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

[Steven Dibdin]

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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