Encyclopedia Hoonatica: Inset Rear Windows

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Last week, C-pillar buttresses got a whole lotta’ love from our commenters, therefore, I thought it prudent to let you explore that topic in depth today. Since what constitutes a buttress is up to debate, I thought I would open it up to anything with inset backlight glass. An amazing number of vehicles have back windows that are not flush with the roof profile. A definitive list of these is what we’re after here.
The Caveats (there are always caveats):

  • It’s an all-skate. Customs, race cars, prototypes, concept cars — go wild.
  • If you can come up with a motorcycle or airplane that fits this category, please feel free to get in there and put your thing down.

Difficulty: This one is pretty straightforward. No combat bonus pay today.
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  1. P161911 Avatar
  2. 0A5599 Avatar
    0A5599

    1968-72 Corvettes not only fit the category, but the window also comes all the way out for below deck storage.
    http://shop.docrebuild.com/images/products/detail/wind02.jpg

  3. ptschett Avatar
    ptschett

    ’71-’73 Mercury Cougar.

    1. Hatchtopia Avatar

      That Cougar puts the butt in buttress.

      1. ptschett Avatar
        ptschett

        I like big coupes and I cannot lie.

  4. 0A5599 Avatar
    1. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      Its counterpart, the Fitch Sprint ; https://www.corvaircorsa.com/fitch/presson600.jpg https://www.corvaircorsa.com/fitch.html
      and the died-at-birth-therefore-kinda-the-opposite-of-a-phoenix Fitch Phoenix: https://www.corvaircorsa.com/fitch/Phoenix-03.jpg https://www.corvaircorsa.com/fitch2.html

  5. 0A5599 Avatar
    0A5599

    Numerous wagons, but Dodge Coronet was the first one to come to mind.
    http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2008/01/09/21/25/1971_dodge_coronet-pic-37744-1600×1200.jpeg

  6. tonyola Avatar
    tonyola

    1969-70 Mercury Marauder

  7. mdharrell Avatar

    The Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow. Simultaneously protruding from, and inset into, the roofline.
    http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Pierce-Arrow-Silver-Arrow.jpg

    1. Fuhrman16 Avatar
      Fuhrman16

      That must be fun to parallel park.

    1. Tiller188 Avatar
      Tiller188

      Came here to post this one (well, not this exact, jet-ified one), which I think deserves a special bonus for what looks like really painful-to-make and -fit glass:
      http://www.mr2.com/canadam/DandismGlass.jpg

      1. Monkey10is Avatar
        Monkey10is

        (Interesting how closely this mimics the treatment on the Ferrari 365P submitted by Jim lower down…)

        1. Tiller188 Avatar
          Tiller188

          Well, if you’re going to borrow design cues, they might as well be from a ridiculously-rare, pretty prototype from a storied Italian make…(I’d actually never seen the 365P before this thread, but yeah, it is surprisingly similar…)

  8. CruisinTime Avatar
    CruisinTime

    Mercury had the breezeway back window,lowered at the touch of a button.

    1. mdharrell Avatar

      Also true of the Turnpike Cruiser posted above by 0A5599.

      1. CruisinTime Avatar
        CruisinTime

        Did not know that.

      2. Batshitbox Avatar
        Batshitbox

        Sure, but the Monterey’s rear glass was reverse raked, closer to parallel to the wee fins and the rear seat back. This might qualify it for another Encyclopedia Hoonatica subject.

  9. tonyola Avatar
    tonyola

    BMW 650i convertible

      1. smalleyxb122 Avatar
        smalleyxb122

        The 355 Spider had it, as well.
        http://www.germanautotops.com/media/ebay/355blue.jpg

    1. Tanshanomi Avatar

      Is that an inset rear window, or just an extended roof? It’s not really inset on the sides…

      1. 0A5599 Avatar
        0A5599

        I chose that pic as a “not flush with the roof profile” example, but you can use this picture instead.
        http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2008/08/09/01/06/pic-10642-1600×1200.jpeg

  10. Monkey10is Avatar
    Monkey10is

    Rearward visibility?
    Where we’re going, we don’t need rearward visibility…
    http://s3.amazonaws.com/medias.photodeck.com/25b02be6-5baa-11e3-a464-6b41a137dd86/50648-spcar_medium.jpg

