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).
Tag: 900
More Police Saabs – a 99 and a 900.
Since I already posted the video of a Saab 900 Police Car I decided to continue on the same topic. Here’s a few pics I shot of a 1968 Saab 99 Police Car and a Saab 900 Police Car. I don’t remember the model year of the 900, but I think it’s 1989-90:ish… The cars… Continue reading More Police Saabs – a 99 and a 900.
Saab 900 Poliisi (Police)
The Finnish Police still has one Saab 900 (16 valve 900i) in active duty. The car is more or less used as a backup and it is possibly going to museum sometime soon. Here’s a video from the Finnish broadcaster YLE (in Finnish only): http://areena.yle.fi/video/1299758544123 The clip should be viewable outside of Finland also.
Rare Playwell Saab 900 and 99 on eBay.de
There’s two very rare Saab toys on sale at the German eBay: http://cgi.ebay.de/PLAYWELL-1-20-Saab-900-Turbo-silver-Racing-Champion-/230619772640?pt=Spielzeugautos&hash=item35b20276e0 http://cgi.ebay.de/PLAYWELL-1-20-Saab-99-GL-Combi-Coupe-Rally-cream-/230619772830?pt=Spielzeugautos&hash=item35b202779e Check them out if you are interested.
Nice rides
When the board members of the Saab Club Of Finland get together there are always some nice rides to see… Vesa, our cashier, had bought a new ride (Saab 9-3 XWD) and Juha, the president, brought his beautiful 900 Aero. Vesa is also behind MapTun Finland so the 9-3 has a little something extra under… Continue reading Nice rides
Saab 900 T8 Special in Google Streetview
Haha! I’m in Google Streetview… I noticed the Google car, but didn’t think it any further then. But as I just went through some other Streetviews I decided to check if I’m on it also…
T8 Special For Sale (Sold!)
I have put the T8 Special for sale. I really love it, but I have too many cars and not enough time and space for all of them. Sad to see it go, but I really want to focus on the two stroke – V4 department. I really hope it finds a very good home… Continue reading T8 Special For Sale (Sold!)
Saab 900 Turbo Spring Maintenance 2010
The spring is here! (I think… Yesterday it snowed a bit again…). I woke up the T8 Special from it’s winter hibernation last thursday to make it ready for the Saabclub Spring Meeting on the next saturday. I had some issues last fall with the car – the fuel cut kicked in at full boost… Continue reading Saab 900 Turbo Spring Maintenance 2010
Saab 900 Cabriolet by Plasto
The Finnish plastic toy maker Plasto has made a new batch of Saab 900 Cabriolets in four colours 🙂 The price was 2 € per car at the local supermarket. (They also have other makes availlable, such as Volvo and Mercedes).
Saab Club Of Finland Winter Fun Photogallery
Photos from the winter event. HighRes versions availlable on my Picasa album. Videos can be found here.