Tommi’s Saab Site

I have forgotten to upload this clip of a Saab 96 Turbo I saw at a Saabclub event last year. Very nicely executed sleeper

We had a very nice winter event this year. Great track and a lot of snow.

On track Saab 99 Turbo rallycar, ex. works Saab 96 V4 , Saab 96 RallyCross, Saab 95, Saab 900 Turbo,…

Check the videos below. (Higher quality versions availlable on Youtube)

Saab Club Of Finland – Old and Classic SAAB Meet 2009.

Nice event, around 100 cars on display and a lot of people. A couple of Saab Sports in there as well as a 900 Finlandia. If you want to hear some sweet sounds from two strokes – check the end of the clip! (From around 7:20>)

Better late than never! I took my time uploading these, but here we go – some images from the Saab Club of Finland winter event 2009.

Saab Club of Finland displaying a few cars at “Talviheikki 2009″ event. Some footage of setting up and of the cars. For example: Saab 95 1961, Saab 96 Monte Carlo 1966, Saab 96 V4 1980, Saab 900 Aero 1984, Saab 900 Turbo 16 Cabriolet 1986 (Pre-series!), Saab 9000 Aero 1996 (MapTun), Saab 96 Sport 1964, Saab 9-5 Griffin Edition 2009, Saab 9-3 SportCombi 2009.

The Saab 900 Turbo 16 Cabriolet is a very special car. It is one of the seven hand assembled Cabriolets that were made before the actual production started. It has the US type headlights as the cars were intended for US market – instead this one stayed in Finland for testing and development purposes.

Check the gallery below or see the images in Picasa

We had little event in Turku last weekend. I was part of the team that set the display up and also spent sunday there telling people about Saabs. Here’s a short clip I filmed; setting up, the cars and then leaving:

I found some nice parts for a V4. I think they will go to the 95 when it’s time.

A 1.7 crankshaft and NOS timing gears. I got both at a very very reasonable price, so ofcourse I had to have them…

Also, new front fenders for a V4. I decided it’s quite enough if I piece together the rear fenders of the 95…

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Ok, we did get a little snow the same evening:

Nothing too dramatic here but in southern Finland there was a pretty bad snow storm (airplanes grounded, trains not running, etc.)

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2008-12-7

You may remember me fixing the heater unit, or the box that contains the air flow valves. This thing:

Well, as it turns out – I fixed the wrong one!

As it was the only grey plastic heater part I had, I naturally assumed it was the oldest one and hence from the ’64.

But actually it is from the longnose ’66 and this is the correct one:

Black plastic! I assumed it has to be from a newer car and never looked at it twice before this.

But all’s well, no harm done except one unnecessary part fixed…

The steering column is also in place, so the car now has steering.

All gears seem to work fine. In the photo marked with the arrow is the reverse gear lock lump that goes inside the assembly…

… so that when you put the gear in reverse and remove the key, the gear is locked in. So if you try to steal the car and hotwire it you only have reverse!

The lock is so strong, that if you try to force it off from the gear selector it only bends!

A few bits and pieces:

It’s a pity that neither of these really work but that seems to be the case with pretty much every Saab clock I’ve seen. I don’t know if I will have them fixed but I do know that I’ll fit the VDO type in the car as it is a bit nicer design than the Veglia.

I think Saab used mainly VDO instruments but at some point they had problems getting them and used Veglia instead.