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unusual facts about Saloon



1983 in motoring

Interior space, asking price and running costs are the car's strongest points, and a saloon version is expected next year to give British Leyland an up-to-date rival for the Ford Sierra.

1987 in motoring

The saloon version was assembled at the Ryton plant near Coventry, while the forthcoming estate was to roll off French production lines.

Adler Diplomat

The four-door “Limousine” (sedan/Saloon) came with an all-steel body from Ambi-Budd, the country’s largest specialist steel body producer, based in the Spandau district of Berlin.

Alderson, West Virginia

Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith, better known as Bricktop (August 14, 1894 – February 1, 1984) was an American dancer, singer, vaudevillian, and self-described saloon-keeper who owned the nightclub Chez Bricktop in Paris from 1924 to 1961, as well as clubs in Mexico City and Rome.

Allard

Available both in street trim and stripped down for racing, the J2 proved successful in competition on both sides of the Atlantic, including a third place overall at Le Mans in 1950 (driven by Sydney Allard himself, who also placed first in the Monte Carlo Rally in 1952 driving an Allard P1 saloon car).

Bennett, British Columbia

One of the establishments in Bennett was the Arctic House, a combination saloon, restaurant and hotel operated on a houseboat by Freiderich "Fritz" Trump, grandfather of American businessman and television personality Donald Trump.

Bentley Speed Six

Barnato 's personal Speed Sixes had bespoke bodywork by various coachbuilders, and the Criminal Investigation Department of the Western Australia Police operated two saloon-bodied examples as patrol cars.

BMW 303

Two-door saloon and cabriolet bodies were manufactured, at first by Daimler-Benz's coachworks in Sindelfingen, and later by Ambi-Budd in Berlin.

Bracken, Texas

Soon, saloons lined the town's seven blocks, which expanded to thirteen near the turn of the century.

Bristol 412

Whereas the 603 was a dramatically restyled version of the characteristic Bristol two-door saloon, the 412 was different in that it was a Targa-type convertible with a removable roof that could be placed in the large luggage compartment.

Cherry Creek, Nevada

In 1873, Cherry Creek included a livery stable, a blacksmith shop, a large hotel, several boarding houses, restaurants, and more than twenty saloons.

Coyote Ugly Saloon

The bar reached national prominence in 1997 when former bartender Elizabeth Gilbert wrote of her experiences in an article for GQ magazine, titled "The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon".

Eastman Gang

However, possibly while attending a peace conference, Fitzpatrick was found shot to death at a local neighborhood saloon near Sheriff-Chrystie Street on November 1, 1904.

Germantown Hills, Illinois

A steam sawmill was built in 1860, and in the 1890s, the Union House was erected as a tavern, grocery store, and saloon.

Glas 1700

The Glas 1300 GT launched in 1963 had been developed by the Piedmontese firm Frua of Moncalieri, and a contract had at the same time been entered into for the development of a new middle class saloon.

GM-AvtoVAZ

In 2004 the joint venture briefly produced the Chevrolet Viva, based on the 1998 Opel Astra saloon, but after low sales of only 5,000 the model was dropped.

Godinez v. Moran

On August 2, 1984, Richard Allan Moran entered the Red Pearl Saloon in Carson City, Nevada and shot the bartender and a customer before robbing the cash register.

Hazelton, British Columbia

Black Jack MacDonell, who owned the Ingenika Hotel in Old Hazelton had been known from San Francisco to Dawson City as the "king of saloon keepers".

Hotel Pulitzer

Named The Tourist the boat, a sleek saloon cruiser, was built in Muiden in 1909.

I Wanna Be Around

Tony Bennett's 1963 recording remains the best known version of the song, (#14 pop, #5 easy listening); however, it has been recorded by many other artists, including Dorothy Loudon (in her album "Saloon"), Patti Page, James Brown, Buddy Greco, Dinah Washington (for her final album Dinah '63), and John Cale (for the 2002 album Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues).

Kate Barry

Kate Barry was an ancestor of the actress Amanda Blake (1929-1989), remembered for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the television western Gunsmoke.

Kelly Dixon

While at the University of Nevada she worked on her dissertation based on the archaeology of an African American saloon with Donald Hardesty.

Langtry, Texas

He later built a wooden structure for his saloon, which he called "The Jersey Lilly" after the well-known British stage actress Lillie Langtry.

MG Magnette

On June 20, 2011, MG Motor confirmed that the saloon version of the MG 6 will carry the Magnette name for the UK and Europe.

Mike Kurtz

On April 2, 1894, he took part in the robbery of Albert J. Knoll's Jersey Street saloon in Elizabethtown, New Jersey with "Dutch" Fred Ryder and ex-policeman Michael Malone.

