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Old 17-10-2020, 04:14 PM   #61
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Have they got any 96V4's?
A what now ? They just look like rusty old SAABs to me.

EDIT......just googled it, nothing that nice. Didn't they rebuild one of those on Wheeler Dealer, Ed China.
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Old 17-10-2020, 04:35 PM   #62
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Yeah they did this 72 with Ed and a 73 later without Ed.

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I did the same thing here. Our first Rally was the 1970 Ampol trial............jump in the deep end eh
This wouldn't be you would it?

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Top gear did an interesting tribute to Saab...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk5CTRu_Pzw

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk5CTRu_Pzw

I wonder if Saabs niche brand appeal meant subsequent owners (after the dentists and architects leases) werent really invested in their cars.
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This wouldn't be you would it?

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Yeah they did this 72 with Ed and a 73 later without Ed.

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I had the earlier round headlight one.
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Edit.............I had the earlier round headlight one.
I read somewhere ages ago that one of the things drivers liked about them was there shape, easy to roll back on their wheels
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I read somewhere ages ago that one of the things drivers liked about them was there shape, easy to roll back on their wheels
Does that also mean they were easier to roll.
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You're thinking of Stirling Moss' brother-in-law, Erik Carlsson, know as "Carlsson on the roof" per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Carlsson


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You're thinking of Stirling Moss' brother-in-law, Erik Carlsson, know as "Carlsson on the roof" per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Carlsson
Love the bit, where he is caught pinching bits off a SAAB owners car mid rally.
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You're thinking of Stirling Moss' brother-in-law, Erik Carlsson, know as "Carlsson on the roof" per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Carlsson
That's probably the one, i was only a kid but it stuck.....

Here he is rolling one and putting it back on it's wheels.

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