> I think this is only the exclusive sort, such as an Allard or a
Aston-Martin
> (yes, I have seen pictures of both). The more normal Ford estate car or
the
> like would not be called a shooting brake.
In the very early days of the Morris Minor Estate Car, it was referred to as
a shooting brake. One assumes it would only carry little guns or pistols?
> I believe there was a
> horse-drawn wagon called a shooting brake in pre-automobile days.
Often it doubled as something called a dog cart. Being (usually)
horse-drawn, the dogs were kept in a box between the rear wheels. The Albion
Dog Cart of about 1903 looked very like its immediate horse-drawn forebear
except that it lacked front shafts and the engine was where the dogs
normally lived. One can only assume the Directors of Albion were hedging
their bets in case this new-fangled motor car never received public
acceptance, so the company could easily and quickly revert to the earlier
design.
Jonmac
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