The National Classic Car Day was held again at Mobilia car museum this saturday. Here’ some photos of the non-Saab participants. The alternate fuels community had several wood gas powered cars on display among others.
Author: Tommi Järvinen
Classic Motor Show 2012
I participated in the Classic Motor Show at Lahti as part of the saabworks.fi team. Here’s a short reportage with photos: The show was just great. I talked to so many people I almost lost my voice towards Sunday evening. Learnt a lot too – there’s still many many people in Finland that just keep… Continue reading Classic Motor Show 2012
SAAB V8 Engine – The Complete Story
I have written about the Saab V8 engine before. But as I came upon some more detailed information of the history, design and construction of it I wrote an article about it in the IntSaab2011 magazine. I actually went to interview the chief engineer Mauno Ylivakeri who was the V8 project supervisor at the Valmet… Continue reading SAAB V8 Engine – The Complete Story
Daily visitors
The ice racing video on my previous post got picked up by SaabsUnited which generated a “slight” increase in the daily visitors… 😀 Thankfully my site is hosted on a good hosting provider…
Saab Club Finland – Winter Fun 2012
Saabs on ice! Here’s some footage from ice track today. The red Saab 96 is a V4 Rally and the yellow one is V4 Rallycross edition (Power steering, extremely lightened body, used to have injection engine but now has carburettors).
Pertronix breakerless ignition for the two stroke
Niklas Enander from www.classicsaabracing.com had a little boutique at the IntSaab2011 event selling various performance parts for the two stroke and V4. I decided to buy the Pertronix breakerless ignition kit for the two stroke just to minimize any ignition problems and improve reliability. There’s two versions of the kit for two strokes – one… Continue reading Pertronix breakerless ignition for the two stroke
Juha Kankkunen’s Car Collection – Pure Rally Awesomeness
Ok, this has absolutely nothing to do with Saabs, but I’ll post it anyway. Juha Kankkunen has opened the doors of his amazing collection of Rally Cars to Edmuns Inside Line. The collection spans Kankkunen’s career. On display there are some of the most iconic Group B and Group A cars, as well as a… Continue reading Juha Kankkunen’s Car Collection – Pure Rally Awesomeness
Saab 96 V4 Rally
I bought a new project. It’s a 1969 Saab 96 V4 Rally car – originally built to Group 1 specs. The body is in a bad shape and the technique is missing, but it has some competition history from 1976 to 1977. My dad is already working on the body and I on finding the… Continue reading Saab 96 V4 Rally
Saab 96 B207R Powered Track Car
Check out this Saab “96”. I think that’s really going to be something when finished! The project site: http://www.neobrothers.co.uk/-pg-23.html
Saab two stroke head milling
I just stumbled upon the “donneysaab” channel – apparently Tom Donney of Tom Donney Motors – on Youtube. The channel has a few quite interesting Saab videos. Check these out: Saab two stroke head milling. How to properly relieve the Saab two stroke head for over sized pistons or to restore the correct “crush area”… Continue reading Saab two stroke head milling