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"zveugen" (theveugman) 07/09/2016 at 18:22 • Filed to: Life's great mysteries

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If you put a bed cap on an El Camino, does it become a station wagon?

Saw this one at my local shop rite.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > zveugen 07/09/2016 at 18:24

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Nope, it becomes even more awesome :)

CB > zveugen 07/09/2016 at 18:26

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Does putting a cap on a pickup truck make it an SUV? No? Well, there’s your answer.

lone_liberal > zveugen 07/09/2016 at 18:27

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No seats back there = no station wagon.

zveugen > CB 07/09/2016 at 18:28

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Wow now I just feel dumb....

zveugen > lone_liberal 07/09/2016 at 18:29

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Then what does a station wagon become if you remove the seats? A van?

Cé hé sin > zveugen 07/09/2016 at 18:30

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No.

lone_liberal > zveugen 07/09/2016 at 18:31

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There are still the mounts for the seats so it’s still a station wagon. I guess you could call it a sedan delivery but usually those don’t have glass in the back.

Die-Trying > zveugen 07/09/2016 at 18:32

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no, but if you put a cap on it, the exhaust has to exit past the vehicle in some direction...... and if you put seats, they have to have belts. but if you take out the rear glass of the cab, it would be close to being a wagon

zveugen > lone_liberal 07/09/2016 at 18:34

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Is a brat with a cap a station wagon?

lone_liberal > zveugen 07/09/2016 at 18:41

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Nope, it’s a pickup with a cap and two weird seats in the bed. To me a station wagon has a one piece long roof and at least a second row of seats with no separation between the rows of seats and they are based on a sedan chassis. Put that on a truck chassis and you have an SUV. Now the difference between a CUV and a station wagon is just a matter of opinion since it’s mostly a matter of ride height. Hey, I don’t make the rules I just enforce them!

InFierority Complex > CB 07/09/2016 at 18:43

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That was my thinking as well

zveugen > lone_liberal 07/09/2016 at 18:49

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I think you nailed it with the “one piece long roof” to me that part right there is the most convincing

OPPOsaurus WRX > zveugen 07/09/2016 at 19:29

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Does an F150 become an Expedition if it has a cap ?

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > zveugen 07/09/2016 at 22:37

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Breadvan

Nauraushaun > zveugen 07/11/2016 at 03:57

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Haha! You Americans and your El Caminos!

A car made to have a tray is not a -amino, it’s a ute.

A ute with a top on it is a panel van .

A true panel van is made that way from factory. But if you cover your ute’s tray, the effect is the same. So that’s the closest thing to it.

Edit: According to Vicroads this car is still registered and running around, so that’s good. It was built in 1978 and its body type is listed as P VAN.