@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > I just picked up a book from the clearance shelf of my local Barnes & Nobel > called "Populuxe" From Tailfins and TV Dinners To Barbie Dolls and Fallout > Shelters, by Thomas Hine. The cover features the tail end of a 55 Plymouth. > The book takes a look at american consumption and popular during the > decade of 1954 to 1964. There are 24 pages devoted to Automobile Styling > with a full page covering our hero Virgil Exner. And and get this, at least > four other pictures/drawings of Forwardlook cars inside. Including my > personal favorite a tail end view of a 56 Belevedere with a jet fighter in > the background. Hi all, I also picked up this book at the local Bookstore, marked 1/2 off ($7.99, like Scott)... there should be a few extra copies if anyone is interested... Steve Charette |