This has circulated in the emails today: “Dear all, Sad news – Erik Carlsson died this morning in a London hospital. He fell in his home in Eaton Bray two and a half week ago, injured his back and punctured a lung never to recover. He was 86 years. Regards …
First (and second) start of the 1969 Saab 96 V4 Rally car. Also a few build photos in the end. After first start we changed the distributor (advance wasn’t working properly) and the freeze plug… It’s running but still needs a full tuneup of the Weber carburetors and the distributor …
There’s a ton of welding to be done on the 99 Turbo. We decided to start with the floor and the rocker panels to get some integrity back into the body. The outer rocker panels were pretty much rotten away but thankfully the inner panels were pretty much ok. This …
We managed to get the valve mechanisms on the Saab 96 V4 Rally done the past weekend. Also the intake manifold and throttle linkages are now done. A few photos:
The 1978 Saab 99 Turbo is now pretty much stripped. Only a little paint removal to do. So – it’s time start welding. But – as it happens – I now have the parts to continue with building the V4 Rally, and I’m going to concentrate on it for a …
I’ve been wanting an English Wheel for a long time, but they are pretty costly pieces of equipment, and I didn’t have room for one earlier. But some suitable scrap metal came my way and I decided to use it to build one – thus saving a a little money. …
There’s a really nice 1964 Saab Sport for sale here: http://www.nettiauto.com/saab/96/7039490 Check it out – it’s in great condition and well worth the price. This car has been sold
We got the 99 Turbo up on the rotisserie – time to start removing the undercoating and the paint. It’s going to take a while, but it has to be done. Some pictures: So – I think this step is going to take a few weeks to complete…
We got the engine removed from the car yesterday. Today I didn’t have that much time to work on it, but managed to get the engine bay washed to check the corrosion situation. I expected there to be quite a bit to weld, but it turned out to be in …
I have been continuing with the disassembly of the 1978 99 Turbo. It’s coming along well – no big problems so far. The rust situation is pretty much as I already suspected. There’s a lot to weld. Thankfully I have pretty much rust free doors, bonnet and hatch awaiting. One …
