[{"id": 5677054, "authorName": "ajakejyt", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajakejyt/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow, just wow. Love it! GLWTA", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612205373, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677057, "authorName": "PoweredbyFord", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/poweredbyford/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nothing to Saab about here - beautiful!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612205390, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677062, "authorName": "Rideklein", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rideklein/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So I guess 1975 is the first year \u201csmog \u201c is required in California?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612205416, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677152, "authorName": "ccam8252", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ccam8252/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "S\u00e5 ful men \u00e4nd\u00e5 s\u00e5 vacker", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612205917, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677197, "authorName": "WAGONBOYTD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wagonboytd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Of course this amazing spec is from the Netherlands. we searched for these 95's here in the 80's but always had to settle for the Amazon which wasn't all that bad, but the Saabs never looked this good even from the PNW. green on green is perfect.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612206050, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677221, "authorName": "Rideklein", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rideklein/", "bidAmount": 4000, "content": "$4,000 bid placed by Rideklein", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612206115, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5677280, "authorName": "roverguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/roverguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful.\r\n\r\nI thought they didn't recommend freewheel on the 4 strokes as it can stress the transmission when it engages. That's what Erikson automotive told me when they provided a rebuilt box for my 71 99.\r\nDid the 95-96 use the same box? I think\r\nIt would have been the \"King Kong\" box after after 73 on the 99.\r\n\r\nThis is a must have!\r\n\r\nGLWTA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612206320, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677314, "authorName": "Vtec4ever", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vtec4ever/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Was a Ford engine original to this vehicle? Neat car and great seller. Fantasy Junction is good people!!!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612206415, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677329, "authorName": "Caymanorcarrera", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caymanorcarrera/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A \u201cfour on the tree\u201d with a nice little vintage foreign wagon.........so cool.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612206475, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677373, "authorName": "kbatdorf", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kbatdorf/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Vtec4ever, Saab used the Ford V4s starting in 1967 in the 95 and 96 as replacements for their 3-cylinder, 2-stroke engines. The U.S. market got 1.5- and 1.7-liter variants, depending on the year.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612206748, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677423, "authorName": "DeltonaHF", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/deltonahf/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Marvelous Saab smart weirness!!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612207085, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677500, "authorName": "briandel", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/briandel/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful car; great driving video!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612207430, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677521, "authorName": "yeola1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/yeola1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Mouth watering here! Is much nicer than the 71 I had back in the day. Never seen one in this color and love it. GLWA!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612207521, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677605, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks everyone for the early comments and opening bid on this truly unique and original Saab. This is a very rare time capsule 95 Wagon with rare/desirable options and preservation grade finishes from the exterior paint to the interior. \n\nWe've done our best to carefully document the car in the gallery images and detailed videos however please feel free to ask questions here or use the \"contact seller\" button to reach us directly. \n\nThis rare and beautiful Saab is here at our Emeryville showroom and can be viewed or professionally inspected by appointment. Good luck to all bidders.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612207899, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677770, "authorName": "zyzzix", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zyzzix/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The rear window sticker is awesome: From two-stroke to turbo", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612208795, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677851, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yay! BaT has been far too long without a 95!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1612209098, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677883, "authorName": "ThrillBaby", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thrillbaby/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Rideklein Will this pass Calif smog? Beautiful car!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612209201, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677938, "authorName": "rogersvolvos", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rogersvolvos/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "75 and before no smog in CA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612209385, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5677974, "authorName": "etay2002", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/etay2002/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I didn't know SAAB kept the freewheel system after switching to the V-4. \r\nAre those headlight wipers? How are they activated?\r\nWould love to have this one. RIP SAAB, we miss you.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612209534, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5678060, "authorName": "TodB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/todb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Best wheels ever!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612209814, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5678116, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@etay2002 - The headlamp washer/wipers activate when you turn on the windshield washers. Another Saab Invention that is pretty common now, like heated seats.\r\nReally cool 7 passenger wagon with a 1,000 lb. cargo rating, not bad for a 1900 lb. car.\r\nThe V4 gearboxes all had freewheel, and in 1974 some major durability upgrades were made to this gearbox, too bad they never made it to the USA after 1973.\r\nThe roof rack is really rare.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612210043, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5678120, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@etay2002 you can see the wipers in action at the end of the walk around video at 2:45. \n\n@TodB we agree and they look great on this car.\n\n@JIMMY thanks for mentioning the roof rack on this car. It is a very rare item and is in excellent condition.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612210202, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5678475, "authorName": "Myoldcut", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/myoldcut/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My dad was a Saab guy. He loved the freewheeling and the 2-stokes. He\u2019d be all over this one too! Beautiful car! Glwts!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612211821, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5678511, "authorName": "RogerD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rogerd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A 220 volt block heater is pretty serious. Never heard of that, must be the Lapland spec. Not sure where you\u2019d plug it in on the road, if it even has a US plug. Have to convince the motel to give you overnight access to the laundry room I guess. Looks like loads of fun.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612211928, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5678584, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This wagon will be tugging at a massive amount of Saab aficionado heart strings! Closest car to a Saab I've driven was a 60's Volvo. Loved it. But this wagon is the most inviting wagon I've yet to see on BaT! It might break the bank.\nNo luck required!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612212241, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5678706, "authorName": "ccrunner", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ccrunner/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I've never owned a Saab, but I've got a quirky case of long-roof love for this one. All boxes are checked here, and for clarity, NO SMOG in CA if it ends up here (it's the 1976 and newer that suffer the smog check headache; 75 and older is where the fun is in CA). \r\n\r\nBeautiful in her own right... THIS is the girl I want to go to the dance with :-)", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612212708, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5678859, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@RogerD the 220V heater is a must for anyone familiar with the temps in the Lapland which are regularly -10C for months in winter and sometimes dipping to -30C for periods of time. \n\n@ccrunner and others...it's important to note that this Saab was NOT available in the US in 1975 and as such has limitations for sale to a California resident. It is eligible for sale to licensed California dealers, either wholesale or retail, or to an Out of State resident.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612213529, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5678985, "authorName": "bobrk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobrk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So it's in Emeryville, but it's not registered in California presently?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612213990, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5679032, "authorName": "Weasel_Atty", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/weasel_atty/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ccrunner - It's an adorable little Saab, but annual emissions testing is not your worry in trying to get this Euro import registered in California. You will need a CARB Certificate of Conformance. I am by no means an expert on that (and hope to never become one). The US Saab got a different engine and left the US in 1973, and I am not at all certain how CARB would deal with this. But as I understand it, California will require a lab test the car for compliance with 1975 emissions rules. Hence the Montana registration I presume.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612214246, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5679211, "authorName": "notforhire", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/notforhire/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Pretty cool that the rubber mats were carried through the pre-GM 900 series. I have an identical pattern (albeit different shape) set that are as good as new. Being the 'typical' Saab owner, mine have been fitted for hundreds of thousands of miles over a number of different cars - from an '82.5 Turbo right through a '93 Commemorative - but have stood the test of time, as all good designs do.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612215178, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5679242, "authorName": "ccrunner", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ccrunner/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Gotcha on the CA/CARB issues for this particular little Euro import- I just got so excited to see it was a 75 that I got ahead of myself... It's obviously time for me to reside in another state for at least 6 months +1 day from here out ;-)\r\n\r\nI didn't mean to spread false info, so I'm glad you guys caught the potential import/registration in CA snags...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612215301, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5679449, "authorName": "mbrovender", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mbrovender/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "220V is standard household current in Europe - that 2 prong plug with round terminals is found on everything from outdoor extension cords to toasters and televisions.