Here is the second part of the Sakari Parikka 8mm film archive to be published. This film is of the 1962 Jyväskylän Suurajot – Rally Of The Thousand Lakes (17-19.8.1962). Events on the film: – Preparing for the rally / last minute checks 01:25 – Some special stage footage – …
I have received some pretty cool “home videos” from Mikko Parikka (check the earlier post). As I told before his father Sakari Parikka was a rally driver and mechanic. But he was also interested in filming home movies. As it happens – Sakari filmed a bunch of 8 mm films …
A fellow Saab-Club member Mikko Parikka offered me some pretty cool old stuff for the Saab Sport project. The items themselves are interesting, but so is the history behind them. The whole Parikka family has something of a racing history. So – a few words about that first: So – …
The storage shelf is now done – time to start packing in Saab-parts! 😀 And I put the back end of the V4 Rally together – looks pretty nice:
The garage was getting a bit crowded with three cars, spares, and some new parts I bought. We have been planning on building some more storage space and shelves. The Saab 96 “Rally” is now completely painted, just finished the rear fenders today. Next – the engine build. (After we …
There’s a Sonett Funny Car bodyshell for sale here: http://www.nosdrags.net/fnra/swap.html I remember seeing this car back in the day! And it seems to be in the original early 80’s livery!
Ok. This is old news, but I only just got hold of the Oltimer Markt / Oldtimer Praxis Restaurieren 1 and 2 special numbers that came out already in 2010. I didn’t try to get the magazines back in 2010 for some reason. But I’m really happy I got them …
A shorter version of this article in English at www.saabworks.fi Hankiralli-yhdistys ry on tehnyt merkittävän kulttuuriteon suomalaisen ralliautoilun historian tallentamisessa kustantaessaan “Hankis”-kirjan. Kirja käsittelee Hankirallin yli 50-vuotista taivalta aina vuodesta 1955 vuoteen 1994, johon varsinaisten pitkien Hankirallien voidaan katsoa päättyneen. Kirjan kirjoittajana on pääosin toiminut Esa Illoinen. Työryhmän jäseninä puolestaan …
I visited my friend Tikkis a few weeks ago. He had this really nice valve job bench that was originally used by Scan-Auto mechanics back in the day. It was a really handy design so we decided to make our own bench. Or rather, I showed a photo of the …
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