A stuck seventies Saab in the slippery snow

Liverpool-Lad · 9 Jan 2010 at 18:23

Try saying that after a few...

Anyone know what beauty this is?

Fireskull · 9 Jan 2010 at 18:25

With those skinny tyres it should be good in this weather

Liverpool-Lad · 9 Jan 2010 at 18:26

Thats what I thought but obviously not!

mjt · 9 Jan 2010 at 18:27

it's a Saab 96

chrism · 9 Jan 2010 at 18:30

would have been a big car one day now it looks skinny next to that fiesta

whitecrook · 9 Jan 2010 at 20:30

camber is quite dangerous here, it looks as though it's possily sliding toward the kerb bas news for the wheels.

Lopéz · 9 Jan 2010 at 20:52

2-stroke baby :cool:

Janesy B · 9 Jan 2010 at 20:55

They fail. It was born to be in the snow :cool:

MagicBoy · 9 Jan 2010 at 20:57

Lovely. A proper SAAB, not a cavalier in drag.

Sagalout · 10 Jan 2010 at 09:39

They the ones with the gearstick mounted like an indicator stalk? Lovely looking cars

Ian C · 10 Jan 2010 at 14:45

Lopéz said:
2-stroke baby

Erm, sorry no. 1498cc Ford V4 as fitted from around late '68 onward.

They the ones with the gearstick mounted like an indicator stalk?

Yes, 4 speed column shift.

Hi by the way, I'm Ian. You can probably guess what car I drive........

Cob · 10 Jan 2010 at 14:57

WJA92 has/had a 1972 works one of these. Think he raced it a few times. Originally belonged to Tom Trana IIRC.

Lopéz · 10 Jan 2010 at 15:41

Ian C said:
Erm, sorry no. 1498cc Ford V4 as fitted from around late '68 onward.

Sincere apologies, I didn't know what the changover year was.

Ian C · 10 Jan 2010 at 16:00

The one pictured on an 'R' plate is one of the last produced for the UK and had the later Saab 99 type rubber bumpers. The last few sold in the UK were all 1977/78 MY 'R' and a couple of 'S' registration cars all in metallic dark red, the Souvenir series.

brightside_ · 10 Jan 2010 at 17:27

my dad's currently in the process of restoring a 96, it is unfortunately a beige/brown colour and not my cup of tea, coming along okay though but very slowly lol.

Ian C · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:52

brightside_ said:
my dad's currently in the process of restoring a 96, it is unfortunately a beige/brown colour and not my cup of tea, coming along okay though but very slowly lol.

It's beige?

Mine's beige, well it's actually called amber yellow in the official colour spec!

brightside_ · 10 Jan 2010 at 23:02

sorry for the off topic

yeah, thats the colour lol

Any reccomendations on places to get parts? My dad needs headlights, wiper blades and the bumpers (front and back) We've got in contact with Hagstrom Saab but waiting on a reply!

SteveSaab · 11 Jan 2010 at 09:10

brightside_ said:
We've got in contact with Hagstrom Saab but waiting on a reply!

Dont hold your breath waiting for a reply from them.....

I travelled from the West Midlands to Norfolk to see what was reputed to be (by Hagstrom) a beautiful example of a C900 T16 ....

When I got there well..... :eek:

Operating from a house with what looked like a scrap yard behind it...

The car in question was a complete and utter pup.......It was so bad in fact I never even sat in it or started the engine....

I felt like asking for my petrol money as I had been invited there under false pretenses......

If its parts your after you could do worse than to try UKSaabs (a web forum) .....

Lots of friendly (and some not so

) enthusiasts .....

Ian C · 11 Jan 2010 at 18:06

brightside_ said:
sorry for the off topic
yeah, thats the colour lol Any reccomendations on places to get parts? My dad needs headlights, wiper blades and the bumpers (front and back) We've got in contact with Hagstrom Saab but waiting on a reply!

Take a look over on the Saab V4 forum.

It's sort of on topic anyway, but sorry for the diversion.

Westyfield2 · 11 Jan 2010 at 19:21

Recognised the OP as a 96 instantly

May have stopped production ten years before my birth, but...

Good old rally trophy :cool: