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Post by Jens Munk on Mar 2, 2015 9:58:08 GMT
Does anybody knows what drinking glasses are supposed to go with glass holders on the rear seat?
When I got my Rover, I thought of champagne glasses, but I have realized that the diameter of the foot of such glasses are always larger than the diameter of the bulb of the glass, so either they will not go in or go all the way through. Cocktail glasses may fit, but that could easily become a terrible mess of spills.
Thanks,
Jens.
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Post by haikuhead on Mar 2, 2015 11:23:41 GMT
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Mar 2, 2015 18:35:25 GMT
A shade on the dark side of what Rover Co expected of its owners who bought new though
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Post by Warwick on Mar 3, 2015 2:44:53 GMT
This is only a guess, but given when the cars were designed and who their customers were, I would say that they were intended for cut crystal whiskey tumblers - and nothing else. You wouldn't drink brandy in a car. That would be reserved for your armchair at the club; and besides, a brandy balloon wouldn't fit or remain vertical when moving. The English weren't wine drinkers then, and anyway you have the same stability issues with wine glasses. And it wouldn't have been champagne or a G&T, because they are ghastly unless chilled.
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Post by Jens Munk on Mar 3, 2015 14:03:09 GMT
Thanks for your always valuable advice.
I will create a template of the holder and start looking for some appropriate tumblers.
Jens.
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Post by guidedog on Mar 3, 2015 15:31:33 GMT
All I want to know is will fit a pint glass fit or at a pinch a 500ml glass
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Post by Phil Nottingham on Mar 3, 2015 18:49:24 GMT
Of course "cup holders" are a must have modern reinvention and cigar lighter has morphed into an accessories and USB socket. Have things really progressed as much as 21st C manufacturers keep telling us?
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Post by Geoff on Mar 4, 2015 8:51:13 GMT
Well, Gentlemen, here is what you need. No Brandy, only the best Scotch, in Waterford Cut Crystal. Fits perfectly in the holders, and also fits perfectly in the hand.... I think these images of mine were used in a past issue of "Take 5" as an example of what only the best rear seat passenger should expect when travelling in style. Yes, it is the real thing, so Drivers Beware the dreaded 0.05 breathalyser, however the back seat passengers don't care. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by Jens Munk on Mar 4, 2015 9:03:31 GMT
Very nice, Geoff! Which single malt are you having? Well, Gentlemen, here is what you need. No Brandy, only the best Scotch, in Waterford Cut Crystal. Fits perfectly in the holders, and also fits perfectly in the hand.... I think these images of mine were used in a past issue of "Take 5" as an example of what only the best rear seat passenger should expect when travelling in style. Yes, it is the real thing, so Drivers Beware the dreaded 0.05 breathalyser, however the back seat passengers don't care. Cheers, Geoff
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Post by richardlamsdale on Mar 4, 2015 9:20:56 GMT
Well, Gentlemen, here is what you need. No Brandy, only the best Scotch, in Waterford Cut Crystal. Fits perfectly in the holders, and also fits perfectly in the hand.... I think these images of mine were used in a past issue of "Take 5" as an example of what only the best rear seat passenger should expect when travelling in style. Yes, it is the real thing, so Drivers Beware the dreaded 0.05 breathalyser, however the back seat passengers don't care. Cheers, Geoff Very nice. That looks much better than the brochure image (and Rover used Blackcurrant juice in the brochure - you can see that bottles label). Brochure - 1967 - Rover 3.5 Litre - Page 03 to 06 2 2 by Rover_P5B_Coupe, on Flickr
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Post by andyag on Mar 4, 2015 9:22:41 GMT
It should be whiskey i.e Irish. Preferably Redbreast,not that paint stripper they make in Scotland. Don"t get me started about the cleaning fluid the Yanks call bourbon! Well that's lit the touch paper.
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Post by guidedog on Mar 4, 2015 10:21:33 GMT
I agree with you on bourbon, cannot comment on the Irish. But on the Scotch Whiskeys there are a few good ones, to name one is Jonnie Walker Blue Label now that is very pleasant.
