Originally posted by Racer X 69 Some US cars were also referred to as a shooting brake, such as the Chevrolet Nomad (pictured) and the Pontiac Safari.
My parents had a '61 Chevy Nomad...last of the station wagon/shooting brakes Nomads. I wanted my dad to get a 348 W series V8....he thought a 283 2 barrel V8 would be enough. Our family Nomad had the 283/170 HP 2 barrel V8.
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Originally posted by robtcorl So much to learn from this thread.
Shooting brake comes from transporting shooting parties.
Station wagon comes from transporting luggage to the rail depot.
Quite right. Our family Nomad never transported any shooting parties,to my knowledge. Although on occasion we did pick up my grandma and her luggage from the rail depot, so that should qualify the old '61 Nomad as a station wagon.
When my parents traded the '61 Chev Nomad in (on a '64 Impala wagon) a local hunting/fishing lodge bought it and used it for transporting outdoorsmen from the airport to the lodge...plus their luggage / rods/reels/rifles, etc....all lashed to the roof rack which was a dealer installed Oldsmobile rack.
So it was first a station wagon...then with the new ownership, became a shooting brake...I would say.
Interesting car, had a early posi-traction limited slip rear axle, an air lift suspension and heavy duty 6 ply tires. During our ownership it was used as a family car, also for transporting part of the hockey team I played on and towing our RV trailer.
BTW, first car I ever drove was the '61. I was 12 and it was at a fairly isolated Minnesota state park...round the nearly empty camping park. My dad rode shotgun.
and I don't think I exceeded 5 mph...even though the speed limit at the park in this area was posted at 15 mph. 15 mph would of been too heady an experience for me...at that time.
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Originally posted by robtcorl We had a 1972 Buick Estate wagon like this one. Quite the beast!
Beautiful car. I bet it probably had the Buick 455 cube V8 under the hood. Lots of torque.