Hooniverse Asks- What's the Wildest One-off Shooting Brake?

Robert Emslie

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Just like an open bar at a distant cousin’s wedding, or that little tag on the underside of your mattress admonishing its removal to be a crime, the lure of the sport wagon is nearly impossible. The sportiest of all sport wagons is of course, the shooting brake. Or perhaps, shooting break, should that be the manner in which you roll. Just the thought of being able to drive across your family estate with great speed and authority, stop and lift a jauntily angled hatch, remove your family heirloom over-under, and blow away a few grouse, is awesome.

I mean really, how cool is that?

Cool enough that there have been plenty of factory shooting brakes – everything from MGB GTs to Toyota Corolla Liftbacks – to fill that niche. But not enough to do so fully. In addition to the factory jobs from the major – and a few minor – players, there have also been a bunch of one-offs, uber-limited production, and coachbuilt two-door wagons to help keep the elite well kitted. Heck, the last Lotus to carry the Elite name was itself a sudo shooting brake!

Today I want to hear from you which of those you think is the wildest brake to ever break cover. Whether Lynx Eventer, Panther 365 GTB/4 gull-glass, or Porsche 944 with room for more, what do you think is the wildest one-off shooting brake ever conceived? 

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64 responses to “Hooniverse Asks- What's the Wildest One-off Shooting Brake?”

  1. Maymar Avatar
    Maymar

    <img src="http://cdn.carthrottle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gt86-sportbrake-front.jpg&quot; width=500>
    Not that wild, but I mostly just hope it doesn't stay one-off for long.

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    1. JayP2112 Avatar
      JayP2112

      I'd hoon that.

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  2. Vavon Avatar
    Vavon

    Not very wild, but a Pininfarina classic: Peugeot 504 Riviera.
    <img src="http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr229/ruit48/Casey-Cars/peugeot-504-break-03.jpg&quot; width="650/"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ie6E0lr453E/T4gcdyQq9_I/AAAAAAAAZm0/7yrBcHXuWhk/s1600/504r2.jpg&quot; width="650/">

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  3. quattrovalvole Avatar
    quattrovalvole

    The Rinspeed Bedouin was quite a nutter.
    <img src="http://www.weblogsinc.com/common/images/0669091566611766.JPG&quot; />

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    1. mdharrell Avatar
      mdharrell

      <img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6113/6277163538_5ae4f3faff.jpg&quot; width="300">
      "Hey, guys, sorry I'm late. When did you get the new wheels?"

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      1. wunno sev Avatar
        wunno sev

        <img src="http://www.anomalousmaterial.com/movies/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/The-Seventh-Seal-2-610×343.jpg"&gt;
        we've been waiting a long time.

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  4. JayP2112 Avatar
    JayP2112

    Started looking for the 356 Shooting Brake but found this:
    <img src="http://img7.autonavigator.ru/carsfoto/1024/5807/71110/Ferrari_365%20GTB4%20Shooting%20Brake.jpg&quot; width="450">
    Then this was on the same page:
    <img src="http://daddytypes.com/archive/IM_pinin_transam_typek.jpg&quot; width="450">
    He showed up:
    <img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_leoGYAeiH44/S64vdqMaz8I/AAAAAAAAJNU/3DepTcYNFu0/s640/volkswagencorradoG60magnumMAGSGS-2.jpg&quot; width="450">
    I then realized I am at work and need to get stuff done.
    <img src="http://www.special-classics.com/Archive/prototyp/71eldwg2.jpg&quot; width="450">

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    1. desolit Avatar
      desolit

      Cadillac CTS-V wagon wins!
      *Eldorado wagon.

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    2. Tomsk Avatar
      Tomsk

      That Firebird wasn't the only F-body wagon proposed:
      <img src="http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/chevrolet-camaro-and-pontiac-firebird-concept-cars-3.jpg.jpg&quot; />

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      1. salguod Avatar
        salguod

        There's a history of Firebird Kammbacks:
        <img src="http://strumors.automobilemag.com/files/2010/02/28001977-623×389.jpg&quot; width=600>
        <img src="http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2007/03/HurstHauler.jpg&quot; width=600>

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    3. C³-Cool Cadillac Cat Avatar
      C³-Cool Cadillac Cat

      I'd DD an Eldo wagon of that vintage.
      500 CID of FWD FURY!

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    4. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      Re: the first picture: I never knew it was Ferrari that built the Pacer… not that there's anything wrong with that!

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  5. muthalovin Avatar
    muthalovin

    Wild Horses.
    <img src="http://www.mustangevolution.com/forum/attachments/12379d1142526375-20_3.jpg"&gt;
    <img src="http://mycarquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Ferrari_330_GT_Shooting_Brake_01.jpg&quot; width=550>

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    1. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
      Irishzombieman☆

      That Mustang is amazing.

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      1. MVEilenstein Avatar
        MVEilenstein

        Wouldn't it be a quarter horse, then?

