Monday, 31 December 2012
Sunday, 30 December 2012
Friday, 28 December 2012
Assuming that this is not a photoshop exercise ...
src : Save Saab Museum Facebook Page
edit : some other pictures of this car appeared, so this post is a small collection of them :
Also there is an interesting photo taken by Saabrobz mentioned in the comments.
src : Save Saab Museum Facebook Page
edit : some other pictures of this car appeared, so this post is a small collection of them :
Also there is an interesting photo taken by Saabrobz mentioned in the comments.
Thursday, 27 December 2012
Jalopnik has a recent story called "Thank A Swede For Your Toasty Ass" admiting, that Saab was the first one, who introduced heated seats in Saab 99.
Citing the Saabhistory site :
It might be an urban legend, but who knows ...
Picture source : Serious Wheels
Citing the Saabhistory site :
"The electronically heated seats were designed as a precaution for driver's backaches, ensuring better driving pleasure and ultimately more safety."I've heard another more real-life story. In an interview (still giving myself hard time to find the source) it was told, that the heated seats were invented, because one of the test drivers had, especially in winter, problems with urinary bladder. So someone in the development team constructed a heater into the seat and than the idea came to introduce it as a car feature.
It might be an urban legend, but who knows ...
Picture source : Serious Wheels
The name tells it - klasyczny.com is a web magazine about classic cars. Recently they announced the Classic car of the year 2012 competition. Nominated are top 15 renovation projects of classics in Poland. There are some very interesting projects and one of the nominees is the Saab classic 900 Klara Power.
Klara Power, started by a Saab fanatic in Poland, is a wonderful charity project for raising money for a sick little girl - Klara. As klasyczny.com writes in an interview [GOOGLE TRANSLATED] :
To connect a classic car project with a charity is actually a great idea. Now, Klara Power is a nominee in the Classic Car of the Year 2012. This nomination circulates around in the Saab related internet and has definitely a place here on Saabism.
It has my vote. There isn't a deadline stated, so if you want to support this idea, you should do it now.
Where to vote ? Here : Classic car of the year 2012. Beneath the photographs is a vote poll. If you want to read the text in english, click for the Google translation. I was able to vote only on the original polish link. Be patient until all pictures are loaded ...
Now it's your turn to vote for the classic 900 Klara Power Saab.
source : klasyczny.com, Klara Power facebook page
Klara Power, started by a Saab fanatic in Poland, is a wonderful charity project for raising money for a sick little girl - Klara. As klasyczny.com writes in an interview [GOOGLE TRANSLATED] :
"Klara Power Initiative came suddenly, when a friend from work gave birth to a sick little girl - Klara. We knew that help is needed. Slowly - from small collections of money, the annual share of the 1% tax for Klara, the auctions of built vehicles - an initiative was born. Recently, we were able to officially register the Klara Power Association. Our goal is to help Klara in living a normal life, especially to be independent, thanks to the necessary surgery and rehabilitation. The Association also plans to help other children in need."
To connect a classic car project with a charity is actually a great idea. Now, Klara Power is a nominee in the Classic Car of the Year 2012. This nomination circulates around in the Saab related internet and has definitely a place here on Saabism.
It has my vote. There isn't a deadline stated, so if you want to support this idea, you should do it now.
Where to vote ? Here : Classic car of the year 2012. Beneath the photographs is a vote poll. If you want to read the text in english, click for the Google translation. I was able to vote only on the original polish link. Be patient until all pictures are loaded ...
Now it's your turn to vote for the classic 900 Klara Power Saab.
In november 2012 a DHL cargo plane crashed during landing in Bratislava airport (BTS). Luckily it wasn't a fatal crash, the front wheel broke when the planee was already on the runway. It stayed on the airport several days and some photos appeared in the media.
One of them is showing a yellow Saab 9000 which is still on duty on the airport. Reportedly it has some measurement instruments mounted. No more info is known (to me).
Since not having any contacts on the airport it will be hard to find out more. But some of the czech/slovak readers may know someone there. If yes and willing to find out more, feel free to write me.
source : Hospodarske noviny via saabinfo (cz) forum.
One of them is showing a yellow Saab 9000 which is still on duty on the airport. Reportedly it has some measurement instruments mounted. No more info is known (to me).