From last November you have to include the Japanese Whiskeys they came top in a international poll. Its the first time the Scots were not in the top five. There's one 25 year old malt from Japan that retails at over £600.00 I wonder what that would taste like.
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Post by Jens Munk on Mar 4, 2015 10:32:46 GMT
Maybe it should rather be Gin? Whisky is Scottish, Whiskey is Irish and Bourbon is US. But the Rover is English and the brandy of England is Gin and not really Whisk(e)y? Isn't it?
It should be whiskey i.e Irish. Preferably Redbreast,not that paint stripper they make in Scotland. Don"t get me started about the cleaning fluid the Yanks call bourbon! Well that's lit the touch paper.
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Post by Steve P5b on Mar 4, 2015 16:43:50 GMT
Well, Gentlemen, here is what you need. No Brandy, only the best Scotch, in Waterford Cut Crystal. Fits perfectly in the holders, and also fits perfectly in the hand.... I think these images of mine were used in a past issue of "Take 5" as an example of what only the best rear seat passenger should expect when travelling in style. Yes, it is the real thing, so Drivers Beware the dreaded 0.05 breathalyser, however the back seat passengers don't care. Cheers, Geoff Very nice. That looks much better than the brochure image (and Rover used Blackcurrant juice in the brochure - you can see that bottles label). Brochure - 1967 - Rover 3.5 Litre - Page 03 to 06 2 2 by Rover_P5B_Coupe, on Flickr I like that sales brochure Richard, never seen it before today. I wonder if a "bird" came with every car? Thinking about it makes me want to rush out and buy another one.
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Post by David on Mar 4, 2015 17:23:46 GMT
Maybe it should rather be Gin? Whisky is Scottish, Whiskey is Irish and Bourbon is US. But the Rover is English and the brandy of England is Gin and not really Whisk(e)y? Isn't it? Perhaps Scotch is apt after all? The seats in the 3 litre were made by 'Bridge of Weir' a Scottish company. This privately owned Scottish leather company based in Renfrewshire was started more than one hundred years ago in 1905, and is still in business today. The company’s main focus was, and still is, the automotive industry. www.bowleather.co.uk
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Post by Geoff on Mar 4, 2015 22:42:13 GMT
The red leather in the photo used in the restoration of the P5 was also Scottish, from Andrew Muirhead, a company which goes back to 1758, so, David, for continuity and by association, I agree with you that Scotch has to be the preferred refreshment. Unfortunately, the scotch in the decanter is not from 1758, and in answer to Jens Munk's question above, it is a single malt Dalwhinnie, "only" 15 years old.
I think it could also be seconded for use as emergency Brake Fluid; it certainly stops me.....
Geoff.
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Post by Warwick on Mar 5, 2015 2:01:31 GMT
Perhaps Scotch is apt after all? The seats in the 3 litre were made by 'Bridge of Weir' a Scottish company. This privately owned Scottish leather company based in Renfrewshire was started more than one hundred years ago in 1905, and is still in business today. The company’s main focus was, and still is, the automotive industry. It certainly wouldn't be what passes for a drink these days. Various fizzy fruit cordials mixed with industrial ethanol, or beers and ciders "livened up" with assorted fruit flavours or vanilla. Then at the other end of the spectrum, Australian winemakers are enjoying increased exports to the wealthy in China where it seems a favoured drink of the mega-rich is Penfolds Grange Hermitage ..... where they mix it with Coke!
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Post by Steve P5b on Mar 7, 2015 16:53:44 GMT
More my "cup of tea"
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Post by guidedog on Mar 7, 2015 20:07:47 GMT
Wow Warwick is that what its come to aussie's drinking fruit juices
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Post by Jens Munk on Aug 19, 2017 12:10:07 GMT
Update to an old thread. I have actually come across some champagne glasses that fits the Rover. And from of all places I found them in Ikea, so they should be available WW. It is called Flimra
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