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 …
I came upon this really cool rally video of the Rally Of The 1000 Lakes 1976. Very nice footage. A lot about Saabs in there. Unfortunately it’s all in Finnish. So I wrote down short descriptions of key moments below. The video is basically an advertising piece for the Saab …
I returned yesterday from the Saab Festival in Trollhättan. Simply an amazing event – so many beautifully restored / orginal / rare / new / custom Saabs to see! The drive from Stockholm went fine and we visited some Swedish enthusiasts on the way to Trollhättan. The event lasted three …
I have finally realised a dream of mine… Until now I have rented a small garage space for my Saabs. It had no heating which pretty much meant that all projects were on hold during the winter (for about 4 to 5 months a year!). This fall I decided to …
It was a very nice sunny day today – a prefect day for taking the two-stroke for a little drive… Here’s some video:
A fellow Saab Club member Vesa brought in his 1961 two stroke Saab 95 Wagon – a seven seater. The car is in original unrestored condition except for some touch up paint in the engine room. Very nice patina for a 50+ year old Saab! Vesa has owned the car …
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).
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 …
A Saab Test Drive Event held at Premier Park, Porvoo, Finland on December 9 2010. New Saabs availlable to testdrvie on the track or on road. I took these clips to test my Canon EOS 7D video mode (first time) – so no great action stuff here. I have to …
