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Jack also did the cover art for ship models plus some movie posters.

 

Has any American designer ever talked to Paolo Martin about the Allante design? He did the Ro-80, the 206 yellow prototype, the Modulo and many other famous prototypes but I wouldn't say the Allante was one of his winners.. I think it was supposed to be pure Pininfarina but Chuck Jordan told me personally he got a peak at it. i wonder if Martin changed it to "look more GM?" so though it's Italianess has been compromised this article at least says it's cheap now, about 1/0th the cost of the most expensive version when new, a mighty drop in value.
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Mr. Martin was long gone when the Allante was done. In charge was Fioravanti (he of 308, BB, 288 GTO and F40 game, among other notable designs) with Ramaciotti and Fumia.

I think there was an element of trying to imagine what GM or American public wanted in a Cadillac—I think the design and sketches done for the Allante were not really in keeping with their style from that time—but a GM insider ;-) from a few pages had this to say:

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Some of the proposals—some of these look like Chryslers, including a TC lookalike—and the chosen design:
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The black coupe with the tan interior pass side view has sort of a Daytona swoop to the nose and a bit of those wrap around lights to! The checker board tail lights on the final picture are interesting; big tires to. Quite an array of ideas there but the underlying theme throughout is 'clean' without a lot of gingerbread...
Almost forgot the silver convertible with the tan interior is sweet to.

 

Interesting how you took the exterior into the center console.

 

Really like this one and the drawing too. Prefer it to the “cleaned up” version also posted:
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The top one (below) is also very nice. The bottom one though...still not used to or understand the GMs with the vertical rear windows:
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Just FYI, this is the best looking car, I've ever owned. Women loved it. They wouldn't look twice at a 550 I owed at the same time.

Oh, and the wheels are just right.

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That's why I like it!

"Just" is too modest, obviously. It's a bit rough and raw but you can see how it was drawn and captures the intent of your ideas.

 

Coolest part is the clock.

 

Cadillac!
Who'd a thunk you guys were responsible for the "rubber band" tire/wheel combo so popular in da 'hood..... gotta be 30-inchers at least.....(TF's least fav feature I'm guessing.......)

 

Yes. Sorry missed your question.

 

The vertical rear window designs have been around for some time before this Cadillac design trial.
The 1963 Pininfarina Corvette Rodine >

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Four years later the GM vertical rear window had it's greatest run starting in 1967 with the introduction of the 1968 Corvette coupe. Though the flying buttress design feature hid this window design characteristic from some angles. Still the Corvette continued with the vertical rear window treatment for a decade until the redesign of the 1978 Corvette was introduced. The unique initial feature of the opportunity to remove the rear window however only lasted until the 1972 model year Corvette.
1968 Corvette at Virginia International Raceway below>

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