Aston Martin DB6 Shooting Brake
Aston Martin DB6 Shooting Brake
Last edited by lfb666; 05-30-2006 at 06:58 PM.
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That's a DB6 and not a DB5.
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You're right. Furthermore, it's the FLM Panelcraft conversion, not the usually seen Harold Radford one. It's actually the first time I've seen this version. It's most easily distinguished by the retained Kamm tail resulting in a split tailgate. Only 3 FLM Panelcraft DB6s were made (and 7 Harold Radford DB6s).Originally Posted by McReis
Edit: After a closer inspection I have to say I was wrong. It's a Harold Radford, not an FLM Panelcraft.
Last edited by go.pawel; 05-30-2006 at 12:46 PM.
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Fixed.Originally Posted by McReis
What's Shooting Brake mean?
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Now, I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it is the 'estate', or 'station wagon' version of high-end cars.Originally Posted by Smokescreen
I'm curious, how did this designation originate? Shooting Brake...
EDIT: Found a definition --- http://www.pestalozzi.net/sb/
Their explanation for the spelling change, from the original Break to Brake is that sometimes spellings change when moving from region to region, just as the spellings of Sir names do sometimes. I don't see this as both the words break and brake exist in the English language and have very different and distinct meanings.Shooting Break was the original (or more correct) term, but is often changed to Brake. In France these vehicles were referred to as "Break de Chasse," literally, break in the hunt. Brake has become a common term in England for any station wagon or sport ute.
I think it's probably because when the old English cars broke-down on the hunt, it became really tiresome to keep calling them "Breaks". So the spelling was changed to Shooting Brake, which is senseless but doesn't seem to mock the owner as much. Much like the pictured Brake is doing above along a country byway.
Last edited by PerfAdv; 05-30-2006 at 06:41 PM.
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Originally it was "shooting break". It meant a kind of a carriage, with larger baggage space, used for carrying equipment, dogs etc. for shooting parties, a popular pastime in UK, in years before the WW2. Later, as motorcars became popular, coachbuilders switched from building carriages to converting/building cars for that purpose. But the name stayed the same.Originally Posted by PerfAdv
Generally, it was a specialized version of a station wagon/estate, which was a carriage used for carrying baggage from railway station to the estate (thus the name ).
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"Break in the hunt" as in tea-break, not "break down".Originally Posted by PerfAdv
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If you read my post again you'll see I understand that. I was trying to come up with an explanation as to why it went from the original French "Break de Chasse" to "Shooting Break" and finally "Shooting Brake".Originally Posted by Coventrysucks
I was going by the most common use of break and brake. To break is to break, crack, fracture, burst, split, splinter, shatter, etc. Or to take a break as in a hunt-break. Whereas, to brake is:
Was trying to get to why it's call "Brake"??n. brake
v. braked, brak·ing, brakes
- A device for slowing or stopping motion, as of a vehicle, especially by contact friction.
- Something that slows or stops action.
- To reduce the speed of with or as if with a brake.
- To operate or apply a brake.
- To be slowed or stopped by or as if by the operation of a brake.
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You posted your own answer - it is a supply vehicle for the break in the hunt.Originally Posted by PerfAdv
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Well, that depends on whether you take Coffee Breaks or Coffee Brakes.
Also, do fragile things brake and do ABS systems manipulate breaks?
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Fragile things break, but something that is slowed with plans to restart is a brake.
So whislt you may be used to taking a coffee break perhaps your boss would prefer you to take a brake.
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