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  6. OJN Avatar
    OJN

    Not exactly a one of but still great:
    <img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NP0zb8822HQ/TkhuUAuWIYI/AAAAAAAAACA/N6UJn28bX7o/s1600/shooting-brake-jaguar-xjs-lynx-1.jpg&quot; width="600">

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  7. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
    Peter Tanshanomi

    The Challenger Sports Wagon, of course!
    <img src="http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/895745/original/1971_dodge_challenger_station_wagon.jpg&quot; width="512">

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    1. calzonegolem Avatar
      calzonegolem

      Long Gremlin is long.

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  8. CrzRsn Avatar
    CrzRsn

    No ones posted The Beast yet? What could be better than a shooting brake with a 27 liter Rolls Royce Merlin V12.
    <img src="http://imageshack.us/scaled/landing/19/merlin4i.jpg"&gt;

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    1. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      Exactly my thoughts! That sound…

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  9. kyle_a_m Avatar
    kyle_a_m

    My answer comes from the annals of Mystery Cardom: the Jensen G-type. (link: http://hooniverse.info/2012/05/18/mystery-car-80)
    Because what makes a shooting brake awesomer? Gullwing doors, of course.
    <img src="http://www.british-steel.org/models/g-type2.jpg"&gt;

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  10. CrzRsn Avatar
    CrzRsn

    Or perhaps a rotary Mazda RX500
    http://hooniverse.info/2013/03/23/weekend-edition-…

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  11. quijoteMike Avatar
    quijoteMike

    I'm sorry. all you colonials have this wrong
    I give you a true shooting brake
    <img src="http://static.zigwheels.com/media/content/2011/May/phantomcartier_1_560x420.jpg&quot; width="600">
    Built for some despotic maharaja or maharani in the sub continent to bag a few tigers or pesants
    Toodle pip!

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  12. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    How about a DB5:
    <img src="http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-abc/Aston-Martin-DB5-Superleggera-Shooting-Brake-fs-lr.jpg"width=500&gt;

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  13. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    Does this count?
    <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/06/ferrari-breadvan-oven-lead.jpg"width=500&gt;

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    1. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
      Irishzombieman☆

      That car counts for everything.
      Greatest racecar of all time? Breadvan.
      Bitchinest shooting brake ever? Breadvan.
      Best van? Yep.
      It event tops the list of best motorcycles in history, because no motorcycle in history is as awesome as this car is.

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      1. quijoteMike Avatar
        quijoteMike

        But importantly – have you seen the blond that drives it? What a package.

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    2. OA5599 Avatar
      OA5599

      <img src="http://www.murileemartin.com/UG/LTW11/LTW11-UG-0714.jpg&quot; width="500">
      Here it is in action.

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      1. ˏ♂ˊ mzs zsm msz esq Avatar
        ˏ♂ˊ mzs zsm msz esq

        <img src="http://blog.caranddriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/21-BS-Inspection-at-Campaign-To-Prevent-Gingervitis-24-Hours-of-LeMons-626×426.jpg"&gt;

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  14. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    How about this Rolls with the emphasis on shooting:
    <img src="http://www.cfgphoto.com/data/media/278/APA0332.jpg"width=500&gt;

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  15. JamesJamerson Avatar
    JamesJamerson

    sudo is a linux command…. pseudo would fit better there.
    Also I think you meant the lure is irresistible, not impossible? The opening line needs help regardless.

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    1. mdharrell Avatar
      mdharrell

      True, true, possibly true, and not necessarily, but such corrections are better received if presented in a witty or humorous way, else not at all.
      Well, unless the correction pertains to an automotive fact, in which case feel free to ride roughshod over the author in pursuit of the collective good. That's fair game.

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    2. frankthecat Avatar
      frankthecat

      sudo apt-get remove grammernazi

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  16. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
    Irishzombieman☆

    Thank you, Google Image Search, for introducing me to the Calloway Aerowagon conversion for the C7 Vette.
    'Tis a 1-off for the moment, so it counts.
    Damn! Lookatthisthing!
    Methinks I am in love.
    <img src="http://www.diseno-art.com/news_content/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Callaway-Corvette-Shooting-Brake-1.jpg&quot; width="500/">

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    1. MVEilenstein Avatar
      MVEilenstein

      This is the first one that came to my mind.

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    2. frankthecat Avatar
      frankthecat

      this is beautiful why isn't it an actual thing

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      1. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
        Irishzombieman☆

        If I'm reading it right, it'll be available as a body kit for around $15k for the upcoming 2014 Vette.
        Oh, to be rich.

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    3. Tomsk Avatar
      Tomsk

      It wouldn't be the first Corvette shooting brake:
      <img src="http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Chevrolet-Motorama-Corvette-Nomad-Sport-Wagon-f3q-BW.jpg&quot; width="500" />

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      1. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
        Irishzombieman☆

        That's oddly pretty.