  11. 0A5599 Avatar
    0A5599

    Not flush with the roof profile, certainly, but does the opposite direction count?
    http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1977-Chevrolet-Bel-Air-rear-window.jpg

  12. oldcarjunkie Avatar
    oldcarjunkie

    A lot of mid engine machines qualify including the Europa
    http://www.lotus-europa.com/colors/tawney_bronze.jpg

  13. Citric Avatar
    1. GTXcellent Avatar
      GTXcellent

      I thought about this road too – late 60’s Mopars fit the bill quite well, but the windows aren’t recessed, they’re concave.
      http://s.hswstatic.com/gif/1968-dodge-dart-gts-440-2.jpg

  14. Jaap Avatar
    Jaap

    Ford Anglia, Citroen CX, Citroen Ami, Fiat X1/9
    Ferrari Mondial, GTs/4, Citroen C6

    1. Tanshanomi Avatar

      Over the years, X1/9s have gone from so cool to sorta daft to so cool in my mind.

  15. Rust-MyEnemy Avatar

    Better get this in quickly, as I thought it would have been low hanging fruit.
    http://www.simoncars.co.uk/lancia/slides/Lancia%20Beta%20Montecarlo%201977%20rear.jpg
    Lancia Monte Carlo

    1. Rover 1 Avatar
      Rover 1

      Or Lancia Scorpion in the US
      But not the ‘related?’ 037 with it’s flush glass rear window.
      https://iedei.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/lancia_037_cutaway1.jpg

  16. sunbeammadd Avatar

    Citroen C6 is slightly inset, with bonus reverse curve.
    https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nJMvRVQcLyA/maxresdefault.jpg

  17. Eisen Avatar
    Eisen

    Dick Teague went through a buttress phase in the late 60’s with the AMX and then these two concepts, the Vixen and Cavalier.

    1. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      Of course on the Cavalier, that inset window and the buttresses were needed to point out which end was the rear…

  18. Moparmann Avatar
    Moparmann

    How about this Lincoln…convertible, no less! 🙂

  19. tonyola Avatar
    tonyola

    1967-1968 Mercury Sedans – the rear window could be lowered a couple of inches as an option for a semi-Breezeway effect.

  20. Batshitbox Avatar
    Batshitbox

    International Harvester Scout 80 Cab Top. Ask me how I know.
    https://scoutparts.com/products/photos/red_winner_17_233746.jpg

  21. Maymar Avatar
    Maymar

    http://spidercars.net/wp-content/uploads/images/2000-Dodge-Intrepid_19551.jpg
    It’s the gentlest of insets, but for whatever reason, it’s the first thing that came to mind.

  22. ptschett Avatar
    ptschett

    Dodge picked up the inset window motif again on the Charger as of 2011 (just a little tiny bit; IIRC, slightly more exaggerated on the 2015 body)
    http://image.automobilemag.com/f/82393810+w660+h440+q80+cr1+ar0/2015-dodge-charger-srt-hellcat-rear-three-quarter-view-in-motion-3.jpg

  23. duurtlang Avatar
    duurtlang

    Peugeot 406 coupe had this feature as well
    https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/wiz41z4xu004qtytodu3.jpg

  24. Age_of_Aerostar Avatar
    Age_of_Aerostar

    Since it’s an “all-skate”, I’ll stretch it to include the window within a window that is inset, of course only because it opens.
    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSelu6ARS-g/U-ySW3BKOLI/AAAAAAAABD8/zFcjViG8rO0/s1600/2015-Ford-F-150-Slider-Window-0.jpg

  25. Citric Avatar
    Citric

    Big Fords from the late ’60s called it the “Sportsroof” apparently, found this while looking for today’s Crapshoot. A nice Galaxie:
    http://www.fordmuscleforums.com/attachments/galaxie/12180d1271202238-1969-galaxie-351w-2dr-fastback-img_0201.jpg
    A less nice Ford XL
    http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDgwMA==/z/XGQAAOSwezVWx00n/$_27.JPG