Update on vehicle(s) for sale

"Nibbles" (nibbles) 03/24/2014 at 16:50 • Filed to: COMING SOON, CARS FOR SALE

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I've been talking with the owner of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and despite some personal things setting him back, he expects to have the car ready for sale this weekend. I'm going to meet with him on Saturday (hopefully) to get some good pics and spend some quality time with it. While we were talking, he says a friend of his is trying to sell his dad's "What was it, a Saab something. Have you heard of a son-knit? Something like that" 197x Saab Sonett III. He showed me a potatopic of it (it's a Sonett III, and white) and says it runs and drives. We're going to schedule a meeting this week with the owner so I can go over it and get some more information.

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So, if anyone's interested, I'll have "FOR SALE" articles coming shortly for both his 1992 VW Corrado VR6 and this 1970-1974 Saab Sonett III.

505Turbeaux > Nibbles 03/24/2014 at 16:52

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go get that Sonnett money son. I almost bought the one used in "The Ice Storm" but man was that fiberglass cracky

Nibbles > 505Turbeaux 03/24/2014 at 16:57

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If the fiberglass is in good clip, the floor and battery trays are relatively rust free, and it has serviceable tires on it, I will seriously SERIOUSLY consider finding a way to take it off their hands. I may even let go of my SPG.

505Turbeaux > Nibbles 03/24/2014 at 17:00

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I would have to agree with you.Let us know how it turns out. Then you can be a V4 expert!

Nibbles > 505Turbeaux 03/24/2014 at 17:01

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I'd end up throwing a turbo on it, like I do everything

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Nibbles 03/24/2014 at 17:38

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there was a Petrolicous Feature on one of these. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wHKbl…

WTF the embedded thing is not working?

Nibbles > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 03/24/2014 at 17:40

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That's a Sonett II two-stroke, which is invariably more awesome than this Ford Taunus V4-powered Sonett III. Those are definitely out of my price range :). Some day, though. Some day...

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Nibbles 03/24/2014 at 17:44

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I just saw the name Sonett and figured they were all the same. but after googling it I can see the difference. I didnt even know these existed until a week ago.

Nibbles > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 03/24/2014 at 17:48

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Lol they're simultaneously the best and worst Saabs ever to be placed on the road. They're 80% fiberglass, 15% rust. The two strokers (and early four-strokers) had a freewheeling clutch setup to keep the engine from becoming oil-starved. They are awkward beasts that are not exactly easy to drive, but fun as hell when you know how to use every last one of those sixty-someodd ponies :)

banjo cat ghost of oppo past > 505Turbeaux 03/24/2014 at 17:49

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*read its in Colorado* Waaait...be cool if I came across this once because the cul de sac looks very much like my friend's where he had his black VR6, and another loner black VR6 "of the car club's" that he let me drive when my Audi CQ was in the shop.

Had a blast revving the piss out of it with a cheap open exhaust and I discovered a silly comraderie with other drivers who could raise & lower their wings with a button whilst stuck in traffic. Porsches....other Corrados..I often look at my time in CO with rose colored shades...

505Turbeaux > Nibbles 03/25/2014 at 10:00

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you would be my hero if you had a turbo Sonnett

505Turbeaux > banjo cat ghost of oppo past 03/25/2014 at 10:01

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I feel the same way about my time in Denver. I was in the BMWCCA chapter out there and had some quality 70's Bavarian rolling stock. And a sIIa land rover for the mountains. The best times...

banjo cat ghost of oppo past > 505Turbeaux 03/26/2014 at 01:02

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Thats pretty f*king rosey. Welp, I've believed I also deserve a Land rover or FJ to crawl around the mtns in addition to another alpine bomber, it feels about time for Back to The Future Pt. III (born there, moved, went to college there, moved again)