Car magazine article talking about a restored car’s new carpet, says the oem floor material would have been rubber (pads presumably), but b/c the car had “shooting brakes”, it had never had carpets . Just curious, never heard the term “shooting brakes” before, or what it would have to do w/the floo…

[image] jtsanders: Punter = customer. The trouble with any “term-of-endearment” it’s not always complimentary. A “punter” is also a con man, a gambler, someone who might be operating a “shadow business” (where they pay people under the table and such…), and sometimes a customer of a “lady-of…

[image] LoudThunder: Lorry: A large truck That word always reminds of the Cat Steven’s song “Where do the Children Play” … two lines of the lyrics … “Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass For your lorry loads pumping petrol gas” [image] LoudThunder: Zebra crossing: This ph…

[image] LoudThunder: “Shooting Brakes” originally referred to the horse-drawn cart that carried a hunting party or a group of shooters, it later referred to the cart to carry goods to market and I can see how it came to mean a station wagon… The “shooting” part makes sense, but “brake” meanin…

I’ve also Googled old photos of British horse-drawn wagons and unlike most American horse-drawn wagons, they seem to have a lot of single axle (two-wheels) wagons verses the preponderance of American wagons having two-axles with four-wheels… OK, we seem to have resolved the term “Brake” and it refe…

I always wondered and still do why the British refer to a station wagon as a “shooting brake”

[image] D.J: I always wondered and still do why the British refer to a station wagon as a “shooting brake” And, in The UK, they are wondering why a Shooting Brake is referred to as a Station Wagon in The US. :thinking:

[image] D.J: I always wondered and still do why the British refer to a station wagon as a “shooting brake” That only refers to one with two doors, based on a coupe. Not sure how they refer to 4 door (normal) station wagons.

[image] texases: That only refers to one with two doors, based on a coupe. Not sure how they refer to 4 door (normal) station wagons. +1 Additionally, trucks are “lorries” in Britain, fenders are referred to as “wings”, and bumpers are called “fenders”. Two nations… divided by language…

Ford UK refers to their station wagon as the ‘estate’ body style.

[image] texases: Ford UK refers to their station wagon as an ‘estate’ body style. Thank you for jogging my memory. Yes! “Estate”!

What are "shooting brakes"?

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D.J July 28, 2023, 6:20pm 32

Actually good point. I find station wagon and shooting brake equally nonsensical. They should have called it “square ended car” on both sides of the pond.

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What are "shooting brakes"?

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