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Originally Posted by krash22
Just thought I'd pass along that last Saturday I was at U-Pick, a junk yard in Sun Valley (LA area, off the Penrose exit from the 5 freeway), and saw 2 pintail cars (the ones with fins, whatever the correct term is) parked next to each other. Both are white, and are pretty rough, but MOST of the parts appeared to be there. Not very much rust that I could see. Red interior on the convertible car. At least one of them is a gas-engine 220.
Charlie Koster
San Gabriel, CA
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FYI, they are called Fintails; the German term is Heckflosse, which means "rear fin" or in the case of the car, "tail fin".
They are also called "Finnies" by Brits.
I have owned a few: very solid, staid cars, only the very large ones are quick, but with care they will last for eons.