The CL-1200 retained the basic F-104 fuselage but was to be fitted with a shoulder-mounted wing of 53 percent larger area Swanborough, 1971 p.176.
The CL-1200 was to have kept the basic F-104 fuselage structure, increased in length to provide 46 percent extra internal fuel capacity. The major revision was a shoulder-mounted wing of 53 percent larger area Swanborough, 1971 p.176.