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612216070, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5679456, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yes @ccrunner and @Weasel_Atty this Saab cannot be titled in CA without extensive engine modifications through the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and even then, it would need to be smog tested on a regular basis. The last year these were legal in California was 1973. The Ford Taunus engine was never imported here therefore basically can\u2019t be made to pass without significant modifications to the original design. \r\n\r\nBecause this is such a fine and preserved original example it is best to retain the originality, just as the current owner has done in order to continue its decades of preservation and care. Yes @bobrk the car is on Montana title and registration.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612216110, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5679856, "authorName": "Drdjet", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/drdjet/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm truly losing my water over here!! This is perfect, ultimate SAAB!! I was selling VW's in the mid-'80s and we traded a 95, 40,000 miles, military green exterior and interior, US spec. for $750.00; it was perfect. Must have been a few years older and the third seat was split/staggered laterally. I didn't need a car and didn't have any more garage space (didn't want it to go to hell outside) but I still regret not buying that thing. This one is as nice as it gets.....", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612217667, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5679857, "authorName": "AUDIologist", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/audiologist/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So much cool tech in these but, to be honest, I scrolled through all the pics just to see the jacket!\r\n\r\nShe's a beauty. GLWA", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612217671, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5679988, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A few observations from the excellent photos. The two coolant caps on the radiator/expansion tank are mixed up. The flat round cap goes on the radiator, and the pressure cap goes on the expansion tank. All of the equipment in the engine compartment looks to be original and correct.\r\nDo the headlamp washers work? The headlamp wipers should park to the inner edge of the lamp, so the arm is not obstructing the light.\r\nI can't believe how original this car is! At the top of the middle seat are to rubber straps to hook the top of the third seat back when it is deployed - these are almost always chewed off by a dog or small child! The gas tank under the third seat is a nicely protected location.\r\nThe coating on the load floor is in really great shape, usually a 95 has this stuff all messed up. But the small plastic handles to lift the third seat panels are broken. \r\nSome of the tools in the tool kit are not correct, but that SAAB/Bahco adjustable wrench is really cool. It opens wide enough to fit a 2 stroke spark plug and has a tire lever on the other end. Do you have any pictures of the middle seat folded down, and the area under the middle seat next to the spare tire? \r\nIt's a really sweet Saab!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612218370, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680002, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "$5,000 bid placed by JIMMY", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612218441, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5680099, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks @JIMMY you can see the wipers working in the Walk Around video in the gallery. Look for them to start at about 2:45 into the video towards the end. \r\n\r\nGood eye on the two caps. One of the great things about BaT is the intelligent commentary from many experts. We did take some shots of the seat fully down so will look to upload those as well for your information. \r\n\r\nAlso we would like to point out that this is NOT a restored car, rather a car that retains the original paint (we will upload photos showing meter readings taken today) AND it is also remarkably the original interior (we will also upload images showing in detail the stitching and material for review).", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612219035, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680258, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@JIMMY here are the pics you requested showing the spare tire, the seats folded down in the flat position, and the compartment area where the spare is located. These will also populate to the gallery.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612219657, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680365, "authorName": "Crazy_Swede", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazy_swede/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yah... nitpicking only here: dat's a Dutch plate on the back of da car, don't-ya-noh... Sven's and Gunilla's plates were white with black lettering and when they abandoned the \"l\u00e4nsbokstav\", (this car would have had \"BD\" for Norrbottens l\u00e4n, unless it was from the southern part of Lappland, which would then have been \"AC\" for V\u00e4sterbottens l\u00e4n - the partition is confusion to non-natives...) they were a light cream color with a combination of three letters and three digits - and you could no longer tell where the car was from, like Massachusetts or Vermont, or Maine... \r\nBut I absolutely love these... wish I had the money to buy it. GLWTA.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612220274, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680456, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@FantasyJunction - Thanks for the pics! The spare tire could be one of the original tires.\r\nThe headlamps have washers /squirters - I know the headlamp wipers move, but do the washers work? The rear side windows open at the top - do they function well?\r\nI did not think that was a Swedish plate, now we know it's Dutch! \r\nDoes it have a Montana plate to match the title?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612221110, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680491, "authorName": "Rideklein", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rideklein/", "bidAmount": 5500, "content": "$5,500 bid placed by Rideklein", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612221653, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5680647, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@JIMMY the car is licensed and titled in Montana. A Montana license plate (CXC 863) is issued for the car but the owner has retained the current license plates which as the @Crazy_Swede has pointed out is a Dutch plate, which is reflective of the previous dealer who brokered the car to the current and fourth owner.\n\nThis is a documented four-owner Saab which still proudly retains the original paint and factory interior just as it left the Trollhattan manufacturing facility in 1975. \n \nFirst licensed and registered in the far north Lapland province of Sweden, January 15, 1975 (44-YD-92 license plate), the car was owned by the same family, remaining in Sweden from 1975-2016. The second owner kept the car in Lulea, Sweden (126,528 kms) until he sold it to a resident of Bromma, Sweden in 2017 (126,782 kms). The current owner purchased the car through a dealer in the Netherlands in November 2018 (127,560 kms) and shipped it to California, arriving January 25, 2019. Currently the car shows 127,600 kms, approximately 79,000 miles. \n \nIn March 2019 the car was comprehensively inspected and serviced including hoses, fluids, brakes, tires, etc. A complete tune up was performed including a new distributor cap and rotor, new spark plug wires and spark plugs, new points, new heater hoses and connectors for the PVC system, a master battery cutoff switch was installed, Zerk fittings lubed, and new wiper blades installed. Brake inspection revealed 85% material remaining on front and rear brakes. The front passenger seat was removed and the seat track serviced and repaired to facilitate smoother operation. In September 2020 a new battery was installed. \n\nRegarding the washer function for the headlights. There is a T line that moves fluid from the fluid bag to the windshield hoses and sprayer mechanism for the headlight system. That T junction will need to be repaired as the fluid leaks out on the way to headlight washing duty. \n\nWe have not popped open either side of the rear glass to test the mechanism but we will do that and add photos to the gallery to confirm they open and the latches function as intended.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612224205, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680713, "authorName": "MDRB235", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mdrb235/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is really amazing! The condition is incredible, the wheels look great on the car and that roof rack is a piece of art. Good luck with your sale!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612224943, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680715, "authorName": "AJPerk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajperk/", "bidAmount": 6000, "content": "$6,000 bid placed by AJPerk", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612224966, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5680783, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Photos of the paint meter readings have been loaded to the gallery. \n\nPlease note that the numbers shown are consistent with readings that indicate original paint. The visual condition of the paint is very good overall with minor stone chips from use evident in the front fascia. These digital readings, careful review of the under and inner body panels, and statements from the original and previous owners confirm the originality of the body panels and factory paint.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612226503, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680793, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Also @JIMMY please note gallery image #281 which shows the headlight wiper mechanism parked in the inboard resting position.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612226692, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680807, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 7500, "content": "$7,500 bid placed by gsmith9215", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612226818, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5680832, "authorName": "Rideklein", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rideklein/", "bidAmount": 7700, "content": "$7,700 bid placed by Rideklein", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612227261, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5680872, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Bought the same car, earlier year, for $500 in 1981....\r\nNeeded the engine for my brother\u2019s 67 powder blue 96.\r\n\r\nThe wagons are super cool..\r\nWish I kept it to restore now...!\r\n\r\nThis snowmobile doesn\u2019t look like it ever saw even a mud puddle!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612227927, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680890, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "For those of you who have asked, we are posting more gallery images showing details of the seats and corner bolster stitched areas, particularly where the seams and stitch lines of the factory original cloth and vinyl are sewn together. These areas are often the first to separate from use. The factory stitching, cloth, and vinyl materials on this original interior all remain in excellent condition.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612228261, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680912, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I must have good taste. Everything I REALLY like, such as this Saab, goes way beyond my reach. Yeah, I'm whining. So what of it?", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612228546, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5680976, "authorName": "Beyfon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beyfon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Extremely nice and original Saab. \r\n\r\nThe car was originally titled in Moskosel, Norrbotten (which is in the Eastern part of Lapland) It is a very good location where cars just don\u2019t rust. Dry air, no road salt and frigid for 9 months of the year. I grew up not too far away, my parents still live up there. \r\n\r\nAbout the 220V block heater - standard equipment for that area. I\u2019d be surprised if there isn\u2019t an extension with an outlet in the passenger side footwell for an electric space heater too? -30 degrees? Well, these days it seems Global warming has had that effect that it rarely gets colder than that. Back when I was young we had periods with -40 to -45C every winter and the coldest I\u2019ve seen on a thermometer was -54C. Cars just won\u2019t start without the heaters. \r\n\r\nAs a PS I spoke this morning to my mom 86 years old and she had been to the dentist but as it was close to -30 she thought it was too cold for the car so she walked to the dentist instead!\r\n\r\nAbout the license plate, yes clearly a Dutch plate. But @Crazy_Swede is not correct about the original plates - the regional plates in Sweden disappeared in 1972. So this car would have had the neutral national plates with three letters and three digits that would have stayed with the car for as long as it was registered in Sweden. If you can find the number you can order detailed history transcripts from the Swedish vehicle registry.", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1612229725, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681005, "authorName": "IUsedtoLoveBMWs", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/iusedtolovebmws/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'll always remember my sister arriving for Christmas at our home in Vermont in the middle of a huge snow storm. It was around 1973 and two guys in a Saab 96 had driven her from college in Maine. They had a cup of coffee, turned around and went back. It was \"the Saab that saved Christmas\". I may have to bid on this.