"Station Wagon" minutia of the day
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I was in a car museum in Branson today and read I thought a seldom if ever discussed reason for the naming of station wagons.
Basically, at the turn of last century when powered vehicles first began to appear, resorts and hotels needed a suitable impressive method to transports their arriving guests from the the train "station" to the hotel.
Being many powered vehicles at the time often had custom wood body work, those specially designed to haul passengers and luggage for the train passengers, were labeled "station wagons".
Sounds reasonable to me.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: "Station Wagon" minutia of the day
[Re: larrymopar360]
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07/27/21 01:38 PM
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On a related note...anyone here know where the rock band... REO Speedwagon got their name from?
Hint: Ransom Eli Olds (of Oldsmobile fame) designed a new truck, and came out with the REO Speed Wagon in 1915...a four cylinder 1 ton model that aimed to be faster (speedy) than contemporary trucks of the time period.
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Re: "Station Wagon" minutia of the day
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Yeah, "depot hack" just has an unsavory air about it in contemporary English... I'm thinking that would be what became a taxicab, cluing in on "hack". In that case, the hack would be for hire, the wagon would be private, would be my semi-educated guess. The genesis of rock band names can get pretty funny, but quickly become a discussion Tom doesn't want here
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Re: "Station Wagon" minutia of the day
[Re: jcc]
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I grew up in rural Vermont, a long way from any ocean beaches, a child of the 50's.
For some unknown reason, wagons were commonly called "beach wagons", not every one called them that, but enough so that I still remember it.
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Re: "Station Wagon" minutia of the day
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On a related note...anyone here know where the rock band... REO Speedwagon got their name from?
Hint: Ransom Eli Olds (of Oldsmobile fame) designed a new truck, and came out with the REO Speed Wagon in 1915...a four cylinder 1 ton model that aimed to be faster (speedy) than contemporary trucks of the time period. Just learned that too somewhere on Motortrend also!!! I think it was there!!! Is that where you learned? It was only about a week ago and I saw it somewhere on TV I'm pretty sure and I was thinking "Ohhhh, that's where they got their name"! Was it something with Jay Leno and/or My Classic Car?
Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: "Station Wagon" minutia of the day
[Re: 3hundred]
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07/27/21 08:22 PM
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That one has been "stuck" in the sand a very long time. I can see it now, party on the beach. Time to leave, but spun the tires and left the car sitting on the frame. Buddies decided to come back in the morning to get the car, but by morning, it was under water because the tide came in. Oops...
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Re: "Station Wagon" minutia of the day
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JCC, was that Branson Fl.? Missouri, didn't know we had a Branson? Florida
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: "Station Wagon" minutia of the day
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Nice patina on that wagon. Don't waste sellers time he knows what he's got.
Facts are stubborn things.
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