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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 03/09/2017 at 15:06 • Filed to: Saab, 93, Two stroke

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These were tarted up Vectras (and other GM models as locally preferred).

Den här bilen.

Note the lhd despite being made in Sweden ten or so years before they decided (or the government decided: the people rejected it overwhelmingly in a referendum) to drive on the right

Hats were being worn in the car at the time.

It had a two stroke engine copied shamelessly from a DKW design.

Not, sadly, two of them joined together

But just the one. Three cylinders and 750cc of two stroke goodness giving 33 bhp. Note the rear mounted radiator, also copied from DKW. Three gears too, but you could get a Saxomat automatic clutch if three pedals was too much for you.

Unlikely though it may seem, the 93 won several rallies in the 1950s.

Justin Hughes > Cé hé sin 03/09/2017 at 15:27

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Cé hé sin > Justin Hughes 03/09/2017 at 15:32

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Erik “on the roof” Carlsson (r)

fintail > Cé hé sin 03/09/2017 at 16:02

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Nice to see the Swedes following period style of illustrating very small people in their cars.

I’ve seen images of when Sweden jumped into the modern world and decided to keep right. It was chaos. Most of their cars had been LHD for decades prior.

BritishLeyland™ > Cé hé sin 03/09/2017 at 17:17

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Cé hé sin > fintail 03/09/2017 at 17:41

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They had to be small so they could wear hats....

Road traffic accidents fell after Dagen H as everyone was driving around with extreme caution. After a while they got used to it and took to crashing again. The change is still controversial in Sweden.

Cé hé sin > BritishLeyland™ 03/09/2017 at 17:42

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That’s the chap (now the late Erik).

fintail > Cé hé sin 03/10/2017 at 00:00

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I’ve never understood that, I guess weird stubbornness can coexist with being progressive. It’s not like they had RHD cars.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Cé hé sin 03/10/2017 at 21:39

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I am digging that three-plus-three. I’d like to hear the exhaust on it.

And pipes were smoked along with the hats worn.

Have you ever priced a Dunhill pipe?