<VV> wierd car - not a Corvair - sob!

Rick Norris ricknorris at suddenlink.net
Sat Jan 9 08:22:17 EST 2010


Back in my day of autocrossing my 65 locally we had a Dr. who drove that 
same model Saab. Everyone enjoyed watching him corner hard and lift the 
inside REAR wheel off the ground! Plus, it seemed to backfire a lot. He 
referred to it as a SOB!

Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com

> When I was going to college in Michigan I had a weird
> little Saab 96. It was front wheel drive (now not such a
> big deal but weird in the early '70's) and it had a 3
> cylinder 2-cycle engine up front. I drove it around town
> with my snow tires proudly mounted on the front wheels! We
> had a real good snow one weekend (1971?) that shut down
> everything. Guys were taking the neighbors to the grocery
> store on snowmobiles for supplies. We were digging people
> out with a bucket loader equipped Bobcat. And I was
> playing in the street racing the snowmobiles. I was doing
> fine (my Saab was the Monte Carlo version with 850 cc's
> and a triple carb setup!) until the car got up on top of
> the 24" of snow and I high centered. Was fun while it
> lasted. Not sure if a Corvair would have done any better.
> The biggest insult was having to be towed back home by the
> Bobcat!! - Former Saabist Pete K
>
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