Almost Immediately following the end of WWII automobile manufacturers began incorporating the sleek, streamlined and almost sensual aerodynamic looks of one of an innovation in flight that made it's appearance in the waning days of the war - the Jet fighter.
Hood ornamentation became an important part of automobile design. Visual elements that, it was hoped, would subconsciously impart the idea that driving the car you were looking at would be as exciting as flying in one of the supersonic aircraft that were beginning to criss-cross the skies in vapor trails.
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