Bill from US is looking for a 58/59 Saab GT750 Dashboard (similar to the one below). If you can help him out send him a message: bill@billfrenette.com Bill also has a really nice looking V4 of which he sent me some photos. Check it out:
The V4 “Rally” is proggressing at a more or less steady pace. I got around to painting a few bits and pieces. The paint scheme is pretty close to the one the car had in the early seventies when racing.
The Saab-Club Of Finland organized the customary end-of-summer track day at Ahvenisto Race Circuit in Hämeenlinna today. There were some rally legends present, such as Simo Lampinen, Jyrki Ahava, Juhani Markkanen, Eikka Malm and Antti Mäkeläinen. Simo drove a two-stroke Saab Monte-Carlo and a Saab 96 V4 hill climb / …
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
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 …
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 …
