Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/28

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Subject: [Leica] SAAB (sob)
From: langeratcarleton at gmail.com (Mark Langer)
Date: Thu Sep 28 14:14:33 2006
References: <1be504db0609261854r5e3b7453r7aadc512e6916752@mail.gmail.com> <34B53404-545F-4E38-90F6-CC44ACD72B85@charter.net> <9406A0C2-4A62-4A62-917B-2607ECA30835@shaw.ca> <11E05499-1C85-488B-9D02-34381A4B589B@charter.net>

Ah, does that take me back.  One of my best friends during my undergrad days
had a 1963 in that shade of blue, and we bombed all over the place in the
car.  The freewheeling feature was great, and it was an incredible gas
miser.  Also a terrific car on the road in the winter.  Wish I had one now.

Mark

On 9/27/06, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote:
>
> That's the one to have.
> http://www.vsaab.com/Thor/thor_index.html
>
> Any company that also has an Ur model can't be all that bad.
> http://www.saabmuseum.com/ursaab/index.html
>
> Slobodan Dimitrov
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 27, 2006, at 5:30 AM, John Collier wrote:
>
> > Later models had a  Ford V-4.
> >
> > John Collier
> >
> > On 26-Sep-06, at 8:30 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
> >
> >> It's a Saab 96 (Three cylinder, 2 stroke. The radiator is in back
> >> of the engine, next to the firewall). If you wanted one, you had
> >> to go to a third world country like Canada and drive it over the
> >> border yourself. This one is from the 1960-1965 production. The
> >> hood design places this one in the first 5 year production.
> >
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In reply to: Message from pswango at att.net (Phil Swango) ([Leica] SAAB (sob))
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] SAAB (sob))
Message from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] SAAB (sob))
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] SAAB (sob))