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Author Topic: Sounds of old SAAB Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-09-2009 03:01 PM                     Here's a sample of an automotive sound we'll never hear again. Check it out. Sorry I didn't link it but it's simple enough otherwise. It's on You Tube. "Saab 96 two stroke singing". A glorious sound it you have appreciation for it. Everything for the 2 stroke Saabophile. Noise with the sound echoing off the forest, he pops the rear end out with the hand brake in the beginning of the turn and an exhaust backfire just before it comes into view. PLAY IT LOUD This car has a 3 cylinder engine of 750-850 CC making at most 60 hp. It has the same number of power strokes per revolution as a 4 stroke 6 cyl but sounds totally different. Sounds like a swarm of angry bees.  |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 12-09-2009 03:50 PM                     Bill, Reminds me of when I had an 87 Audi GT Coupe. When it needed a new muffler, I asked them to put a bigger exhaust pipe on it to make it sound "throatier", the muffler man (yes thats his nickname) just laughed and said it would sound like a pissed off bumblebee  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-09-2009 04:34 PM                     Link to the video Bill is talking about.  |  IP: Logged Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 12-09-2009 11:27 PM                        Bill, Here is a very short list of all the Saabs my dad has owned/raced over the years. He now has a 93 he bought off of Ebay (which equates the the 3rd Saab we now have at the house). Baby blue with shifter on the stearing column like most. I'm crossing my fingers they can find someone to buy the company since GM ditched them. Always loved the hum.... Here was my Saab I had, sold it years ago: And me as a tyke sitting on a Sonnet  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 12-10-2009 12:46 AM                     Nice, Allison.  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 12-10-2009 01:27 AM                     Oh SAAB Schmarb!! Now the Reliant Robin....THATS a cool car. I bet your SAAB's cant do this... Reliant Robin Launch Man, I so wanna try that!  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-10-2009 12:24 PM                     Allison laments where have all these neat old cars gone? The answer to that question is easy, RUST. These cars rusted in places nobody knew existed. Unless the owner was religious about doing his own rust proofing they gradually disappeared. The bottoms of the doors rusted off, the floor pans became vast openings through which to view the road, fenders went very quickly, but what killed them completely was rust in the area where the rails that supported the front suspension and the drive train joined the body, I've seen 3 that broke there, one while being driven the others just sagged. The one being driven sagged and touched the ground at the leading edge of the doors.  |  IP: Logged Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 12-10-2009 10:19 PM                        The 93 he has, has rust where you exactly described it. Some around the doors, some on the floor. But all in all the body is in good shape. The clear coat is peeling like crazy, but the previous owner took decent care of it I also had a 96 as a play house Yes, my dad converted one into a playhouse. I will get a picture of it up sooner or later. When I had my 900, people would be amazed that the ignition was on the 'floor'. I hit 2 deer with that car with little damage (Thank goodness for their Moose tests!). It was a tank, and now sits rotting away in the parking next to the theater I work at. I don't know what the new owner is doing with it, but they will find a nasty note I put on the windshield telling them to take care of my baby if they leave it there for much longer!  |  IP: Logged Allison Parsons Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 630 From: East Peoria, IL Registered: Oct 2004 posted 12-11-2009 12:08 AM                        Ok, I'm done talking about my Saab family, since you are all probably bored of it. But here is the playhouse. (I'm turning away, two other kids were neighbors). This photo was actually in our local newspaper.  |  IP: Logged

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