Take off the bubble top and there's your Duettobutt! Amazing how close the rear proportions are to that car, which wasn't designed until 1966 (the very last car actually designed by Battista, some say)
Exactly - (with good designers) you often see ideas and themes evolving and reappearing within brands or with different makes. Pininfarina, Bertone, Zagato, Michelotti… Compare the side view of a Maserati Sebring to the Triumph TR4.
I like to think all those Supersport show cars and various ideas all evolved into a producible Duetto design.
I also have several pics of the this Superflow in a dark burgundy color - same car?
The rear deck is very long, mostly under the canopy. Fairly long hood - note the change to the Duetto design where the windshield / ****pit is far forward. I've read that this was the style of the time, getting away from the long-hood British look and the 40s / 50s Italian designs as well.
But here's a thought - the coupe and spider were adapted from the Giulia sedan platform, which came first. Wheelbases adjusted as needed. But the big savings is in retaining the front cross member / motor mounts / suspension pickups / firewall bulkhead across several platforms.
Could it be the forward windshield of the Spider was a compromise to use as much of the Giulia platform as possible. The designer had to fit his brilliant shapes around those constraints.
This one-off show car had no such rules, and could exaggerate proportions for style.
I've heard the same thing many times, that those were his last two cars.
Interesting the similar shapes on the rear deck of the 330 and the Fiat 124 Spider of the same period.
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