I have written previously about the Saab 900 Turbo M racing series here in Finland: http://www.saabisti.fi/miscellanea/rare-saabs-the-finnish-specials/ (end of the page) And there’s also the post on Saabworks.fi with some more photos: http://www.saabworks.fi/car/saab-900-merkkiluokka/ The Turbo M racing series was quite popular back in the eighties. There were about 45 cars made …
According to saabsunited.com pre-production of new Saabs has begun in Trollhättan. That’s great news or should I say NEVS… 😀 More here: http://www.saabsunited.com/2013/09/production-has-started.html
My old warhorse the 900i 1988 finaly gave up at 430 000 kilometers. Well, actually the engine is still good but the gearbox started to whine. So I decided to sell it off for spares and buy a new daily driver. So after juggling a bit between an Audi A6 …
MYYTY / SOLD! (The car is spare parts condition, so this is in Finnish only) Ajoaikaa 2/2014 loppuun. Laatikko vinkuu + mätävikaa. Kyytiin saa perimätiedon mukaan 180 000 ajetun laatikon. Mittarilukema 430 000 km. Yhdet renkaat: kesärenkaat tonnarin vanteilla, alla. Ajelee pari kesää. Voidaan myydä osinakin jos kyselijöitä löytyy. Sijainti …
We made a little progress on the 96 “Rally” over the weekend. We needed to fit an engine block and gearbox to make the so-called Mexico brackets for extra support. I also modified the dash by cutting away the corners, to make it fit behind the vertical rollcage tubes. And …
This is a semi-sponsored story in the sense that I got a free sample of the Triboron 2-takts koncentrat on the condition that I would test it and write about it in my blog. But I also think that this is something that would interest other two-stroke enthusiasts. Triboron is …
I have not had too much time to work on the 96 “Rally”, but there is some progress. The rollcage was test fitted. Coming from a different Saab 96 it was not a straightforward bolt-on, but took some hammering, drilling, and welding… But all in all it went in easier …
I had the great pleasure of interviewing Simo again yesterday (I have been writing an article series of his career for the Saabisti magazine with Tikkis). As it happened the only time to catch up with him was during the WRC Neste Rally Finland at Jämsä. The interview went great …
Well, it took a few weeks but the ’69 Rally car body work is done – or rather the rust repairs. There’s still modifications to be done. That car had a LOT more rust than I thought… I think the welding cost me almost 200 € in Mison gas alone… …
While we were driving in Sweden the two-stroke was having some overheating issues because of the very warm weather …and due to the fact that we were blasting “full speed” on the highways for several hours on one sitting. I could maintain a speed of about 100 km/h, but anything …