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612230304, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681006, "authorName": "Beyfon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beyfon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "One additional note, the soccer ball rims are not original to this car. They all had steel rims and hubcaps. These rims were only seen on the Sonett III. Not so sure I like that customization on a car as perfectly original as this one.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612230318, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681061, "authorName": "Pilott", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pilott/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Dobb You have encountered Assenheimer's Law: \"Your ability to afford any given vehicle is inversely proportional to your desire to own it.\" Bob Assenheimer was a Mechanical Engineer in New Jersey when I worked for Becton Dickinson. This law was created one morning over coffee. He has a second unique claim: He went airborne with me in my 1966 SAAB 95 2-stroke wagon when I launched it over a very cool & special \"jump bump\" in the road we knew about. SAAB 95's have coil springs at all four corners so they have no trouble with such maneuvers. Bob was in the back seat ... when he landed the impact broke one of the plastic seat pivot brackets that the front of the rear seat rests in. That afternoon we machined new ones from blocks of aluminum ... hehe! \r\nInteresting factoid: SAAB 95's were rated to carry 1/2 TON in the USA.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1612231146, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681151, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Beyfon Interesting comment about the soccerball wheels. You might be right, however, it's our understanding that the wheels were first made by an OEM manufacturer for Saab to offer as standard equipment on the Sonnet III series cars first in 1971, though not exclusively, and through production to 1974. \n\nThough standard on the Sonnet, the alloy 5 lug design (as shown on this 95 Wagon) absolutely fit other Saab cars, the 4 lug variant having also been developed for the early 70s series Saab EMS and GLWE. The 5 bolt wheels were found on 95, 96, and 97 models also in slightly different design variations, both in different widths and with different paint and finish treatment.\n\nThe history on this car states that it was ordered new with these wheels. It is possible that these wheels were special order since the car was ordered and purchased in Sweden and the purchasing owner might have specially requested it for their car.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612233036, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681197, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Dyam...now I crave lutefisk.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612233666, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681273, "authorName": "bikerkim", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bikerkim/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "my first car was a white saab 96, 1970 or 71, as i recall. lovely two door with that marvelous rear hatch and fold down seat that allowed me to treat it like a fastback station wagon. that 4-speed on the column and freewheel, combined with the spacious rear area, made my saab the perfect date night/drive-in movie car, to say the least. \r\noh, how i loved that car. i learned to drive with one hand quite well. this beauty is also going to be out of my league before it goes, but it\u2019s fun watching and reading...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612234893, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681493, "authorName": "NelsonSLC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nelsonslc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wouldn\u2019t a \u201875 model have the 1.7 litre engine?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612240725, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681571, "authorName": "Weasel_Atty", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/weasel_atty/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@NelsonSLC - only US models had the 1.7 as far as I recall. This is not a US model.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612245003, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681574, "authorName": "Pilott", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pilott/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@NelsonSLC, my understanding is the USA models had 1.7 liter engines with the burden of tuning & emissions equipment rendering their power output roughly equal to what the European 1.5 liter engines put out. No emissions equipment on the European cars so they retained the 1.5 liter units.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612245156, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681766, "authorName": "bartbarter", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bartbarter/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oddest. Styling. Ever.\r\n\r\nSuper cool. Good luck!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612271436, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681825, "authorName": "Beyfon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beyfon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@FantasyJunction - about the wheels, I have been proven wrong before but I'd say that there is about a 0% probability that the car came with these wheels. I never, ever, saw a 95 or 96 with these rims in Sweden. Saab 99 EMS yes, and Sonett III (which was very rare in Sweden as almost all were exported here to the US) but not the 96. (Some late 96 would come with Ronal wheels, but they were very different) And especially by 1975 and up in those remote areas of the country nobody would ever have aluminum rims. Fancy and fragile... This was a car that was bought for reliability and utility in an area where the radio and the block heater was about as far as anyone would go for fancy extras. \r\nBut never mind - they fit the 95/96 and a lot of people like them. I do too for a rally inspired 96 but I just think that the standard wheels would have made this awesome car more justice. I very well understand that many will disagree on that!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612272962, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5681910, "authorName": "upnatum", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/upnatum/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful example. I have a red Saab 95. Would make a nice pair. Interesting to see the radio under the center dash vent. Usually they are in the insertion the glove box but the location on this one seems to be a correct mount. \r\n\r\nSaabs of this vintage get more comments at cars and coffee than almost anything else. Even though many were made, few survive and everyone seems to have a story of having owned one or knowing someone who did. GLWS", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612274466, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5682379, "authorName": "therouj", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/therouj/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm not sure about whether or not the US version of the SAAB 95 ever had the 1.5 engine, but I seem to remember that the first Sonett's did have the 1.5 and was later offered with the 1.7. I have also heard that complete and new replacement engines can be secured in Germany! Probably urban legend though. I learned to drive on a 61 SAAB 96 and a 48 Willy's wagon. Those were the days when cars were cars and you could tell them apart. Lovely offering here.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612281775, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5682413, "authorName": "akrzczuk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/akrzczuk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a very, very cool SAAB -- and very rare: Can't remember the last time I saw a 95. GLWTA!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612282168, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5682897, "authorName": "bettis56", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bettis56/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That's a great running 95. I own a 96 and this car runs well. Looks great as well. The soccer ball wheels are not original but look great on this car.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612288354, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5683005, "authorName": "Dave322", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dave322/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I see that the car is in California, but can it be registered here? I know as a 1975 it is smog exempt, but are there any other requirements/restrictions? Thanks.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612289598, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5683398, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Dave322 We've previously mentioned it but it bears repeating... \n\nThis Saab cannot be titled in CA without extensive engine modifications through the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and even then, it would need to be smog tested on a regular basis. The last year these were legal in California was 1973. The Ford Taunus engine was never imported here therefore basically can\u2019t be made to pass without significant modifications to the original design.\n\nIt is eligible for sale to licensed California dealers, either wholesale or retail, or to an Out of State resident.\n\n@upnatum this car was delivered from the factory with a console mounted Phillips radio. This was a different option from the normally seen in-dash radios that were mounted in the glove box - you can see the original rectangular radio block piece that is mounted on the glove box door which is normally where other radios would have been installed.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612293111, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5683796, "authorName": "AJPerk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajperk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My uncle was always a Saab guy and I remember throwing a canoe on the roof of his green 95 many times going fishing in northern Minnesota. That was 30 plus years ago. As a young kid I remember asking him why the pedals were in the middle of the car.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612295175, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5684849, "authorName": "Elanguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/elanguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a beauty! Somebody clearly has a time machine! \r\n\r\n\"Freewheeling mode engaged prior to descent\"? Or do you mean the freewheeling was locked-out with the little handle on the floor?\r\n\r\nFreewheeling down long grades used to make me nervous in my 95. The key is to keep your speed up, as high as possible. Air resistance is your friend. And if you get behind a semi, pass it or pull over and stop. A working lock-out is a nice thing to have, mine didn't always work. But freewheeling is fun in it's own way. I liked having the option. In a way it's like the donuts in an Elan, you have to drive smoothly.\r\n\r\n@Beyfon \"too cold for the car\"? Definite comment of the day!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612300451, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5685192, "authorName": "Beyfon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beyfon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@upnatum - this radio mount was quite popular, I did not look close enough to see which version this is but the most common solution was where this held both the radio and the speaker. Made it very plug and play. \r\nAs for the radios, in Sweden they never came from the factory - at least not up until the early 1980's. It was however a most common dealer install (together with that block heater) My dad who had no interest in cars would make his final decision for what car to buy based on which dealer that would include the radio, heater and snow tires as freebies... (And even though there were Saab and Volvo branded radios the dealers typically never offered those but sold Philips or Blaupunkt instead, guess they had better margins that way) \r\nOne little side story relating to Saab and Philips radios - an uncle had a late 60's Saab 96, an early V4 car. He had a rare Philips radio that was dual voltage for both 12V and 220V and had a quick disconnect mount under the dash. It was not an anti-theft device, but rather a financial loophole. In Sweden up through the 60's there was an annual license fee for radios (just as they still have for TV) and at the time the fee was per radio. So by having that dual use radio he could use it both for the home and for the car on only one fee.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612301817, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5685273, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thank you @Beyfon for the clarification on the radio installation. To be more specific we should have said that the car was delivered new to the first owner with the Phillips console radio. This is a fine line with other vintage era cars that have radios, mirrors, and other items installed upon delivery to the dealer authority that releases the car to the first owner. \n\nThis process may also be part of how the car acquired the soccer ball wheels, which have been reported by the original owner and subsequent owners as new on the car when purchased.