Mineola, Iowa

The Palisades featured a variety of famous performers, including the Lloyd Hunter Orchestra of North Omaha, Nebraska, and Lawrence Welk, along with movies, bingo, and school programs with a saloon and lunchroom in front.

Opel Performance Center

since 2009 Opel Insignia OPC - a version of the Opel Insignia five-door liftback, four-door saloon and five-door station wagon (Sports Tourer) which has a 2.8-liter V6 turbo engine with 239 kW (325 hp) and standard all-wheel drive.

Paddy Ryan

After opening a saloon in 1874, he caught the attention of the athletic director of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jim Killoran.

Phantom Agents

They wore "pudding basin" motorcycle helmets, and in the earlier episodes they ran everywhere in single file, but later graduated to a Toyota Crown Saloon.

Pioneer City

The park was opened on Memorial Day weekend 1966 by photography studio magnate Myron M. "Mike" Weiss, Sr. as a built-to-scale Dodge City, Kansas, complete with a saloon, general store, Pony Express office, opera house and casino, undertaker, and barber shop, highlighted by cowboy actors who staged gunfights at high noon.

Pozo, California

From Willie Nelson to the Black Crowes, the Pozo Saloon has transformed itself from a dusty Civil War era saloon to a must-go-to concert destination.

René Lavand

In between international tours, he resides in Tandil, Argentina and has adapted a train wagon which he turned into a magic saloon where he teaches illusion.

Sharp's Commercials

The company was taken over by the Reliant Motor Co Ltd of Tamworth, Staffs in February 1969 who eventually closed the Preston factory in August 1970, transferring the spare parts business for the Bond Minicar, 875 saloon, 875 Ranger van and Equipe models to a firm called Bob Joyner & Son in Oldbury in the English Midlands.

Soren Sorensen Adams

He was born Søren Adam Sørensen near Aarhus, Denmark in 1879 to Hans and Sofia Sørensen, and migrated to the US with his family at age four, and grew up in Perth Amboy, New Jersey where his father operated a saloon.

Stanley, British Columbia

The first proprietor, William Houseman, locally nicknamed The Duke of York, renamed his Yorkville Saloon to The Lightning Hotel.

Table dance

Set in New York City's bar of the same name, several establishments around the city (e.g. Coyote Ugly, Hogs and Heifers, Red Rock West Saloon, Doc Holliday's Saloon) actively encouraged women to jump on the bar and dance, contributing to an "Anything Goes" atmosphere.

Tasman Limited

In December 1955, with an increase in patronage and the availability of purpose-built ACS articulated saloon and buffet carriages, the Tasman began being drawn by X class locomotives, often with a headboard for the service.

The Heart of New York

Realising that the Second National bank is in the process of being robbed, Scarlet and Blue rush to apprehend the men, but turn their Spectrum Patrol Car around when they notice Black driving the criminals' grey saloon.

The Little Lost Child

A production of The Old Homestead at Brooklyn's Amphion Theater, where Thomas was chief electrician, featured the song "Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight?" illustrated by a single slide of a young man in a saloon.

The Shootist

In a changing frontier, Books arrives at the saloon by trolley and Sweeney in an Oldsmobile Curved Dash (which debuted in 1901).

The Travelling College

The service was launched by HRH The Princess of Wales on 2 May 1989, with a brass plaque being unveiled in saloon TCL991868.

Thomas J. Cuddy

Cuddy, who by February 1889 was operating a saloon, was sentenced to six months in jail by U.S. Circuit Judge E.M. Ross, who found him guilty of contempt of court for having spoken to a juror about a tax case pending in Ross's court; Cuddy had asked that the juror favor the defendant.

TOCA

Teams with S2000 cars will be eligible for the newly introduced S2000 trophy named after the winner of the inaugural British Saloon Car Championship in 1958, Jack Sears, known as the Jack Sears Trophy, of which Sears himself will award to the top S2000 finisher of the year at the final round based on the amount of S2000 wins (known as 'cups') over the season.

Tonneau

This led to the development of the modern sedan/saloon, with Cadillac manufacturing the first US production closed-body four-door car in 1910.

Tony Twist

He also owned a chain of bars named Twister's Iron Bar Saloon, with locations in St. Charles and Ste. Genevieve Missouri.

Triumph Spitfire

The platform for the car was largely based upon the chassis, engine, and running gear of the Triumph Herald saloon, and was manufactured at the Standard-Triumph works at Canley, in Coventry.

Utsalady, Washington

In 1870, the community had 54 houses, 147 people, a blacksmith shop, telegraph, a saloon, a shipyard and a school.

Wharf Angel

Two stokers who work on the same ship become rivals for the love of a woman who works in a saloon in the tough Barbary Coast area of San Francisco.

Zablujena generacija

Zablujena generacija (Delusive or Stray generation) is a Slovene "saloon" punk - alternative rock musical group from Idrija.


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