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Most 'forty two Buicks wore Earl's new "Airfoil" front fenders swept back by means of almost the complete size of the automotive to satisfy the rear-fender leading edges. Buick stretched its '42 tooling through the 1949 Particular, then got here again with a model-new Particular for 1950. (One yr can make an enormous difference in the automobile enterprise.) Exotic customs did not return; they merely weren't wanted. Whereas practically all makes have been compelled to situation warmed-over prewar fashions, Flint's styling was technically but a year previous in 1945, and thus still fairly recent. Custom types were nonetheless round, but not as "factory" models. Appearance alterations have been additionally minor by way of '48, as GM was planning its first all-postwar fashions for 1949. The '47s gained a "wing-prime" grille conferring a decrease look; a brand new, extra-elaborate crest appeared above it. Flint closed out the decade with decrease-looking 1939 models mildly face-lifted with "waterfall" grilles, "streamboards" (optionally available hid working boards), and a sunroof option on some fashions. Flint wouldn't attempt another clutchless drive until absolutely automated Dynaflow a few decade later. But Flint made massive news for '48 with Dynaflow, its glorious new totally automated transmission, arriving as a $244 possibility for Roadmaster solely.