Again I enlarged this 400%, because of the angle you can not see 4 slots in any of the drawings, only three so you must be making an assumption that it is a 4 slot wheel when in fact you can't really tell.

That's it. I'm writing to Art Fitzpatrick and asking "What were you thinking when you did those centre caps in 1969!"

Just kidding, the quality of the illustrations of these and other Pontiac illustrations, both US and Canadian is fantastic, as good as any auto manufacturer or better. Fitzpatrick was on the top of his game at this point. You still see him advertising his work in the POCI publication "Smoke Signals".

Pontiac was among the last to hold onto this illustrative hand drawn style in its ads and literature. Most manufacturers had moved exclusively to photography, cheaper, and at this point retouching and modifying photos was getting easier and more accessable.

Personally, I love the hand drawn stuff, and yes, sometimes the illustrator took artistic licence. After all, they are artists!  



-- Edited by Jonno on Wednesday 17th of November 2010 06:12:26 AM

I'm with Carl on the 3-slot wheel.  They were getting into asymetrical stuff back then.

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