The car is pretty straight although I will get a few panels resprayed soon as the paint is not perfect anymore. I will also need to fix the Climate Control as the Flap for hot air seems to be stuck which makes driving with the windows closed a bit of a sweaty affair.
Another shot of the back, the small aerial on the driver side of the trunk was probably for one of those big 80's car phones, I think this was hooked up under the dashboard as there are some small screw holes under the centre ashtray.
The Daimler DS420, this car features the distinctive 'Bustleback' treatment Hooper Coachworks became famous for. It was these cars that inspired Bill Mitchell to design a Bustleback Caddy. He thought that if these cars would be lower they'd be really good, next to one of these Daimlers the Caddy is certainly a lot lower. The first attempt for the rear-end treatment was on a full size model but not many people at GM were impressed by it so instead it had to wait nearly 10 more years before it finally appeared on the small Seville.
Another shot of a Cadillac and a Hooper bodied Rolls Royce, of all American Bustleback designs (Cadillac, Chrysler Imperial and Lincoln) the Cadillac was most true to the original. The rear treatment is influenced by the design of marine yachts, therefore feel free to use the term 'land yacht'
