What makes it a "safari"?
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Flossie
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Safari had double roof skin thing and vents.
Afaik
Afaik
waldamar
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Yep, double roof and [I think] was the term used before County Station Wagon - but not certain it was an official rover name - guess it came into use because errrrrr they were used.............................. on safari
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"Tropical roof " is the correct Nomenclature for the dual skinned roofs ....88" 109" AND Truck cab roofs were available .
Not all of the 88"/109" flavours had the vents OR alpine windows
Not all of the 88"/109" flavours had the vents OR alpine windows
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And was "CSW" not a term that came in with the series 3 "County" which was essentially a trim package?
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Tinted 'Sundym' glass an ashtray and some extra internal trim.....
Ohhhh the luxury of a county station wagon ;-)
Ohhhh the luxury of a county station wagon ;-)
Yeah CSW was a spec option for S3's. The dark brown colour was one of the CSW colours. A previous owner of mine has tried to make it like a CSW with the internal carpet n door trim. The double skin roof was an optional extra so comment above on use for hot climates is probably correct. So, you could have a"safari" hard top but it wouldn't be a CSW. I'VE ripped out the carpet trim in the footwell it gathers damp n condensation, but the side windows are great for light.
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As far as I know, Safari was never an official term used by the factory.
Think it was more of a popular term used for the 7 and 12 seater station wagons with the double skinned tropical roofs. Many of which were in fact sold, and used, in Africa.
I can remember that term being used for series 2 station wagons, long before I ever heard of CSW.
Just my memories, it may be some know better.
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I always got the impression it was the tropical roof that made it a safari
Both names are a bit out of date now. Safari? If you went on a safari nowadays you'll be some kind of poncy 4x4 far eastern wagon. CSW ? Yeah I'll break out the tweed suit, Barbour jacket, cap, pipe, golden Labrador in the back and off round the shops in market street, market town, county somewhere. After that into the pub for a snifter and then off home chugging along the quiet country lanes in my CSW.
The "safari" name was never an official name , IIRC it was a registered name used by Citroen .
It was generally a name used solely for the lwb 10/12 seater , the long tropical roof was standard feature
it was an option on the hardtop 3 door . The station wagon still had same seating materials early on , but over the years it gradually was upgraded , and morphed into the whole "county" package , I definitely recollect it being on my 109 V8 stage one SW , the tropical roof became a SW option on the defender , IIRC it wasnt even option when they turned the roof inside out
It was generally a name used solely for the lwb 10/12 seater , the long tropical roof was standard feature
it was an option on the hardtop 3 door . The station wagon still had same seating materials early on , but over the years it gradually was upgraded , and morphed into the whole "county" package , I definitely recollect it being on my 109 V8 stage one SW , the tropical roof became a SW option on the defender , IIRC it wasnt even option when they turned the roof inside out
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The "safari" name was never an official name , IIRC it was a registered name used by Citroen .
It was generally a name used solely for the lwb 10/12 seater , the long tropical roof was standard feature
it was an option on the hardtop 3 door . The station wagon still had same seating materials early on , but over the years it gradually was upgraded , and morphed into the whole "county" package , I definitely recollect it being on my 109 V8 stage one SW , the tropical roof became a SW option on the defender , IIRC it wasnt even option when they turned the roof inside out
I miss the double roofs, it did keep them cool in the summer, especially if you had the little vents under it. And it prevented roof leaks in the winter.
I agree, once the ribs went inside, you dont seem to get the doubles. If I could find one I would get it for my Ninety.