The President of the Saab Club of Finland – Juha Lehtonen – is selling some of his classic Saab parts. There’s a lot of hard to find NOS parts available for two-stroke / 96 / 99 / 900 / 9000, and a few parts for newer Saabs also. Check the …
We got the crank installed to the spare block yesterday. Some photos: Here’s something I have found on almost all Saab two-stroke engines I have dismantled: A destroyed distributor drive gear. So – what causes this? The gear that is on the distributor shaft is positioned slightly off-center compared to …
In anticipation of next summer I decided it was time to put seat belts on the ’64 Sedan. I do have some original two-stroke Klippan belts but decided to spare those for the Sport. What I do have plenty are V4 seat belts (of the retractor reel type). I decided …
A little more work on the spare engine. Mostly painting and cleaning. I didn’t notice it until I started to tap the cylinder head bolt threads, but someone had broken a bolt in the block. Apparently he didn’t have the proper tools to remove it and made a hack job …
I’m still planning to drive the two-stroke to the Saab Festival in Trollhättan this summer. But I am just a little concerned about the fact that the rebuilt engine may turn out to be less than reliable. Especially since I have only been able to do very limited testing. And …
The 1969 Saab 96 V4 “Rally” I bought a few years back (is it that long already…?) is advancing. The corrosion repairs are underway again. The car is in bad shape and many of the original pieces are missing – like the original engine and gearbox for example. I have …
I have done a few small upgrades on the two-stroke. The trunk floor has been pretty ugly all the time – one half unpainted, the other painted yellow! So I decided to fix that. I have done some winter driving now and found out that since I don’t have front …
I am seriously thinking about going to the Saabfestival in Trollhättan (http://www.saabfestival.se/) this year. And driving there with the ’64 stroker. It’s not a bad trip, 200 km drive in Finland, ferry over to Sweden, and then some 400-500 km drive (depending on the route) from Stockholm to Trollhättan. Tikkis …
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 …
The Saab Club Of Finland organised a little parts market today and of course I went to visit. I wasn’t really going to spent any money (since my bank account already lightened quite a bit two weeks ago when I bought a couple of needful things for the Sport…). But …
