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WORDS RICHARD GUNN
A history lesson in Hastings, with a DAF as a bonus
MARLBOROUGH HIGH STREET
This photo is 65 years old but a large number of the cars have survived
THE SQUARE, BOURNEMOUTH
Who wouldn’t like to be beside the sea with cars like this around?
In February 1948, the Cadillac Series 62 Coupe became the first American car with tailfins, inspired by the Lockheed P38 Lightning aircraft. A decade later, they reached such baroque heights on US car