[ROVERNET - UK] Saloon / Sedan / Hardtop ???

[Eric Russell]

Don't get me wrong.  I go out of my way to buy British
beer. We ofter meet at a restaurant where I might have
a beer or a glass of wine.  I drive there and my wife
stands by to drive home.

I just found the concept presented by Slats amusing. 
I only teased him because I know him.

Eric

--- Steven Dibdin <sdibdin at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have to say as a Brit every classic car club I
> belonged to back home met 
> at a pub for their monthly meets.
> I sort of moss that. Pubs aren't just for Christmas
> you know....
> 
> No we didn't crash TRs from drinking, we could do
> that sober!
> 
> I have to admit I didn't get the saloon bit until
> someone sugested it. Still 
> think of Rovers as Saloons I suppose.
> 
> StevenD
> 
> 
> >From: Eric Russell <p6rovers at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
> >To: rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com
> >Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Saloon / Sedan /
> Hardtop ???
> >Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:48:17 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Slats,
> >My "joie de vie" side celebrates that idea. My
> logical
> >side wonders about DUI.
> >
> >Eric
> >
> >
> >--- Slatskars <slatskars at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Eric,
> > >
> > > By co-incidence, our Portland, OR, Club T-MG,
> new
> > > events coordinator is
> > > instituting a series of pub visits as monthly
> > > events. Should/could be
> > > interesting!
> > >
> > > Slats
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Eric Russell" <p6rovers at yahoo.com>
> > > To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:37 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Saloon / Sedan /
> > > Hardtop ???
> > >
> > >
> > > >I enjoyed Glen's unraveling of the Saloon part
> of
> > > the
> > > > name and now find that it is NOT a pub
> crawler's
> > > > association ;-))
> > > >
> > > > The name of the Rover CAR Club of Canada has a
> > > similar
> > > > history.  When we started, there were LAND
> Rover
> > > clubs
> > > > out here.  I contacted the Rover Car Company
> and
> > > asked
> > > > if there were any Rover CAR Clubs in Canada. 
> They
> > > > said that there were none registered with them
> or
> > > with
> > > > British Heritage.  The rest is history.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Eric
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Glen Wilson <glenwilson at cavtel.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Gundry, Kenneth wrote:
> > > >> > My car was described simply as the
> > > >> > five-seater, as opposed to several versions
> of
> > > the
> > > >> saloon (hard-top
> > > >> > sedan in American, I think) and two and
> four
> > > seat
> > > >> sports models.
> > > >> I don't remember if Steve Manwell had any
> input
> > > on
> > > >> choosing the name
> > > >> Rover Saloon Touring Club of America for our
> > > club,
> > > >> or if it was down to
> > > >> me. I don't even think the potentially
> humorous
> > > play
> > > >> on words re touring
> > > >> saloons (i.e. drinking establishments)
> occurred
> > > to
> > > >> me until after the
> > > >> name was chosen. I think that I was
> influenced by
> > > >> the British Automobile
> > > >> Touring Association of Nova Scotia and the
> > > British
> > > >> Saloon Car Club of
> > > >> Canada.
> > > >>
> > > >> The point of this posting is that I am always
> > > amazed
> > > >> that so many car
> > > >> people in the USA have never heard the
> automotive
> > > >> term "saloon" before
> > > >> they encounter our club in some listing.
> > > Sometimes
> > > >> they call looking for
> > > >> some sort of "salon" for classic cars. I put
> the
> > > >> word in there to
> > > >> distinguish it from all of the Land Rover 4WD
> > > clubs
> > > >> there are in the USA
> > > >> and the web. I still hear from people who
> want to
> > > >> sell or buy Range
> > > >> Rovers.  I might have said "Rover Sedan" but
> > > "Rover
> > > >> Saloon" seemed more
> > > >> appropriate and sounded a little bit artsy. I
> > > >> suppose words like
> > > >> "cabriolet" would stump the same people
> except
> > > for
> > > >> the sale of VW
> > > >> drop-tops over here.
> > > >>
> > > >> Anyway, that's my thought for the day...
> > > >>
> > > >> Glen
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
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