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Aw, come on guys! You know how very little '54 models and pictures and posters there are? Not very many!
Yes, the 1954 model had the lowest number of trucks produced of the 53 to 56 trucks. But it wasn't because of the grille. The Korean war fighting stopped in 1953 and that caused a recession.
The 54 grille was designed to look like teh wing of a fighter jet.
The 54 grille was designed to look like the wing of a fighter jet.
Nah.....Dagmar's is my guess.
She was a comedy performer on Texaco Star Theater in 1953 - probably got the full attention of the men designing the grille for 1954 models.
And they paid tribute in a not-so-subtle way.
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