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612302269, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5685746, "authorName": "Beaglebreath", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beaglebreath/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had a one of these--a '71 in the same color--and the free wheeling is an interesting feature, but there is a learning curve. You have to be smart about engaging it when the car is moving, which may be why it gets locked out on some cars. With the freewheeling, mine could get 32 mpg back when the so-called mileage champ at the time, the VW beetle, would get 27. Best winter driving car I ever had, what with the front wheel drive, skinny 5.60x15 tires (which would slice right through deep snow), and excellent heat/defrost system. It would actually seat six people, too. This car is one of the nicest I've seen in a long time, and the new owner will be fortunate indeed. Best of luck with this beautiful 95.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612304294, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5685983, "authorName": "ringlord", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ringlord/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I for one am thrilled this car cannot be licensed in California as that reduces the number of potential bidders by about 40,000,000 and improves my odds substantially. Now to bid....", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1612305213, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5686178, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I know most of you don't want to make a Saab carbon footprint, so why don't you all back off, and let me do the dirty work. :)", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612306920, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5686279, "authorName": "Jacybiker", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jacybiker/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Any advice on the ethanol gas issue? I live in an area where there is no real gas within a 8 hour drive. Additives in a 95 wagon seems like discretion to an otherwise wonderful machine", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612308505, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5686301, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jacybiker - ethanol fuel is not much of an issue with these, just ditch the mechanical fuel pump on the engine and put an electric pump back at the fuel tank. Route the fuel line in the engine bay in the coolest place (away from coolant hoses and exhaust heat) and be prepared for poor hot starts. The carb should be jetted a bit richer too.\r\nIt's just a Ford cast iron motor, nothing exotic.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612308895, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5686333, "authorName": "ringlord", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ringlord/", "bidAmount": 8000, "content": "$8,000 bid placed by ringlord", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612309362, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5686433, "authorName": "Beyfon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beyfon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sorry for adding too many comments here... and now it is mostly speculation. The first owner was a Ms Rut Andersson who owned the car from 1975-2016, with the car doing only 2000 km from 1994-2000 and then sitting unused from 2000-2016. \r\n\r\nA lady named Rut was likely born in the 1920\u2019s, so she was around 50 when she bought this Saab. She was most likely single - obviously no kids have ever soiled this interior- but also because this is Moskosel Lapland. Nobody had more than one car in a family, and nobody would have a car registered to the wife. So if there\u2019s a lady on the registration I\u2019d wage quite a large sum that she was single. \r\n\r\nShe was also quite conservative. By 1975 this was an outdated car. It was not stylish, and they were actually rather expensive. She could easily have got an Opel Ascona or a Ford Taunus, perhaps a Toyota Carina or a VW Passat. She still got the 95, knowing that it was a reliable and sturdy car with a good heater and great handling in snowy conditions. Most likely she had owned one before - these cars had very loyal owners. \r\n\r\nBy the mid 90\u2019s she had gotten old and wasn\u2019t driving more than the occasional trip to the local health clinic and eventually moved to a retirement home and the Saab got sitting in its garage. After she passed away the car was sold off to someone in the not too distant town of Lulea (where my dear sister lives!) and this person flipped it selling to a buyer in Stockholm who in turn flipped it exporting it to the Dutch dealer. \r\n\r\nI should have been able to find more details but unfortunately the license plate number HGX809 had already been transferred to a new Renault so getting more of the ownership history would take more sleuthing than what I did.", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1612311106, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5686515, "authorName": "ringlord", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ringlord/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Beyfon OMG - you should have either been a novelist or a profiler with the FBI", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612312624, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5686520, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Charming dissertation @Beyfon and likely spot on with regard to the history of the first owner. In any case what transpired from her purchase was an otherwise very well kept car that never seems to have wanted anything more than proper cleaning and good general care. She appears to have put nearly all the known miles on the car and, given the condition, she was absolutely resolute about excessive exposure to anything that might have damaged it or caused the mechanical systems or structure to deteriorate. \n\nThe only detail you left out is her having penned a will that gave millions of Kronors to the local Saab motoring club.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612312766, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5686824, "authorName": "Beyfon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beyfon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I thought it would be possible to find more information on Ms Rut Andersson, but she certainly did not have a wealth of online information about her. But given that Moskosel had a total of 262 inhabitants a few years back, I'm pretty sure that it would be possible to contact anyone there to get more background info. The person who sold the car on, Jim Hakan Wallmark in Lulea can easily be contacted through hitta.se which is a website with all contact information to Swedes. \n\nAbout Ms Rut Andersson, it appears that I was off by 10+ years. There is a Rut Vilhelmina Andersson that was born Aug 27 1913 who passed away in September 2013 (shortly after her 100th birthday) It would seem highly unlikely that there would be two ladies with the same name in such a small place. And the quite unusual second name Vilhelmina would reasonably fit with the VI listed in the history page. So I think we can with some certainty assume that she was 61 when she bought this Saab.\n\nTo further add to the story, she is buried in the same grave as a Mr Jan-Ola \u00c4hlstr\u00f6m who was born 1931. Now we start having a story.. Ms Andersson apparently had a son at the age of 17, something that was a major issue back then. She seemingly then remained single, and as Mr \u00c4hlstr\u00f6m preceded her in death they are buried in the same spot. And there is a Ms Britt Inger \u00c4hlstr\u00f6m 77 years old living at Gamlebo 1 in Moskosel (The road address is literally \"The Old House 1\") - by the age quite likely Mr \u00c4hlstr\u00f6m's widow? So now we start having quite a back story as to why this car has remained in such unique condition.", "likes": 10, "timestamp": 1612317558, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5687394, "authorName": "ringlord", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ringlord/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It was summer of \u201976, attach-posted to the RAF and living in a small town in Lincolnshire, a few hours north of London, England. The family car was a 1966 Renault 16 with a 4-sp column shift. \r\n\r\nIt was a lovely summer afternoon and I\u2019d decided to take the Renault for a country drive when I spotted an interesting-looking \u201896\u2019 sitting outside a small Saab dealership. The resident salesman (likely owner, mechanic, parts person and book-keeper as well) approached and opened the car up for me. Shortly thereafter he offered me a drive. \u201cCertainly\u201d I replied with great excitement, and off we went. I recall being shown the free-wheel feature, activated, if memory serves, by a lever near the floor. I recall thinking the Saab wasn\u2019t as smooth as the Renault but fun to drive nonetheless. The column-mounted 4sp, at least, felt familiar.\r\n\r\nUpon our return, I informed the gentleman I would give the Saab some consideration, we exchanged pleasantries and he gave me a brochure.\r\n\r\nAbout twenty minutes later I pulled the Renault back into our driveway, thankful I had retuned home before the rest of my family.\r\n\r\nYou see, it wasn\u2019t me attach-posted to the RAF, it was my dad. My mum, dad and sister had been picked up that morning by some friends and taken out for lunch while I happily was left at home. \r\n\r\nI know all sounds rather dull and benign but, you see, I was only 15 years old, didn\u2019t have a driver\u2019s license, and my mum and dad had no idea I\u2019d stolen the family car for a couple hours.\r\n\r\nTo this day I have fond memories of that Saab and for my first-ever test-drive. I still have the brochure.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1612330754, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5687436, "authorName": "RussellS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/russells/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Beyfon You are a BaT hero! I'm watching this auction just because of you and your gum shoe investigation. I need this car like I need another hole in my head, but I can't stop watching. So, how much to track down my X and the Dino she drove off with north of Chitown back in '78? Never saw her or the car again, only miss the car. The story goes like this...", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612332931, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5687792, "authorName": "Trguy75", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/trguy75/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What an amazing Saab. No room in the stable, but love everything about this rig. What is the freewheeling? I grew up in the mountains and we used t just put the car in neutral going down the mountains to save gas. Made for a fun ride", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612360214, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5688285, "authorName": "Beyfon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beyfon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Trguy75 - free wheel was a left over from the initial 2-stroke engine SAAB, and something that existed on most 2-stroke cars. As they were lubricated by oil in the gas, if you would go down hills without keeping the throttle open there was almost no gas fed to the engine and thus also no oil and it was easy to seize the engine. Enter the free wheel that works like a bicycle. Under power it propels the car forward, but there is zero engine braking, as soon as you let off the throttle the car will just roll like if you disengaged the clutch. (This also allows for clutch-less shifting, you just let off the gas, and move to the next gear)\r\n\r\nSaab kept this feature also for the 4-stroke 95/96 and for the early 99 but now there was a lever down by the floor where you could lock it out. Unfortunately increasing power, torque and weight meant that the free wheel mechanism started to get too fragile, unless you knew to ease back on the throttle you could quickly break it. While it was kept for the 95/96 until the end, it was quickly discontinued on the 99 after it became a far too common sight to see the 99 stranded along highways waiting for the tow truck. (Now, I would argue that this was common for the 99 with or without the free wheel but that's a different story!)", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612366572, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5688300, "authorName": "jeff169", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jeff169/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "OMG, this is one of the coolest looking cars I've ever seen in my life!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612366732, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5688475, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is a fun Swede fest. I hope a Swede wins this car. If I had the means...