Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Its not a 96 but some people have creative uses for old SAABs http://mbjork.home.cern.ch/mbjork/gase/events/saunaab_test/saunaab_test.htm Mike D Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > Don-- > > A friend and I used to have an old one years ago, here in Colorado. It ran > through the snow out here as if it were skipping down a dry street. These > days we don't get much snow ... but I love the 96's because of the cute > body. We called it the "PIg Car." Had a gear shift on the column. I think > the engine was a Ford. I rebuilt the master cylinder for the brakes on that > honey one time! That was fun! > > I found a link online for the Saab Museum. Quite interesting! > > http://www.saabmuseum.co.uk/ > > Kit > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Don Dory > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 8:51 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: Fiat 128/ Premier Padmani [Was: Which Leica ?, > M5, (now hand crank)] > > > Kit, > I think you should look for a clean 97 instead. The early ones used the two > stroke if that is your inclination. I preferred the V4 although it went > through exhaust pipes pretty quickly in salty weather. The good thing about > the 97 is that if the car couldn't go over the snow you probably shouldn't be out driving just yet. > > Just imagine passing a Semi in a hard rain barely able to see the axle > centerline above your head. What fun when I was younger. > > Make mine recognition yellow. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html