Cadillac Interceptor in acton

[Richard Bartrop]

Shown with a Hudson, the previous model Cadillac, and what would be the 1948 Cadillac.   The Interceptor was originally going to be the design for postwar Cadillacs until they decided to start over.  I think they made the right choice.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

5 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

Shown with a Hudson, the previous model Cadillac, and what would be the 1948 Cadillac.   The Interceptor was originally going to be the design for postwar Cadillacs until they decided to start over.  I think they made the right choice.

 

Yeah, I'd have to agree. The interceptor looks like the result of a night of passion between a Muntz Jet and the Cunningham Le Monstre.  

[Joe Handley]

Apparently they destroyed it by ramming it with a '57 to crash test those.

[ChrisBcritter]

Ooh, that's a shame.

Anyone else see a certain inspiration here?

[Joe Handley]

I did Chris, windshield and A-pillars look an aweful lot like the '58 GM cars.

[Richard Bartrop]

You can definitely see things that ended up on future GM cars, and from the back, it even looks a little like a Jaguar Mk ! from behind, but put it all together, and it doesn't really work.   It shows just how much designers struggled to figure out how to make an envelope body look good.

[ChrisBcritter]

Another version, enlarged and enhanced:

Note that at some point the Interceptor gained a one-piece windshield. Any guesses as to the three words on the front bulkhead? Looks like "----- to radiator"?