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In 1946, Cadillac’s Interceptor concept was a design without tail fins

Car reached prototype testing stage but the fin was in

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Thanks to Bill McGuire at Mac’s Motor City Garage for tipping us off to the Video of the Day, which shows the 1946 Cadillac Interceptor concept car/prototype undergoing testing at GM’s Milford Proving Grounds in Michigan.

There’s no vocal with the 3-minute video, but the images show four cars on the test track, including a 1946 Cadillac Series 62 sedan, a 1948 Cadillac Series 62 sedan, a 1948 Hudson Commodore and the Interceptor. 

Apparently, Cadillac built a pair of Interceptor prototypes, and consumed one as a crash-test vehicle. The other reportedly was destroyed after its time on the test track.

Mac notes that the Interceptor had suicide doors and a two-piece wraparound windshield, and what about that long and low tail section?

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Larry Edsall
Larry Edsall
A former daily newspaper sports editor, Larry Edsall spent a dozen years as an editor at AutoWeek magazine before making the transition to writing for the web and becoming the author of more than 15 automotive books. In addition to being founding editor at ClassicCars.com, Larry has written for The New York Times and The Detroit News and was an adjunct honors professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

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