Since not having any contacts on the airport it will be hard to find out more. But some of the czech/slovak readers may know someone there. If yes and willing to find out more, feel free to write me.
source : Hospodarske noviny via saabinfo (cz) forum.
Monday, 24 December 2012
Sunday, 23 December 2012
This is a recent announcement of The Saab Festival in Trollhattan, 31.5. - 2.6. 2013. There is no more info at the moment, but it should come in January and can be found at the saabfestival.se website.
Also the IntSaab 2013 has already a time and date : August 2 - 4 at Wicksteed Park in Kettering. Preliminary info is at Saabclub.co.uk.
Hopely there will be the SaabsUnited Oktoberfest 2013, there are currently no informations about it.
Time to plan slowly ... at least one date.
It was still in the club, but standing at least 3 years somewhere in the garage without movement. So it changed the owner within the fanclub. A friend of mine bought it, a 1987 Saab 900 classic, an american one.
I have no clue about the history and it needs a lot of work to be good in shape. But important is, the revitalisation started and there is a will to finish it.
So here it is :
I have no clue about the history and it needs a lot of work to be good in shape. But important is, the revitalisation started and there is a will to finish it.
So here it is :
Friday, 21 December 2012
You might remember a post about the Hirsch interior from the summer. Due some miscommunication, this wasn't the right one. But no drama here, it's already installed at a friends Saab 9-3 convertible. The issue was, that after 2006 Saab changed the dashboard, not only in amount of buttons but also in dimensions.
Today arrived the right one ! I've became a proud owner of the Independence Edition dashboard remaining from the unfinished special series of convertibles. It was most probably one of the last pieces available. It's a Hirsch, but without the logo.
When the large box came, it caused a fight between our two cats, because both wanted to jump on the box and enjoy the panorama of our apartment at the same time :) But everything finished fine, both did it somehow. I assume the installation through the holiday season is still open. I admit not to have enough skill and patience to do that. Let's see.
btw. before it landed here in Bratislava, Slovakia, it took three flights around half of Europe : Stockholm - Paris - Koln - Vienna. I will never understand these logistics wizardry and can only guess, that there wasn't a direct flight, so it had to wait for some regular cargo flights. However the web-tracking was nice.
I'd like to kindly thank all the friends who helped me to get this piece. I really appreciate !
Today arrived the right one ! I've became a proud owner of the Independence Edition dashboard remaining from the unfinished special series of convertibles. It was most probably one of the last pieces available. It's a Hirsch, but without the logo.
When the large box came, it caused a fight between our two cats, because both wanted to jump on the box and enjoy the panorama of our apartment at the same time :) But everything finished fine, both did it somehow. I assume the installation through the holiday season is still open. I admit not to have enough skill and patience to do that. Let's see.
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Friday, 7 December 2012
Thursday, 6 December 2012
From the great saab-gt.pl facebook page comes this very pure picture.
I'd like to add one of mine, as far as i know, it's the same car. From the Saab Session Slovakia 2012 convention in October this year.
I'd like to add one of mine, as far as i know, it's the same car. From the Saab Session Slovakia 2012 convention in October this year.
I've found a series of advertisements (I suppose) which seem to be a bit hidden from what circulates around the internet nowadays. A smart idea of incorporating the Saab 9-3 Convertible into hints how to spend some time in 4 cities in a stylish manner. It appeared in Sunday Times in July 2011.
In spite it is the same newspaper involved into the phone hacking scandal, this has nothing to do with it. It's just an advertisement.
Here are the links : Edinburgh (just a start), Brigton, York and London.
In spite it is the same newspaper involved into the phone hacking scandal, this has nothing to do with it. It's just an advertisement.
Here are the links : Edinburgh (just a start), Brigton, York and London.
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Saturday, 1 December 2012
A friend and a member of our Puppy Hunters Saab Club sometimes still takes photographs the old fashioned analogue way - on film strip. He putted incidentally an already used film into the camera and shot. One of the photo series was taken on the Saab Session Slovakia some months ago.
A series of double exposures came out. Pure coincidence.
source & author : Bedno's photostream
A series of double exposures came out. Pure coincidence.
source & author : Bedno's photostream
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