1963 SAAB 96 SPORT MAKING A LAP ON THE SAAB / NEVS TEST TRACK
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- One of the most entertaining cars I have ever driven, the Saab Sport two stroke from 1963.
In 1960, 1961 and 1962 Erik Carlsson won the RAC (Wales) rally, driving this type of car to over all victory. In 1962 and 1963 Erik Carlsson also won the Monte Carlo Rally, quite an achievement in such a small car with an engine that was tuned to some 80 bhp.
The street car version is this Saab 96 "Sport" that on some markets was called Granturismo 850 or Monte Carlo 850. Its engine is a 841 cc three cylinder two stroke and with the triple Solex carburetors it delivered some 55 bhp.
Especially the model years 1963 and 1964 (last year with the short nose) of the Saab 96 Sport cars are today highly appreciated.
The featured car has been restored to a very good condition, only the extra head lights remain to be installed that was standard on the Sport version.
The banked curve on the photo is part of the former Saab test track, now owned by NEVS. Many thanks to NEVS in Trollhättan for letting us use this track to film a part of this video!
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I had one of these I bought used in 1969. I lived at 10,000 feet in Colorado and she was a blast both in the summer and the winter.
I had a 1964 94, the station wagon version. Back seat folds down, you could sleep 2 6-footers comfortably. Back then self service gas stations were rare in some states; you had to tell the attendant, "put this can of oil in the tank, then fill it up." On a cross country trip, one guy in Missouri didn't believe me, never saw such a thing, didn't put it in and 50 miles later the engine fried. Camped a week beside the road while another motor came by truck from a junkyard in St. Louis. The locals brought us food, invited us to church. Everybody had to look at our curious car. There was a water pump at an abandoned farm nearby. Helped us find a motor and order it. One person could lift the motor out, put the other one in. That motor lasted several years, then I put in a Rally motor, three carbs and oil injection. Wish I still had it, but the 2-stroke smoke would not make you popular.
Wonderful!!! Beautifully rebuilt
Thank you a great video I just recently bought a 1963 Saab 96 and look forward to reviving it 🎉
Tack för ett bra kilo! Man blir ju lite avundsjuk på Jonas. Finaste 96:an jag sett. Köpte just en 66 “stroker” som states i trafik fem dagar efter jag föddes i November 65. Ska nu få den fraktad till Los Angeles där jag bor. 2022 ska bli skoj!
THE ONE CAR THAT I HAD WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I WISH I WOULD HAVE KEPT, SURE MISS IT!
This one looks so amazing. I have a v4 but would love to have a 2stroke, That sound is insane!
What a fabulous little car thx for showing us what it can do sounds so good.
My first saab was a ‘01 estate and I have been in love ever since. Bought a ‘86 900s and currently looking to buy a ‘69 96. As a young enthusiast I just can’t get enough of Saab. I’m pretty sure everyone thinks I’m crazy saying “why don’t you buy something reliable?” Or “Saab they are out of business. They must have sucked.” But I’m always up for a challenge. Anyway love to see the old 2 stroke. Angry beehives are certainly unique.
Saabs are some of the best cars produced and are you planning to attend Saab Owners Convention this year in Sturgis SD at the Saab Heritage Museum?! I am driving from Maine and went last year when it was in Albany NY
Awesome video, thanks for sharing!!! I had the good fortune of visiting the factory in the late '90s (and somehow ended up enjoying an hour and a half, one-on-one tour). I remember hearing cars wizzing around the test track (after parking in the visitor's lot), but of course, I couldn't see them. I miss Saab so much!!!
Your drive back to return the car to its owner reminded me of my drive from Goteborg to Trollhatten. The scenery reminded me of the State of Wisconsin in the US (near where I live)!
Great car, great video!
this is a DELICIOUS sound :)
SAAB come back!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful car and a ride on the Saab track was defiantly unique. You wouldn’t happen to know anybody that was a mechanic for the works rally team that you could interview do you? That would be great.
Thanks for the proposal, I will see if there is someone of those guys that would like to be interviewed on camera.
@@hoojiesgarage1542 That would be great. I think that is one area of Saab history that has been overlooked. Would love to hear their stories about working and how they set the cars up and life during the good years.
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The idé come from DKW
Indeed. In 1945, Tore Lidmalm´s (project leader for the Saab Scandia airplane) 1936 DKW Meisterklasse, was thoroghly dismantled, analysed, measured and the engine was to some degree copied.