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TR6 Shooting Brake
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MGB GT wannabe! (But I like it, anyway!)
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Interesting, Don! Have you come across any other information on the car?
MarshgrassA
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Someone's take on the Dove? Looks to be a nice car.
YYCDave
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From WikiPedia:
"Shooting-brake, shooting brake or shooting break is a term for a car body style that has evolved through several distinct meanings over its history.
Shooting-brake originated as an early 19th-century British term[1] for a vehicle used to carry shooting parties[2] with their equipment and game. The term brake[3] was initially a chassis used to break-in horses—and was subsequently used to describe a motorized vehicle.
The term was later applied to custom-built wagons by high-end coachbuilders, and properly refers to two door wagon style vehicles.
In 2006, The New York Times said the shooting-brake was conceived "to take gentlemen on the hunt with their firearms and dogs."[4] and "although [its] glory days came before World War II, and it has faded from the scene in recent decades, the body style is showing signs of a renaissance as automakers seek to invent (or reinvent) new kinds of vehicles for consumers constantly on the hunt for the next new thing."[4]"
I guess the Brits didn't have STATIONS to take their WAGONS to
"Shooting-brake, shooting brake or shooting break is a term for a car body style that has evolved through several distinct meanings over its history.
Shooting-brake originated as an early 19th-century British term[1] for a vehicle used to carry shooting parties[2] with their equipment and game. The term brake[3] was initially a chassis used to break-in horses—and was subsequently used to describe a motorized vehicle.
The term was later applied to custom-built wagons by high-end coachbuilders, and properly refers to two door wagon style vehicles.
In 2006, The New York Times said the shooting-brake was conceived "to take gentlemen on the hunt with their firearms and dogs."[4] and "although [its] glory days came before World War II, and it has faded from the scene in recent decades, the body style is showing signs of a renaissance as automakers seek to invent (or reinvent) new kinds of vehicles for consumers constantly on the hunt for the next new thing."[4]"
I guess the Brits didn't have STATIONS to take their WAGONS to
What in 19th century times they started referring to what we Americans now call a station wagon. They were origionally designed for use on estates for hunting, hence the shooting part.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting-brake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting-brake
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DNK
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Sorry Andy.There are a couple more pics of it but no story, cept on the "Piston Heads" website there is a mention
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertgrounds/9490213144/
Go there and toggle pics to the left.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertgrounds/9490213144/
Go there and toggle pics to the left.
CinneaghTR
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I like it. You could actually pack for a trip!
TRspitfirefan
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Wow! That's unique. I like it.