[CR]You say Cal, I say Carl

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From: <BobHoveyGa@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:54:55 EDT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]You say Cal, I say Carl

"richardsachs@juno.com" wrote:
>
> i'm not buying this.
> some were made in rancho santa fe. some were made
> in oakland. some were made in san marcos.
> the "C" would logically connote california.
> e-RICHIE
> chester, ct


>Good point!  But for a few years it was only Carlsbad, right?
>But maybe they should have added an extra letter; MSC and MNC  for SoCal
>and NorCal.
>
>Chuck Schmidt
>South Pasadena, Southern California

Obviously they may have taken some liberties with the convention here, since a few years later they went to "SMC" (San Marcos California?).  Whether it's California or Carlsbad, I think the important point is that it's NOT Confente.

Bob "CG167" Hovey
Columbus, GA