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Bandi, guess what I found... A guy I used to go to school and work with found this in a horse barn here in town:
yes, it's a 1974 Saab Sonett III... with 67,000 miles on it! It runs, drives, is in one piece with original full size spare, tools, and owners manual... Bidding begins at $2500
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Decent condition! Good find! I love those cars... "Bigger", exotic sister of my SAAB... (BTW, you spelled Saab wrong... should be all caps! lol) In related news: I finally will be starting the bodywork on mine next week since I have free time now (today was my last day of high-school EVER) -Cody
Founder of SOPER: Southwest Ohio Paranormal Exploration and Research "It was a good drift," mused Erik, "but certainly not a great one!" R.I.P. Ninj. . .we'll see in in the big transit tunnel in the sky! R.I.P. My little Chipmunk Ali Baker 11/25/2005 | |
....oh my god. To be totally honest, I've never seen one of those before! I've heard mention of the name before, but that's it. (And yeah, I love it!)
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those tires are hugge
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Posted by Nismo those tires are hugge
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they are 15" factory aluminum wheels. the spare tire matches them. the car has been in storage since around 1989-90. I has sat in a horse barn. Most of the body is fiberglass... the rear trunkpan is rotten and separating, but it is a bolt in piece, easily fabricated. The fuel tank needs to be dropped out of it, fuel lines flushed, pump replaced... It has this teeny-tiny little Ford V4 and is rear wheel drive. For 65hp, these cars would move. I think Timmy said that it weighed maybe 1700lbs? no one knows what these cars are... http://en.wikipedi...ett_III#Sonett_III
[last edit 5/26/2008 6:25 AM by Samurai - edited 1 times]
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BTW, they're FWD, not RWD... There's quite a few 96 sedans that have Sonett running gear swapped into them b/c the diff ratio is taller...
Founder of SOPER: Southwest Ohio Paranormal Exploration and Research "It was a good drift," mused Erik, "but certainly not a great one!" R.I.P. Ninj. . .we'll see in in the big transit tunnel in the sky! R.I.P. My little Chipmunk Ali Baker 11/25/2005 | |
Posted by ExploringOhio BTW, they're FWD, not RWD... There's quite a few 96 sedans that have Sonett running gear swapped into them b/c the diff ratio is taller...
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i don't know... the transmission runs into a driveshaft back to a rear axle, EO. looks RWD to me.
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the rear of the tranny is a big bolt ina rubber mount on the firewall... If it is in fact a floor-shift model, then it owuld have a tunnel, but it's just a big U-shaped rear axle. It's the exact same gearbox as the 95s and 96s, but with different ratios. Early cars had the same column-shift also, but the Sonett III (as you are talking about) has a floor-shift. I can even take a picture of my spare 'box in my garage to show the rear mount... Also note the wikipedia page you linked to with the "FF Layout" description... as in "front-engine, front-wheel-drive" The Sonett is FF, the 95/96 is FF, 99 is FF, Quantum race cars are FF, and even the SAAB factory Formula 2 car was FF (understeered so bad it wasn't competitive). SAAB itself has never built a car with anything other than FWD. The only exceptions to the rule are the GM-era cars with optional 4WD, and of course the 9-7X which is just a rebadged TrailBlazer... -Cody -restoring a '67 96 2-stroke
Founder of SOPER: Southwest Ohio Paranormal Exploration and Research "It was a good drift," mused Erik, "but certainly not a great one!" R.I.P. Ninj. . .we'll see in in the big transit tunnel in the sky! R.I.P. My little Chipmunk Ali Baker 11/25/2005 |
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