Another styling cue from the 1940s through the 1970s was the "sweepspear", a curved line running the length of the car. In the earlier cars, this was a chrome-plated rub strip which, after it passed the front wheel, gently curved down nearly to the rocker panel just before the rear wheel, and then curved around the rear wheel in a quarter of a circle to go straight back to the tail-light. During the two-tone color craze of the 1950s, the sweepspear separated two different color areas. After that, the curved line was usually indicated either by a vinyl rub strip or simply a character line molded into the sheetmetal. |
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| Photographer: Simon GP Geoghegan | Camera: Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL | Date: 01/10/06 11:13 | Resolution: 1926 x 1076 | Object Name: Buick Invicta 1960 | Copyright: This photo taken by Simon GP Geoghegan in October 2006 |
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