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RE: Roadsters, Tourers, and Station Wagons...

To: "'Dan DiBiase'" <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>,
Subject: RE: Roadsters, Tourers, and Station Wagons...
From: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 21:25:42 -0500
They should have called the ZT-T a 'shooting brake' - that is my favorite
Engllish automotive term.... Still not sure how they came up with that one!

A brake was (historically) an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels. A
shooting brake was the same type of vehicle used in hunting (thus shooting).

The current meaning has evolved to mean a station wagon or estate wagon.

But you all knew that, right?

Cheers,
Lew Palmer





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