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Rod WMG · 08-13-2007, 03:40 PM

I think the chrome plating was done so as to be able to attach them to the gigantic front bumper of a 1950's Buick in order to make them handy to access...and to camoflage it as well with all the gleaming swirls and corners on the auto's "grin." Every returning GI had a car like that.

08-13-2007, 03:40 PM	#9
Rod WMG User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Edge of Texas Posts: 514 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I think the chrome plating was done so as to be able to attach them to the gigantic front bumper of a 1950's Buick in order to make them handy to access...and to camoflage it as well with all the gleaming swirls and corners on the auto's "grin." Every returning GI had a car like that.