Here. A brown wagon.

"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke) 02/12/2015 at 12:46 • Filed to: None

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For those of you into such things.....Blame George Barris for this one.

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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/12/2015 at 12:50

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An Eldorado shooting brake... that is a new one.

I like the Plymouth GTX shooting brake better.

505Turbeaux > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/12/2015 at 12:57

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those faux spare tire humps on the fenders are heinous, beyond that HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGG

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 02/12/2015 at 12:57

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That is maybe the second wagon I've ever seen that I actually like....despite the color.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/12/2015 at 13:18

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Keep in mind, it is a 3-door, not a full 5-door station wagon. That alone makes it sportier, although having only two side doors fails to make up for the rest of what is wrong with that Eldo above.

Usually coupes with long roofs and a rear hatch are called Shooting Brakes. It is a british term held over from pre-automobile horse-drawn carriages, as are "estate wagon" and "station wagon".

Shooting brakes were smaller carriages than most, as a 'brake' in that context is a smaller, simpler, lighter wagon, perhaps drawn by a single horse, usually with a single bench seat. The 'shooting' bit referred to having enough room on the back of the carriage for stowing long rifles and game, usually for a gentleman's hunting use around the estate grounds. (considering that people who had enough means for multiple carraiges were also likely gentry or businessmen with land holdings, rather than peasantry of much more limited means.)

Estate wagons were usually longer, with more than one bench seat for more passengers, and their luggage or utility cargo, to carry them around an estate's expansive grounds. A 'station wagon' was quite similar, perhaps a bit more luxurious like a coach, in order to ferry the gentry and/or guests and their luggage between the estate manor house to and from the train station... they tended to be a finished better to impress the guests, rather than being utilitarian.

Those names got applied to automobiles filling the same roles... estate and station wagons with four side doors, and at least two rows of seating, and a long covered cargo area, and the shooting brake being a long-roof, covered-cargo version of what was otherwise a Grand Touring Coupe.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 02/12/2015 at 13:20

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Call it what you want...It's a wagon.