Dagmar Bumpers

Remember Dagmar? She was the bodacious blonde on the Jerry Lester "Broadway Open House." Her name lives on in the hearts of classic car buffs. When GM's designer put those perky, pointed protuberances on the '50s Buick and Cadillac bumpers, he thought he was reminding us of the artillery shells that helped to win the war. But that's not what every red-blooded American Boy thought of when he saw them. It left no doubt what they represented when the black "pasties" were added to the tips.