There was a Messerschmitt that came thru here a couple years ago driving cross county with a bunch of Norwegians.
Good one. Ok, to clarify there was one male Norwegian and one female Norwegian in the Messerschmitt, top down they cruise at 65-75mph. There were several other Norwegians who also shipped their cars, mostly large American 60's & 70's convertibles, to drive the Lincoln Highway which runs from Times Square to Lincoln Park in San Francisco. Probably 30 cars in all, kind of an expensive trip for them.Clown car? How many were in the "car"?
There really were a lot of ugly cars, especially from Detroit, in those days.
The big fins on the rear fenders, curved and bubble shaped glass all around, higher horse power engines, power this and power that, all to make
They're not all ugly - but there's a lot of jet-age aviation influence in the cars of the late '40s and into the 50s and 60s.
https://www.google.com/search?q=1950s+"car+design"+jets&num=20&newwindow=1&client=opera&hs=nw8&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMgd-DxfnRAhVI_IMKHT-iBacQsAQIGw&biw=1309&bih=693
Remember the 1950 Studebaker -
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which should never have happened. they should have been left to die peacefully, and not live to have the gummint bail them out...then get bought by fiatsco.The K-Car, with it's transverse engine, as a platform for several models, saved Chrysler from the brink of extinction back in the day.