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The fairly generic egg-crate grille of the ’79 Caprice was tough. But we have some remarkable talent playing CCC, and one of the best of them is tklockau, who has won several before. Congratulations are in order.
Today’s clue is a bit different. No, the clue is not my xB in the background. And yes, you are looking at/through a regular production car, not some hippie bus with a glass gunner’s dome from a B17 on the top. Have fun.
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Is this the inside of the wrap-around rear window on one of those late 1970’s Chevy Impala coupes?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8490341@N04/3177801468/
I second that. And damn, can’t I be first with anything?
This was my initial thought. But would the area where the glass is bent be so dark?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1978-Chevrolet—Caprice.jpg
The dark line would be a built in heating element allowing the window to be bent. I believe the Toronado XS (of = vintage ~1977) used the same technology & this could be one of them as well. But wouldn’t both have defroster stripes?
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zp5hU5oekAI/SxhLUljTXwI/AAAAAAAACIQ/27jrp3gxt9g/s1600-h/olds+tornado+2.bmp
+1 on the 77-79 Impala-Caprice 2 door.
And Mr. Niedermeyer seems to be making his own B-Body love week to counter the Ford guys. Keep on it. Jalopnik did some months ago, when the PPV was announced, a Caprice love week.
The 77-7? Impala 2dr rear window is the first thing I thought of too. Next question?
I’m going to go with the inside view from a Subaru SVX.
Faux B-17 bombardier bubble glass support bars glued to the front windshield of a 1995 Oldsmobile dustbuster minivan, painted in olive drab with D-Day black and white strips on the rear quarters.
A vehicle that would not pass modern roof crush standards? ;)
Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser?
+1, the black line would be the bar between the two curved sections
Not the OVC. The curved glass on those is one piece.
I was guessing an old split windshield, but the angle is way off. Is there a back window with compound glass?
Maybe a Renault Fuego? Also, that black line may be a rear wiper, not a support.
Correction-I think it is a reflection and not glass. Now I think it’s a 1992-99 S-Class or 1985-95 E-Class. That line is the trunk cutline. I suspect an E-Class, since Paul had one. It would naturally attract his eye!
Chevy Monte Carlo with the Nascar Mullet Rear Window Option?
And mailslot trunk opening. I think you nailed it.
+1 …the AeroCoupe
Pre-1997 Jeep Wranglers left their windshield wipers at an angle when turned off, but I think the angle in this picture is too steep for that.
It was only starting in 1997 that Jeeps were able to rest their wipers parallel to the bottom edge of the windshield.
77 Toronado XS?
This may be way off-base, but I’m thinking bullet-nose Studebaker – that could well be the view out the back window . . .
You may be right. The early-’50s Studebaker Champion had a multi-section rear window with separating strips.
This is tough. Its either a photo taken off a highly reflective surface or from inside the vehicle through glass. Distortion indicates the former. I’m probably way out in left field, but I’m going with a DeLorean DMC-12 that’s been given the “full polish” treatment to make it mirror finish stainless.
My immediate thought was first gen Renault Espace. the angles look wrong though, and the glass should be flat. and i have no idea how one of them would have ended up im Eugene…
It is the 77-79 Impala/Caprice coupe rear window. Come on, Paul – can’t you PLEASE try to get into the spirit of Panther Appreciation Week without getting all passive-aggressive on us with these Chevys?
I never got the memo about PAW; it just appeared on Monday morning, when I already had my Chevy piece together. Sorry.
Guys, its probably not a DeLorean (as I guessed), but I’ve never known Paul to duplicate a CC, and the Impala coupe is essentially the same car as the last Caprice sedan CC, so I find it highly unlikely Paul did one – unless he’s got himself some serious “Box” love.
Definitely a reflection, probably in the trunk/body line. Note the bend in the roof edge as it nears the gap – the metal is slightly deformed there. The variation in clarity suggests variation in reflection, not variation in glass cleanliness. And no camera takes a photo that poor today of something through glass.
51 Hudson Commodore rear window.