\r\nMy great grandfather immigrated from Stockholm in the 1800's. Ended up with many others from his country in Holdrege Nebraska. Many an Anderson and Larsson in that town. A lot of sons, period. :)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612369019, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5688703, "authorName": "AJPerk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajperk/", "bidAmount": 9000, "content": "$9,000 bid placed by AJPerk", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612371429, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5689585, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We've added a set of photos showing the rear pop out window mechanism and the excellent seals revealed when in the open position. Somewhere in the earlier discussion it had been asked if they open and close easily - yes they do. \n\nWe're certainly enjoying the additional Swedish history here from @Beyfon regarding the mysterious Lady from Lapland and her adventures driving this Saab wagon through the snow. Perhaps you might find she was a soccer coach? Hence the wheels?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612379374, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5690896, "authorName": "Paul_B", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paul_b/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Grew up with these V4s in the family and they are truly great cars. We had a '68, a '71 and a '72, and then I bought a beat-up '70 for myself, all 96 sedans. I had a two-stroke wagon and several two-stroke sedans too. This is one of the best I've seen in a very long time. Mom, Dad and I found the 1.5 smoother, quieter, more rev-happy and more fun to drive than the 1.7 USA version installed from '71 on. The 1.7 was detuned and had lots of torque, like a tractor, and was boring. It also had a noisy 7-blade cooling fan and ran on regular gas where the 1.5 needed premium. \nTransmission in this car sounds great (that is, not noisy), the engine sounds very good, and the freewheel, thankfully, hasn't been neutered. Just lock it out for engine braking in the mountains and enjoy the clutch-free downshifts otherwise, especially in town. Good luck with the auction.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612385391, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5691347, "authorName": "Mark_Mitchell", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mark_mitchell/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "One of my first cars at the tender age of 15 was a beautiful Saab 93B with suicide doors. The seller told me it was the first Saab west of the Rockies - he had bought it on the East Coast and drove it cross country back to California in '58. He had stockpiled service parts to keep it on the road with no local dealers. I went through a flurry of other cars (including a Porsche Convertible D I still own) but still have a soft spot for these old Saabs. When I was in college I owned a 95 wagon much like this one, but it was yellow with green interior. Loved that car, but sold it to finance a solo trip around Europe in a Peugeot 404 wagon when I was 21!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612386954, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5693564, "authorName": "Rocketbill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rocketbill/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@FantasyJunction. Sorry to ask so late but where is the freewheel lever/button? This is an amazing car.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612407563, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5693652, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Rocketbill we're pretty sure a host of other sources here can explain the freewheeling feature better than we can but there is a T-handle on the right side of the steering column that you engage or disengage for the feature to be in or out of use. \n\nWhen the earlier Saabs used \"stroker\" engines freewheeling was a much more important feature as a means to maintain proper oiling for the engine. On this series engine it is still an interesting feature and, while purported to contribute to better MPG, it is otherwise not as critical to proper engine operation in this series Saab.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612409800, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5693888, "authorName": "Desmondo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/desmondo/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Paul_B graciously doesn\u2019t mention that one of the many Saabs owned by him and his family included a deep green 96 in fine condition. At the time, I owned a cream-colored 95 that suffered from extensive rust on the bottoms of the doors. My memory tells me that Paul\u2019s mother instructed him to get rid of the 96, whereupon Paul kindly invited me to swap out her doors for mine. (Yes, the dark green doors stood out against my otherwise cream-colored car. I told who asked about my car\u2019s odd appearance that it had been a police car in Sweden.)\r\n\r\nPaul\u2019s generosity didn\u2019t end there because soon we were swapping the dash and gauges, as well. Of course, as we were steadily upgrading my bedraggled 95, we were simultaneously leeching the life (or the appeal, anyway) out of his mother\u2019s car. \r\n\r\nIf that was the end of the story, I would not have bothered the rest of you with this tale. But, alas, things did not end well: it seemed (in my memory, anyway) that there had been a miscommunication between Paul and his mother and she was - understandably - quite put out upon discovering that her Saab had been butchered by us.\r\n\r\nI don\u2019t recall how - or if - I ever made it up to your sweet mother but allow me, old friend, and before this esteemed crowd of fellow-Saab lovers, to apologize for my part in your mother\u2019s trauma. Here we are, more than 40 years later, still in love with unusual cars (Panhards in your case, Citroens in mine) and, best of all, still friends.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1612416287, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5693932, "authorName": "Fammon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fammon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I bought a new 1972 96 and had it about 6 years and sold it. New transaxle- gave up at about 75k - my fault for not changing gear oil. Transaxle good for 250K if gear oil changed about every 20k. Missed the car and bought a 1973 96 two years later and had until about 2002. During the same time owned (could not pass one for the price when needed transaxle overhauled) 72- 95, 67-95 2 stroke, and another 72- 96. Only sold them because someone approached me to sell. My other passion is 356's Porches and have a 65SC coupe, Still miss the Saab's. Wish I still had one and room for one. Simple, extremely safe, roomy, stable handling little cars. Engineering wonders. Fantasy Junction sold one of my prior (not mine at the time) 356 Porsches that I heard went to Lichtenstein. I have heard good things about Fantasy Junction. Someone will end up with this beauty!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612417782, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5693969, "authorName": "BobD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ FantasyJunction : I've been playing with older Saabs for going on 50 years and I've never heard that the homeland cars continued with the 1500 V4. I believe this is a 1700. These engines were available through Ford commercial engines here in the US and fitted to field pumps, fork lifts, and other utility power applications. For many years you could get most engine parts through the local Ford commercial engine source. Take out your magnet and I believe you will find that the roof rack is steel as is the rusty one here in my shop. I don't know if there were any specific 'models' of the 96 that had the Soccerball wheels, but they were available as a dealer installed option on 96's here in the states. There were only two versions of the 5-bolt soccerball wheel, early in all aluminum finish, and later with the black painted accents. They are all the same width [ 4.5\" ]- unless you find a set of the custom modified Soccerballs fabricated by Jack Lawrence [ RIP ] of Motorsport Service in n\\New York. He would take two wheels and section part from each and precision weld them together into a 5.5 wide wheel with added material on the back of the centers to adjust the offset. They are mounted with extra long bolts. On the rear of a 95 Jack's wheels allow mounting of 195-65-15 tires with barely any clearance on either side.\r\nThis is a lovely example with later upholstery materials that the last USA imports didn't have. As far as I know all 95's had the rear third seat. Fammon - of PDX ? This is BobD of PDX.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612419458, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5694175, "authorName": "AAkron87", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/aakron87/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ya know, as I read all these comments, I realized that they were just a succession of Saab stories...", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1612442887, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5694240, "authorName": "HeavyTank77", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/heavytank77/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A - A Fold Down 3rd Row Seat\r\nW - Wagon\r\nE - Emerald Green\r\nS - Soccer Style Wheels\r\nO - Only One Ive Ever Seen\r\nM - Manual Transmission\r\nE - Everybody Wants This!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1612445274, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5694305, "authorName": "Paul_B", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paul_b/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Euro-market V4s were 1500s out to the end in 1980. You can still find them on European classic used car sites. Only North America got the 1700. The 1500 was advertised in the US as delivering 73 horsepower SAE; the 1700 was advertised with 65 horsepower.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612446424, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5694642, "authorName": "Beaglebreath", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beaglebreath/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Rocketbill The freewheel engage lever is a small T-handle normally located dead center under the dash, just underneath the heater blower outlet. It's hard to see in most interior photos of these cars, and this one is obstructed by the unusual radio location. The T-handle is pushed in for freewheel operation, and pulled out for \"normal\" driving. It's an interesting device. My mom had a '67 for quite a few years, and after she swapped it for a Honda Civic, she would step on the clutch pedal every time she slowed down because it seemed more \"normal\" to her.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612451378, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5694663, "authorName": "Beaglebreath", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beaglebreath/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Rocketbill The freewheel lever is visible here, photo 100, pulled out in the \"disengaged\" position, just to the right of the accelerator pedal. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-saab-95-wagon-5/", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612451781, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5695067, "authorName": "Rocketbill", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rocketbill/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Beaglebreath. Thanks for the information. Picture #114 shows the pedal assembly(and small black handle to the right), not #100.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612456419, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5695525, "authorName": "puck45", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/puck45/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My wife had a 72, 95 Wagon in this color when we met in 74, when I was driving a 72 Saab 99E. We refer to this as our \"Saab Story\". I don't think either of us paid more than $3,000 for these cars at that time. Fond memories of changing the points and plugs myself, having a dwell meter, feeler gauge, and a timing light. Also replacing the slave cylinder on the clutch! Oh, those were the days. This looks to be a really nice example, GLWTA!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612460632, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5695910, "authorName": "wdb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wdb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "We had a tatty 1968 95, white over black vinyl. I picked it up from a fellow in New Jersey who had gotten overzealous with the gasket goo when replacing the front crankshaft seal; said goo migrated to the oil pickup screen and starved the engine for oil. To this day it is the only V4 Saab I know of that had an engine failure. The motors are boat anchors.\r\n\r\nWe drove the heck out of ours, loading it to the hilt and taking Explorer Troop kids out into the boondocks, camping in the fields surrounding the Watkins Glen racetrack, etcetera. The compliant suspension, decent ground clearance, and utter lack of anything whatsoever under the car on which to catch stuff meant the car could meander through farm fields with abandon -- which ours did on occasion! We parted ways after one of the shock towers rotted out. I believe it was the single most smile inducing vehicle I have ever owned.", "likes": 7, "timestamp": 1612463874, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5696755, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Mercedes, BMW, and this Saab. The former two I skip over. The latter stops me in my tracks. I sense a storm brewing in 4 days.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612467483, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5696899, "authorName": "Beyfon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beyfon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Somehow I can't help coming back here to look at this awesome 95. Today two different notes:\r\n1/ As noted earlier, only the US cars got the 1700. European cars stayed with the 1500 engine until the end. There was one interesting exception that Saab actually sold some 96 \"1700S\" in 1974-75 - I have seen estimates of 150 cars - that were built by the factory Rally competition department. 