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nocones Reader
10/12/09 3:52 p.m.

Total shooting brake FAIL!

DukeOfUndersteer Dork
10/12/09 3:58 p.m.

haha

xci_ed6 Reader
10/12/09 4:06 p.m.

I didn't see this one...

nocones Reader
10/12/09 4:21 p.m.

Would this be considered a shooting brake? I mean it's got that Flat back end like they are supposed to have...

RexSeven Dork
10/12/09 4:27 p.m.

Keith wrote: This one almost works.

Almost? The Virage/Vantage is one of my favorite Astons (it's like a British musclecar). This one looks great!

hotg54b wrote:

No. Just... no.

It does remind me of a thread I saw on the RX-7 Club where they shooped an FC to be a shooting brake:

Keith SuperDork
10/12/09 4:54 p.m.

RexSeven wrote: Almost? The Virage/Vantage is one of my favorite Astons (it's like a British musclecar). This one looks great!

The lines around the side windows are a bit questionable to me, but they're a lot better than the Jag.

alex Dork
10/12/09 6:09 p.m.

alex Dork
10/12/09 6:12 p.m.

Aston DB5:

alex Dork
10/12/09 6:15 p.m.

Hot Wheels Challenger Shooting Brake custom?!

From Les Monde des Mopar miniatures

alex Dork
10/12/09 6:18 p.m.

I don't know anything about this except that I want it.

Seriously, I would buy one of these in a heartbeat.

alex Dork
10/12/09 6:23 p.m.

I just found the paintjob for my new truck. Desert tan base, and these stripes in porsche brown, orange and mustard yellow. Oh yeah.

mad_machine SuperDork
10/12/09 8:32 p.m.

how about the nissan Pusar with the wagon hatchback?

karlt_10 New Reader
10/12/09 8:38 p.m.

Heckuva time finding pics of the US Nissan Pulsar 'hatch' thing.....

jstein77 HalfDork
10/12/09 8:50 p.m.

Darn, beat me to it. I was just thinking of the same thing.

irish44j Reader
10/12/09 8:57 p.m.

ReverendDexter wrote:
Keith wrote: Where's the line between a shooting brake and a fastback? Seems like it might be a little vague. It could be argued that the Volvo P1800 ES was a factory shooting brake.
Fastback has a sloped roof that meets the body line, but not at such an angle as a sedan would have. I would say that Volvo is the *definition* of a shooting brake. This to me is a fastback:

I would call that a coupe...backseat and trunk.

Fastback.....hard slope angle all the way to the back of the car.

dan_efi Reader
10/12/09 9:00 p.m.

Has anyone else never heard the term "shooting brake" but always loved the style?

maroon92 SuperDork
10/12/09 9:05 p.m.

its a predominately British phrase. Here they are usually called 2 door wagons...

Treb Reader
10/12/09 9:29 p.m.

JFX001 wrote:
Treb wrote:
Keith wrote: The Mustang didn't look good in that color picture I posted, but the rear 3/4 view really works!
Different cars. The red car is a (Pinto-based) Mustang II; the b/w pic is an original Mustang, modified by Intermeccanica. Great-looking car.
Both the red car Keith posted, and the b&w car are '64 1/2 - '66 Mustangs.Looking at the grill of the red one, I believe that it's a '65.

Rats. You're right, of course. I do think they're different cars, though -- in the b/w pic, the rear pillar (D-pillar?) seems more vertical than the one in front of it (C?)

The problems with posting before morning coffee.