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  17. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
    Irishzombieman☆

    Surprised no one's yet posted the Sbarro TAG Function Car.
    <img src="http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/studio/large/1978_Sbarro_Cadillac_TAG_Function_Car_02.jpg&quot; width=400>
    Like all Sbarro concepts, the thing makes no sense at all. It's silly, absurd. So awful that it's sorta growing on me.
    Check out the back:
    <img src="http://www.carstyling.ru/resources/studio/large/1978_Sbarro_Cadillac_TAG_Function_Car_05.jpg&quot; width=400>

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    1. MVEilenstein Avatar
      MVEilenstein

      Does it sell pizza by the slice?

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      1. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
        Irishzombieman☆

        Cooks the by the slice, too. Those things that look like desks?
        Mega high-end pizza ovens. Slices cook in each drawer.

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        1. MVEilenstein Avatar
          MVEilenstein

          I need one of those in my cube. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

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    2. topdeadcentre Avatar
      topdeadcentre

      I LOVE it!
      THIS is the vehicle I need when I establish my Evil Genius World Headquarters in a hollowed-out mountain. It'll be used for grocery runs, small-town parades, Skype calls to the world leaders promising instant annihilation unless they do as I please, cruising the countryside, rolling cocktail parties, etc.
      All it needs is a little armoring up, and some better seats and upholstery in the back lounge area.

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      1. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
        Irishzombieman☆

        Ooh. You should paint it a deep glossy black, then upholster the inside in black velvet and get a fluffy white cat.

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  18. scroggzilla Avatar
    scroggzilla

    When one owns a shooting brake, one is not…..(drops monocle)…..wild. It simply isn't done.__<img src="http://www.hardtuned.com/feature/htshorts/img/wagon/lagonda-rapide-shooting-brake.jpg"&gt;

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    1. Garland137 Avatar
      Garland137

      Looks like the bastard child of an Aston Martin and an Edsel wagon. I want one.

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      1. scroggzilla Avatar
        scroggzilla

        You're not far off. It's a Lagonda Rapide.
        http://www.lagonda-rapide.com/

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  19. Devin Avatar
    Devin

    I'll take one of these Astons.
    <img src="http://www.pestalozzi.net/sb/am_virage/virage_400.jpg"&gt;

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  20. 1slowvw Avatar
    1slowvw

    Not my favourite but for some reason it was the first to come to mind, mostly because I used to see one around with a corvette summer style paint job. Not a one off either, did they make a kit for these or are there just multiple people who liked the idea?
    <img src="http://www.chevyhardcore.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/28/files/2010/11/500x_picture_1_05.jpg&quot; width="600">

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    1. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
      Peter Tanshanomi

      For some reason that reminded me of this. Does it count as a shooting brake if it has no doors at all?
      <img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5084/5347612067_00214a03dd_z.jpg&quot; width="512">
      EDIT: I suppose without side glass, it's technically a sedan delivery. Which means the above Corvette and the Ferrari Breadvan would also not count.

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      1. mdharrell Avatar
        mdharrell

        I suspect both your car and the Corvette do, in fact, have side 'glass.

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        1. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
          Peter Tanshanomi

          ⚡ RIMSHOT! ⚡

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    2. OA5599 Avatar
      OA5599

      Greenwood offered a variation for the chrome bumper cars, and a restyled one for the later rubber bumper years.
      http://www.greenwoodcorvettes.com/StreetSportwago…

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      1. mallthus Avatar
        mallthus

        Eckler's sold these. I recall asking my dad repeatedly to get a kit for his Vette.

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  21. Preludacris Avatar
    Preludacris

    <img src="http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2011/10/20/06/35/pic-6667303760982837411.jpeg&quot; width="600">

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  22. eggsalad Avatar
    eggsalad

    If you take the most beautiful car ever built, and turn it into a hearse, you get the world's most beautiful Shooting Brake.
    <img src="http://www.imcdb.org/i006262.jpg&quot; width="600">

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  23. Tomsk Avatar
    Tomsk

    The 928-based Porsche H50, built for and presented to Ferry Porsche.
    <img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2012/08/04-1987-porsche-928-h50-concept.jpg&quot; width="500" />

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    1. Irishzombieman☆ Avatar
      Irishzombieman☆

      Looks way better than the Panamera.

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  24. Garland137 Avatar
    Garland137

    <img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/hSvCVC7kkmmo8y9uQfxnXzYmo1_400.jpg"&gt;
    We'll have every Corvette covered by the end of the day.

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  25. SK Avatar
    SK

    <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7f4yb52gE1ra31o5o2_500.jpg&quot; width="600">
    <img src="http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/802/mercedes230slxfrua6.jpg&quot; width="600">

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  26. C107 Avatar
    C107

    The Crayford Condor for me, please (can't find pic atm)

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  27. RahRahRecords Avatar
    RahRahRecords

    this is pretty sweet
    <img src="http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Buick-vista-wagon-2-door.png"&gt;

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  28. ˏ♂ˊ mzs zsm msz esq Avatar
    ˏ♂ˊ mzs zsm msz esq

    <img src="http://www.carstyling.ru/Static/SIMG/420_0_I_MC_jpg_W/resources/studios/1968_Frua_Volvo_P1800_ES_Rocket_05.jpg"&gt; Frua Raketen

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