Egill from Island sent me these photos. He owned one of the two 1966 Saab 96 Monte Carlos imported to Iceland that year as new. Now, years later he has been able to track down and purchase both cars! The plan is to completely restore at least one of them, …
Saab 96 V4 Rally car in the Neste Rally Finland 60th Anniversary Cavalcade. A few special stages were driven for show – not full speed. I was fortunate enough to get on the co-drivers seat on one special stage. Here’s some footage along the way. This was the first car …
I finally have some time to work on the Saab 96 two stroke project again. So here’s a short proggress report. The project is now driveable… 🙂 Check the video: And a few photos of some parts getting the primer…and some sound insulation has been put in also.
I have forgotten to upload this clip of a Saab 96 Turbo I saw at a Saabclub event last year. Very nicely executed sleeper 😉
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 …
The Saab Club Of Finland Spring Meeting was last saturday. It’s mainly a “money meeting”, dealing with budget and stuff, but there were a few people around. A few photos:
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 …
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).
Photos from the winter event. HighRes versions availlable on my Picasa album. Videos can be found here.
Still no time to focus on the project – but here’s a little update on the car: After the first start we had some issues… Some of the carburettors were pretty clogged up, so the fuel flow was insufficient at times. The carburettors removed from the car. Pretty dirty looking …
