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1. saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:54:12 -0700; I 'finished' the Austin this weekend and drove it to work today. "Austin Powerless" is indeed the perfect nickname, as it is a gutless wonder. But at 40-50 mpg and a butt-kick stereo, I could learn t; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00673.html (7,575 bytes)
2. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 14:04:14 -0400; hey man! that's if it's able to transport you TO a saloon! LOL! not if it has a saloon in it! roflmao! car is /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00674.html (8,199 bytes)
3. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 14:14:32 -0400; Seems I recall that a 'Saloon' is a sedan, a 'Shooting Brake' is a station wagon and a 'Roadster' is a car that was not (originally) available with a permanent fixed roof. Perhaps some of our British; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00675.html (8,151 bytes)
4. saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 11:44:09 -0700; Thanks! So between my wife's Morris Traveller, my bugeye and Austin, we have a Saloon, Shooting Brake and a Roadster. Gee, gotta find a nice Morris "Lorry" to complete the set. Glen wagon and a 'Road; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00676.html (8,489 bytes)
5. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:50:16 +0100; Cars in the UK are either a Saloon or Coupe, or an Estate. Havn't heard the word shooting brake for a long time. The Shooting brake actually started out as a name used on a type of horse-drawn vehicl; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00677.html (9,762 bytes)
6. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 14:51:14 -0700; A coupe is a french "cup", size not defined. A sedan used to be a chair mounted on poles and carried by two (probably resentful) guys. In parts of the UK and Pennsylvania, wagons are referred to as "; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00680.html (10,269 bytes)
7. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:15:41 +0100; You are right of course, a "coupe" is a cup or salad bowl. But, being French and a flexible language, coupe also means to cut, or cut down. A Coupe is a cut - down, or shortened, roof line to the st; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00685.html (8,484 bytes)
8. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 19:39:17 -0400; When I was a kid growing up here in the USA in the 50's a "coupe" meant a two-door car. A "sedan" was the four-door version. A further refinement was introduced when the "hardtop" - no B post - was; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00687.html (9,562 bytes)
9. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:50:44 +0100; a Coupe was a cut - down version of a Sedan (or saloon) beans. Baw" /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives a; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00688.html (10,442 bytes)
10. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:02:30 -0400; But the coupes here weren't cut down - same car, same roofline, just a different number of doors. a /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00689.html (9,439 bytes)
11. RE: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 17:06:11 -0700; Clay wrote: A coupe is a French "cup", size not defined . Yes, but I think the French word is actually coupi with an accent on the e , meaning cut = the car had its two rear doors chopped off; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00690.html (8,965 bytes)
12. RE: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 17:09:20 -0700; That's it! An Estate! Forgot that word... the French still say "un Break" for these kind of cars, and I am sure that comes from the old English "shooting break" term. Jac -- Outgoing mail is certifie; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00691.html (8,653 bytes)
13. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 17:41:10 -0700; Not quite true. There were Coupes, then there were Club Coupes and also Coupes. They called some cars Convertible coupes, which now we simply call convertibles These all had different roof lines than; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00695.html (10,669 bytes)
14. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:47:56 -0400; Most of the club coupes and business coupes were gone by the fifties, at least the mid-fifties. Another one you didn't mention though was the Doctor's Coupe. I used to drive a '26 Dodge Doctor's Coup; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00696.html (10,303 bytes)
15. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 19:03:11 -0700; Hi Rick, Forgot about those! Actually a bit before my time, even if my first car was a 1928 Chevy. It was a 2 dr. but was called a Coach! Later, Paul A /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majo; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00700.html (10,864 bytes)
16. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:03:00 -0700 (PDT); Glen,So, which one(s) are we going to see at Dixon? Larry Pitts Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu> wrote:Thanks! So between my wife's Morris Traveller, my bugeye and Austin, we have a Saloon, Shooting; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00705.html (8,676 bytes)
17. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:38:13 -0400; Ah but, Convertible coupes had window frames around the glass when the top was down (also know as a Landau coupe) true convertibles had the frames less window. Not to be confused with the roadster or; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00707.html (11,953 bytes)
18. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 06:26:23 +0100; I think we were talking of the origins of the terms, not a litteral definition. A typical Coupe in the UK would ave 2 doors, and be similar in design to its 4 - door counterpart, but with a sloping; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00708.html (9,683 bytes)
19. Re: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:28:11 EDT; - - - - - - - - - - OK. I was just reading the last British Car mag. They had an article on the Jaguar XK120. They made some as roadsters and some as drop head coupes. Whatzthedifference? Allen Hefne; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00712.html (8,340 bytes)
20. RE: saloon definition (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 10:42:06 -0400; The MGB, which had roll-up windows and therefore was technically not a roadster, is referred to as a "tourer" in the factory literature. Arcania? Many Brit marques produced in addition to a roadster; /html/spridgets/2003-04/msg00715.html (9,610 bytes)

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