90 hp, sport suspension, sport seats... \r\n2/ I often react to online gripes about how GM killed Saab. The reality was that first Scania and later GM kept Saab alive far longer than what otherwise had been possible. This car was built just about the time when a proposed merger between Volvo and Saab was nixed by the Swedish Government due to the too high market share they'd get in the Swedish market. But Saab never sold enough cars to make money. Because of the low production rates, and the very high labor time they took to assemble they were just too expensive. Here you had a relatively small, deeply outdated car - a 1.5 L engine, column shifter and a body that was launched in 1959. (I guess only the Beetle, the Mini and the 2CV were still similarly unchanged?) And it was expensive! Even in Sweden this Saab 95 would cost you the same as the base Volvo 242L. I checked German market prices, and you could get an Opel Rekord or Ford Granada Wagon cheaper than the Saab 95. If you wanted something sporty and compact you could get an Alfa Giulia TI cheaper than the Saab 95. So - by this time in history nobody would buy this car unless they very decidedly did not want anything else. \r\n\r\nSaab owners were a different breed - if you haven't read the book or seen the movie \"A Man Called Ove\" you ought to do that. Very much a Saab man! His beloved Saab is a more central theme in the book, but the movie is pretty good too!", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1612468075, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5697635, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My first Saab was a '73 95 in Carolina Blue. I bought it in 1982 for $600, it had 130k miles and bad brakes. I drove the crap out of that car,it was really fun. The next 95 was a red '68, eventually restored and painted 2 tone red and white. I used that one as a work truck with all my tools and parts in the back. (1,000 lb. cargo capacity!) after a bunch more Saab cars of various sizes, a 95 was given to me. A1971 version in dark green, rusty floors but a rebuilt engine. It had been sitting for about 25 years, but with gas and a battery it started and ran great. I sold it's engine to a customer, and then the whole car was sold to a teenager who needed a good 95 gas tank. 2 months later I was gifted a rusty '68 95.\r\nThey always seem to find me. These are a great car for camping.\r\nSaab owners did not buy cars, they bought Saabs.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1612470260, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5698088, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Watch this hit $30K+", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612471903, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5698208, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Since we've had this car as part of our inventory, staff, passers by, and various clientele have commented on it with similar fondness to the stories written here. \n\nSaabs seem to garner both national pride and personal connection to the owners and the times people have spent with them. Perhaps it was the fortitude in the snow, or the durability under harsh conditions, much like Sweden itself and their hearty population - maybe a survivor like this 95 Wagon conveys that connection. \n\nIn any case, we're enjoying the conversations around it and the expertise from contributors offered here in the comments section.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612472411, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5698654, "authorName": "daydreambeliever", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/daydreambeliever/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Couldn't agree more with @Beyfon! Beautiful wagon for any man called Ove and/or his female counterpart! GLWTA!!!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612474335, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5700279, "authorName": "HavanaClub", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/havanaclub/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That is in incredibly great shape! I think these SAABs are going to get rarer and rarer now that SAAB is no longer around. The lack of current brand recognition lets people forget how great these little cars are. Somebody will get a nice fun car here. \nMy dad had a 96 Montecarlo and a 96 V4 (so very similar to this one.) They were built like tanks, and although more expensive than other cars like Beetles, were actually much sturdier. Unfortunately, my dad ended up in a crash and rolled the 96 V4. No damage to him but the other cars surprisingly didn't look as well off as the 96.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612481771, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5700399, "authorName": "McKim", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mckim/", "bidAmount": 11000, "content": "$11,000 bid placed by McKim", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612483265, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5700403, "authorName": "McKim", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mckim/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great video", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612483317, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5700845, "authorName": "1978SaabWagon95", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/1978saabwagon95/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "In 67 years of my life I never in all my life ever saw a factory condition 1975 Saab Wagon 95 like I\u2019m seeing in this auction. I have a 1979 Saab 96 that was imported from Sweden to Canada where I bought it from the fellow who imported it from Sweden. I look under the car today and to my surprise the vehicle I purchased has no rust any where on the floor", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1612490286, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5700959, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thank you @1978SaabWagon95 we too were as surprised to see the quality and level of originality of this example when we brought it into the showroom in preparation for sale. The impressive original paint, original interior, and superb cohesive look of this car is really quite satisfying. \n\nThe condition is both a tribute to the quality of the cars Saab built during this period and the level of care each of the owners offered to the car from the first long term owner (1975-2016) to the three subsequent owners who have continued the preservation to the level seen today.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612491823, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5701147, "authorName": "AJPerk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajperk/", "bidAmount": 14000, "content": "$14,000 bid placed by AJPerk", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612494507, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5701229, "authorName": "ringlord", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ringlord/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "All bidders take immediate note! You are going to pay a premium for this car because the highly valuable Saab jacket is included in the sale. The jacket is euro size 'medium' which is more like an American size 'small', suitable for people between 5'5\" and 5'6\" tall and 145 to 150 lbs. If you do not fit within these guidelines, you will be paying over market value for this car yet not be able to fully enjoy the value of your spend. My selfless recommendation is that you NOT bid on this car unless you are within the specified height and weight range.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1612495756, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5701231, "authorName": "ringlord", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ringlord/", "bidAmount": 14500, "content": "$14,500 bid placed by ringlord", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612495762, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5701929, "authorName": "green96v4", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/green96v4/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Jacket, roof rack, overmats and stereo housing are all very desirable period extras (and the curiosity of the headlight wipers, a benefit of the Euro headlights - SAAB never engineered them for the round US-spec headlights, which are desirable on the other side of the pond - always about what you don't have!!)\r\n\r\nI'm watching this one with interest - GLWTS", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612533051, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5702462, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ringlord \r\nI wear American size 42. So count me out. Thanks for the head's up. You're quite the humanitarian. :)", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1612540553, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5702860, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "That L88 Corvette will get some eyeballs today, but this car will be the Star in 3 days.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612544859, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5704042, "authorName": "Arash", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/arash/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This car was so ahead of its time.\r\nand 7 seats in that tiny footprint!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612552112, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5707064, "authorName": "Frank_Barrett", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/frank_barrett/", "bidAmount": 14750, "content": "$14,750 bid placed by Frank_Barrett", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612567508, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5707062, "authorName": "Frank_Barrett", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/frank_barrett/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Very few cars on BaT make me think, \"Damn, I ought to buy this,\" but here is definitely one of them.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612567540, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5707167, "authorName": "Davidboco", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/davidboco/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Totally agree Frank - this is the one to get - so original and unique - it just blows me away - whoever buys this is getting a gem\r\nIt'll go for a pretty penny but so worth it\r\nI too just keep coming back to this listing to view it again and again", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612569174, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5707312, "authorName": "bikern8", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bikern8/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Photo 20, pure auto art!!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612572087, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5707463, "authorName": "AJPerk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajperk/", "bidAmount": 16000, "content": "$16,000 bid placed by AJPerk", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612574248, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5707655, "authorName": "rehpot", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rehpot/", "bidAmount": 16500, "content": "$16,500 bid placed by rehpot", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612577592, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5708039, "authorName": "rustypoet", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rustypoet/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A work of art, this car.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612585965, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5708335, "authorName": "AJPerk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajperk/", "bidAmount": 18000, "content": "$18,000 bid placed by AJPerk", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612615945, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5708683, "authorName": "caferacer59", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/caferacer59/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice. From back When Saab had their own design identity.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612623695, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5709625, "authorName": "khittner", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/khittner/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My very first car, in college in 1979 or \u201880, was a red \u201868 95. I drove it for a couple of years, and it could go through snow, even on its terrible Bandag retreads, that left rear-drive cars stuck and spinning. Even then, there was precious little dealer or parts support, and I think it was either a rusted radiator, or the price of a valve job to deal with unleaded gas, that ended its brief career as my sort-of daily driver. You could pile a bunch of undergrads into it, that\u2019s for sure.