1968 Chevrolet Corvette Sportwagon
Fewer than two dozen Sportwagon Corvettes are believed to exist, making this 1968 example one of the rarest C3 variants collectors are likely to encounter. The shooting brake conversion traces back to Michigan custom builder Chuck Miller, who developed a fiberglass rear assembly to address the C3’s nearly unusable cargo area.
His kit, sold through Eckler’s catalogs, grafted a new roofline onto the coupe body, producing a flat profile that terminates in a pronounced upswept kick above the rear window (a detail that draws comparisons to the Ferrari 250 GT Breadvan).
Unlike the later Greenwood-developed variant, the Miller/Eckler’s conversion retained a fixed rear window, meaning cargo access came through the interior rather than a rear hatch. The tradeoff was a cleaner, lower roofline that integrates more naturally with the original C3 bodywork.
The base car for these conversions was the all-new 1968 C3 Corvette, which introduced the “shark” body and the narrow “sugar scoop” rear window that made the original coupe particularly impractical for hauling anything of consequence.
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