Car ID
Jul 5, 2020 07:57:49 #
I knew immediately what kind of car this is, but the comic strip got it wrong.
Want to take a guess? The name was selected from submissions in a national contest to pick a name.
Speaking of tail fins, how does the term "Dagmars" apply to cars?
Want to take a guess? The name was selected from submissions in a national contest to pick a name.
Speaking of tail fins, how does the term "Dagmars" apply to cars?
Jul 5, 2020 08:06:19 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
That's one from the fifties I can't remember.
Jul 5, 2020 08:15:18 #
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Jul 5, 2020 08:24:10 #
Dagmars are the bumper front guards on 50's Buicks, so called because of a woman with rather large frontal protrusions of that era.
Jul 5, 2020 08:26:42 #
Glory day's (dagmar - day's glory) of the tail fin on cars about 1952 till 1964 maybe?
Jul 5, 2020 08:37:38 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I knew immediately what kind of car this is, but the comic strip got it wrong.
Want to take a guess? The name was selected from submissions in a national contest to pick a name.
Speaking of tail fins, how does the term "Dagmars" apply to cars?
Want to take a guess? The name was selected from submissions in a national contest to pick a name.
Speaking of tail fins, how does the term "Dagmars" apply to cars?
Upon careful reading, I see nothing wrong. What do you feel the comic strip got wrong?
Jul 5, 2020 08:41:02 #
wsnyder wrote:
Henry J?
They were very popular on the drag race circuit
Jul 5, 2020 11:18:37 #
rustfarmer wrote:
Dagmars are the bumper front guards on 50's Buicks, so called because of a woman with rather large frontal protrusions of that era.
Really had to laugh at this description.
Jul 5, 2020 11:48:21 #
Yes, it's a Henry J. A woman won the naming contest by naming it after the head of the company - Henry J. Kaiser. His company, Kaiser-Fraser, was involved in the construction of the Hoover Dam, and it built the Liberty Ships of WW II. In order to help his wartime employees, he established Kaiser-Permanente health insurance.
Did you know that "kaiser" traces it's roots to "Caesar"? That's why Kaiser Wilhelm used that title. The longer you live, the more trivia takes residence in your brain.
"Dagmars" were, of course named after Dagmar, a TV personality whose real name was Virginia Egnor. Actually, those protrusions had more to do with rockets and missiles than a woman's body, but Dagmar came along at just the right time to get her name pinned to them. Getting even more "personal," some of those protrusions had the tips covered with rubber. They were known as "pasties."
Actress Mae West had her name applied to life vests for the same reason.
Here - Educate yourself -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagmar_bumper
Did you know that "kaiser" traces it's roots to "Caesar"? That's why Kaiser Wilhelm used that title. The longer you live, the more trivia takes residence in your brain.
"Dagmars" were, of course named after Dagmar, a TV personality whose real name was Virginia Egnor. Actually, those protrusions had more to do with rockets and missiles than a woman's body, but Dagmar came along at just the right time to get her name pinned to them. Getting even more "personal," some of those protrusions had the tips covered with rubber. They were known as "pasties."
Actress Mae West had her name applied to life vests for the same reason.
Here - Educate yourself -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagmar_bumper
Jul 5, 2020 12:06:49 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
Oh yeah! I remember the Henry J. I was never aware of the Dagmar bumpers. I never thought anything about it, just thought it was a design feature. Loved 50's cars. I had a 55 Chevrolet when I was in the army.
Jul 5, 2020 12:28:56 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
I watched some guys turn a Henry J into a dirt track stock car. When that didn’t work they converted it for the demolition derby.
Jul 5, 2020 15:24:38 #
Beowulf
Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI
Yes, I remember Henry J's and Dagmar, the TV personality. Owned a '57 Chevy with its pastie dagmars, though I always felt the Buick and Caddie dagmars were more impressive.
In addition to kaiser, the slavic tsar or czar is also derived from the name caesar.
In addition to kaiser, the slavic tsar or czar is also derived from the name caesar.
Jul 6, 2020 05:35:51 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yes, it's a Henry J. A woman won the naming conte... (show quote)
A quick sidenote. "Kai-zar" was the Roman Latin pronunciation of "Caesar". "C" were the "K" sounds as in "Kikeroh" ("Cicero").
Jul 6, 2020 06:28:31 #
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