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612640578, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5709882, "authorName": "Monkeybomb888", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/monkeybomb888/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is built in the year I was born! I think that this is one of the most amazing vehicles I\u2019ve seen on BAT in a long time. I\u2019m going to be watching this one closely. The jacket is a nice touch too... if I can\u2019t win the bid, would you part with the jacket as a parting gift??! ;)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612645932, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5710054, "authorName": "Bobbytriumph", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobbytriumph/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This wonderful SAAB has created not so much an exciting auction, which it will be, but a cathartic bonding experience where people can post their Saab stories (pun intended) and go back to a time when motoring was simpler; cars from the different nations truly displayed their national character, and we were all 45 years younger or not even here. What is so interesting is that there will be the thrill for someone of the big win! Then what? Since 2016 the car has changed hands and nationalities but no one has been able to make the emotional ownership connection with the car. What do I do with it? Do I drive it, causing deterioration or is it a museum piece for my own garage? My own Saab 95 wagon is very immaculate, but nothing like this. A high quality repaint and quality upholstery work on tired front seats and even my Ashcraft improved rebuilt engine are not the equivalent of a perfectly preserved original. Having one of the best 95s around, I still envy this beauty. But after the novelty wears off of the flocks of gum chewing and curious admirers at Cars and Coffee and the envious attendees at multi marque car shows spotting you amongst the Saab 99 Turbos, and Sonetts and nodding approval while they ogle 1800 ESs and a couple other notable Swedes, what do you do? Psychologically we have all been transported to a time in our youth when we owned or knew an owner of a Saab of some sort and had incredible memories of the time. Be cautious that ownership of the car will not create that time again. I have been trying hard to do that. I drove a new Sonett 3 through grad school then later got a 9000 for its safety. Most recently a wonderful sport combi was extensively enjoyed as it had a rare 5 speed. These cars made the connection because they met my automotive needs. My hope for this amazing 95 is that someone will realize it WANTS to be a car and not an objet d'art. The lack of a connection may be from fear. If you fear spoiling the car then you won't drive it. Especially not how it needs to be driven. It is a car, after all and whatever it sells for it may be worth but only if we remember that it is a car and should be enjoyed as such. It will simply be too sad if it shows up on BAT again in a year with barely 1000 new miles on. Saab is sadly gone but GM didn't kill Saab. We killed Saab by buying cars that addressed what we thought were needs. This 95 wagon will drive great in snow, but it is not all wheel drive. You will be toasty warm in the winter, but not from a heated , power adjustable seat. You can have music but not from a 12 speaker Bose/Harmon Kardon stereo. You can haul lots of stuff in the back but you will lift the tailgate yourself ; you'll roll the window down yourself; hopefully you will change the oil and filter yourself (it takes about 7 minutes all in). Everyone bid wildly and recklessly to win this car, but when you do, enjoy it. Celebrate it. Look at what you got that won't be around again for a long time. Saabs are and always have been very special cars and these 95 wagons , the Sonetts , and many of the others, speak to a time when cars were not homogenized; they had flavor and color and character. Win it for all the right reasons and bond with it. DRIVE IT!", "likes": 16, "timestamp": 1612649798, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5710395, "authorName": "Tomcat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomcat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@bobbytriumph - well spoken! My experiences with a 67 95 850 GT and a 69 95 V-4 ( and a few 96's) take me to the same place. Haul anything you want. Carry three couples to crazy college parties. Tear it up in the woods on two tracks. And just about unstoppable in the snow with proper tires. \r\n\r\nI can see my bike rack on the roof headed to the next mountain bike adventure with a cooler and lunch just a hatch opening away. \r\n\r\nOr to the hill with skis and snowboards on the roof. \r\n\r\nOr hauling a replacement engine for my 914. \r\n\r\nAll of which I did in college back in the early 80's. \r\n\r\nPerhaps time to relive all those memories with this beauty?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612659666, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5710454, "authorName": "Al_T", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/al_t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Bobbytriumph ... Having owned 2stroke and V4 SAABs beginning in 1969 with a '60 93f I can heartily with all you have said with only one exception; some of the late 60s and newer V4s did have heating elements in the front seat cushions and very welcome here in the Northeast.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612661558, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5710628, "authorName": "Bobbytriumph", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobbytriumph/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Al_T i\u2019m glad you clarified and thank you for your nice note. I split time between California and Vermont and heated seats are absolutely mandatory. I think the Saab 900 I drove from California to Vermont in the 80s is still alive! I was kind of taking my shot at power tailgate power adjustable seats power windows and all the other accessories the cars are loaded down with these days.I do miss the national character of the cars when you could always tell if something was from Sweden, or Italy, or France or wherever else such characteristic cars came from. This one\u2019s really a joy. I just sincerely hope the new owner is buying a car, not a piece of art or some kind of investment.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612668009, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5710647, "authorName": "Paul_B", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paul_b/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Bobbytriumph My folks had a '72 96 -- their third 96 -- and it had heated front seats. Dad liked them a lot in the Albany, NY winters!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612668839, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5710656, "authorName": "Paul_B", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/paul_b/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Desmondo, whatever miscommunication there was is all in the distant past. The car was donated to my mom's mechanic anyway, who wanted the engine, as Mom had gotten into a front end collision with it. I suppose I could have fixed it, but I was afraid it would never line up right. We saved the transmission, which I used in a '70 V4. All is well that ends well, and here we are, still enjoying life and musing over classic Saabs and their irresistible pull on those of us who understand.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612669398, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5710668, "authorName": "jcp911s", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jcp911s/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oh god... SAAB DNA... 99, 900T, SPG, 9000, Sonnet III..... confession... mea culpa.... I dreamed of a 2-stroke 93, but woke up in time..... in a cold sweat.\r\n\r\nThis just screams SAAB.... somebody's going to get a strong cup of SAAB.... no cream, no sugar.... just SAAB\r\n\r\n but it won't be me...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612670181, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5710680, "authorName": "Alfonso", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alfonso/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@FantasyJunction will it be possible to register this car in California as-is?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612670613, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5711502, "authorName": "MMMMM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mmmmm/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love the matching gas cap to the wheels", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612716852, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5711550, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Alfonso We\u2019ve previously mentioned this but it bears repeating\u2026\r\n\r\nThis Saab cannot be titled in CA without extensive engine modifications through the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and even then, it would need to be smog tested on a regular basis. The last year these were legal in California was 1973. The Ford Taunus engine was never imported here therefore basically can\u2019t be made to pass without significant modifications to the original design.\r\n\r\nIt is eligible for sale to licensed California dealers, either wholesale or retail, or to an Out of State resident.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612718064, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5711800, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Tomorrow, \"Get ready to rumble!\" and as Ed S. would say, It's going to be a \"Reely big shew!\"", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612723196, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5711984, "authorName": "Rumblefish", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rumblefish/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This brings back memories of living in Stowe'76-'82. Had a blue '68 w/ sticky blue treads on the winter tires which would go ANYWHERE in the snow. Got a real job, moved south and sold it to a local friend who drove it til it rusted away (his fault, not mine!) He sold the V4 to a saw mill and the last I heard, around 2006, it was still running!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612727857, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5712123, "authorName": "BobD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A bit of info from the crazy guys Saab network - in which I participate.\r\nFrom a long time Saab guy in Sweden : He owned this car for a short period and added the soccerball wheels that he brought from the USA. Evidently the Soccerball wheels were not offered in Sweden. They came on Sonetts which were only briefly offered in Sweden.\r\nHome market only got the 1700 V4 in a few special edition cars, all others were 1500 through the end of production. He has come to North America periodically to gather Saab cars and parts to pack a container to ship back to Sweden. These wheels could have come from my stash as I sold him several sets a few years ago.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612731384, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5712791, "authorName": "Al_T", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/al_t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@BobD .... Those wheels also could have come from my stash as well, as I sold \" he who shall not be named\" several sets probably 3 -3 1/2 years ago. That was in a moment of weakness. I could use a set now.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612759998, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5713074, "authorName": "Sandman4x4", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sandman4x4/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Long time ago, like in 1967, I was a crazy energetic risk taking 12 year old. Growing up spending my summers with my great family, on Great Island, that\u2019s actually a n island with bridge access, in Narragansett Rhode Island. Back then there were still dirt roads an not much traffic, with a police sighting was extremely rare. An older boy in our \u201cgang\u201d, was a member of one of the local families, whose mom had a fairly new at the time, Saab 95? That was a two door wagon, just like this one, but in dark blue, with grey interior. But I do remember the engine was a small three cyl two-stroke! That we had to mix the gas and oil in! But being on a island, we all had small boats with two-stroke outboards, so mixing gas wasn\u2019t that unusual. An older cousin of mine, who raced two-stroke boats, told me about a special oil they used, that smelled sweet and help the engine run better. So my friend tried it! From then on that little wagon didn\u2019t smoke so bad or smell bad! We used to all pile in, about 8 of us, all from 10-16 years old, not a license between us! My Mom had a 1964 Rambler American 220 coupe, that only had a flathead six, I think it was 190 ci? With an automatic! Very slow! We used to race all over the island, till one summer we came back, and there was a big push to pave more roads! With that came more police patrols! !", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612792091, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5713169, "authorName": "RoundHeadlights", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/roundheadlights/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Amen @Bobbytriumph Indeed I do love these old Saabs. Had two of them in my youth (each cost $300 and ran great for years in the snowbelt). Brings back memories of how much fun the light, efficient, practical cars of decades past (nearly 50 years? time flies) can be. And those V4 engines are just the perfect match to the 4-speed on-the-tree. Hope the new owner drives this beauty.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612795028, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5713224, "authorName": "ShineOn", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/shineon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Shoot Rats! Mr. @BaT (and Mr. @FantasyJunction) - no sooner do I figure out, and spend hours looking for, what car I want to buy from you - along comes this Saab to trick and tempt.\nAlthough I was in love with my '85 SPG and '90 SPG, this Saab would rekindle the romance for the remainder of my time.