At the center of this redesign was a man from General Motors" - Harley Earl. ... After the 1948 Cadillac's enormous success, Earl increased the fin size and other designers and divisions of General Motors followed suit: the Oldsmobile in 1949, the Buick in 1952. ... These automobiles emerged in "full regalia of fantasy bullets and bombs, breasts, portholes and jets, spears and wings. "Assembly lines rolled off car after car with "frenched"" headlights and "toothy" chrome grilles "-- these "monsters with bedroom eyes "clearly exhibit the blending of the two design staples of sex and ...

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