\nThank you very much - ShineOn YCD's", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612796386, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5713244, "authorName": "Usjimbob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/usjimbob/", "bidAmount": 18250, "content": "$18,250 bid placed by Usjimbob", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612796726, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5713337, "authorName": "clearperson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clearperson/", "bidAmount": 18500, "content": "$18,500 bid placed by clearperson", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612798315, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5713433, "authorName": "Batcraycray", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/batcraycray/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Emerald Green and funky as hell got me to open the door, the comments have been a great appetizer and I am looking forward to the dinner show to end this auction. \r\nThanks @fantasyjunction for bringing us this gem. I had a chance to stroll through your showroom 4 years ago, an amazing jaw dropping, eye candy experience. GLWTA!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612799634, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5713838, "authorName": "VolvoguyKC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/volvoguykc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "4 on the tree is strong. GLWA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612804877, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5713825, "authorName": "Mikeadams", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikeadams/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My first car when I was 16 years old was a 1963 Saab Monte Carlo GT850 Saab 96 and I was overall ice racing champ first year in the nonstudded class. All the old timers swore it was my hakkapeliitta tires that made me win. So the next year they all were sporting the same tires and I still beat them. It was an amazing ice racing car. Couldn't hold your fingers in front of heater vents or it would burn your fingers.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612804916, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5714009, "authorName": "speedy20", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/speedy20/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I would have loved to add this machine to my little collection to share a garage with the ex Pat Moss/Erik Carllson Sonett.\r\nIn another life!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612807234, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5714043, "authorName": "J.Lush", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/j.lush/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@BobD - I'm wondering if the person that added the soccer ball wheels is the same person that was/is responsible for bringing many other rare Saabs to this continent? I was fortunate enough to obtain an amazing Swedish market 99 Turbo from the person I'm thinking of several years ago. This 95 checks so many boxes in the \"want\" column.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612807700, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5714071, "authorName": "BobD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@J.Lush - My experience with this Swede has all involved him gathering cars and parts to go to Sweden, not bringing them here. But trading both directions makes sense.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612808169, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5714081, "authorName": "SaabSnob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/saabsnob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612808322, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5714111, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 19000, "content": "$19,000 bid placed by gsmith9215", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612808685, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5714117, "authorName": "J.Lush", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/j.lush/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@BobD - Hard to know if we're talking about the same person without naming names - and it's impolite to kiss and tell... But Saabs do seem to attract individuals as quirky as the cars themselves. @FantasyJunction - Do you have connections for transport?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612808776, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5714261, "authorName": "jcp911s", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jcp911s/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "You know what they say. \"you can't spell 'eccentric', without S-A-A-B\"\r\n\r\nNo, wait, that doesn't't work.... let me get my Roget's and get back to you.... ahhh... OK...\r\n\r\n\"A\"ntidi\"S\"esta\"B\"lishment\"A\"rianism.... see it all works...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612810505, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5714607, "authorName": "jcp911s", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jcp911s/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Remember SAABs were developed by aircraft engineers after WWII.... so if people who had never seen a car before were handed the design requirements.... it would be a SAAB....\r\n\r\nThey were relentlessly aerodynamic before anybody had ever heard of it....\r\n\r\nThe had FWD a decade before Alec Issigonis designed the \"breakthrough\" Mini... still the gold standard for efficient packaging....\r\n\r\nThough loud, smelly, and horribly polluting, 2-stroke engines are very efficient from a HP vs Cost and Weight perspective... bottom line.... efficient.\r\n\r\nEven the much ridiculed \"free-wheeling\" transmission makes total sense if you drive on snow and ice... (which they seem to do in Sweeden).... lifting the throttle creates retarding torque on the drive wheels, which can cause them to break traction .... \"free-wheeling\" prevents this...\r\n\r\nSAABs were so relentlessly rational, that nobody understood them.... that's why they are so cool.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612812763, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5714678, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@J.Lush we have many reliable transport vendors (both domestic and international) that we are happy to recommend to our customers. We will also assist with arrangements for safe loading and departure along with the extras when the car is ready for delivery to its next home. \n\nSaabs are among the most beloved of cars, particularly the earlier cars that built the reputation for reliable transportation in a country with relentless snow, ice, and rugged driving conditions. As the numerous stories posted here further attest there is an admirable charm about the non-conformist modesty that seems to be built into each Saab. \n\nModesty aside, considering the diverse culture of Sweden, the very same country that built the Saab is the home of the mighty Koenigsegg and their powerful hypercars. At one time Koenigsegg made efforts to purchase Saab from GM when under their ownership. That could have been quite amazing.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612813411, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5714963, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@J.Lush not knowing where you are located specifically, it might be helpful to know that we did obtain a quote for a previous inquiry on transport for this car from Emeryville, CA to Chicago which came in at $1200.00 open and $2500.00 enclosed.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612814898, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715218, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As we come into the final hour on this auction we want to remind bidders:\r\n\r\nThis Saab cannot be titled in CA without extensive engine modifications through the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The car would also have to be smog tested on a regular basis. The last year these were legal in California was 1973. The original Ford Taunus engine in this car was never imported for US markets therefore basically cannot be made to pass without significant modifications to the original design.\r\n\r\nThis car IS eligible for sale to licensed California dealers, either wholesale or retail, or to an Out of State resident.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612816683, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715261, "authorName": "J.Lush", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/j.lush/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@FantasyJunction - Thanks. It's been a couple of years since I've had a car shipped. At that time it seemed like figuring about $1 per mile was a good rule of thumb for enclosed which jives with your Emeryville to Chicago estimate. I'm about halfway between those points where many Scandinavians homesteaded to make a new life on the American plains.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612816954, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715276, "authorName": "clearperson", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/clearperson/", "bidAmount": 19250, "content": "$19,250 bid placed by clearperson", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612817043, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715289, "authorName": "J.Lush", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/j.lush/", "bidAmount": 19500, "content": "$19,500 bid placed by J.Lush", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612817144, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715355, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The lead Saab engineer for the 95 wagon project had previously worked on the design team for the J35 Draken, a mid fifties mach 2 fighter jet. \r\n Some at Saab were concerned about the aero properties of the 93, mostly that it was airfoil shaped and would start to fly at higher speeds. So under the guise of making a family truckster the Saab engineers built a true rocketship, complete with Rocket fin tail lights and the tail gunner rear seat.\r\nNothing even comes close!", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1612817581, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715387, "authorName": "Usjimbob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/usjimbob/", "bidAmount": 19750, "content": "$19,750 bid placed by Usjimbob", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612817844, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715420, "authorName": "Usjimbob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/usjimbob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Always very cool \ud83d\ude0e", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612818035, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715422, "authorName": "AJPerk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajperk/", "bidAmount": 20000, "content": "$20,000 bid placed by AJPerk", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612818043, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715454, "authorName": "AsherSPG", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/asherspg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I'm drooling over this SAAB, I can't wait for some rain this week to wash off the salt so I can go for a spin in my 93B! An old SAAB properly sorted will bring many years of enjoyment to its owner, I just hope this one gets driven! Drop us at the Vintage Saab Club a line, we will send you some Vintage SAAB Parts info so you can keep scooting down those dirt roads!", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1612818218, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715474, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "As we come into the final minutes of this auction please consider this, especially if you are a new bidder to BaT auctions:\r\n\r\nBaT auctions adds an additional 2 minutes to the remaining auction clock with each new bid after the 2 min mark has been hit. This allows the next bidder 2 more minutes to increase the bid, should they choose to do so.\r\n\r\nHOWEVER...Depending on your location and internet speed, internet delays, bandwidth, and signal strength can delay your bid from being received. \r\n\r\nBe sure to place your bid with enough time on the clock. Last second bidding offers no strategic advantage on BaT auctions and may result in your bid not being received before closing. We've seen it happen before especially on no reserve auctions. \r\n\r\nGood luck to all bidders", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612818377, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715531, "authorName": "J.Lush", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/j.lush/", "bidAmount": 20250, "content": "$20,250 bid placed by J.Lush", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612818800, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715551, "authorName": "AJPerk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajperk/", "bidAmount": 21000, "content": "$21,000 bid placed by AJPerk", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612818907, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715566, "authorName": "Usjimbob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/usjimbob/", "bidAmount": 21250, "content": "$21,250 bid placed by Usjimbob", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819011, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715576, "authorName": "AJPerk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajperk/", "bidAmount": 22000, "content": "$22,000 bid placed by AJPerk", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819054, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715579, "authorName": "RussellS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/russells/", "bidAmount": 23000, "content": "$23,000 bid placed by RussellS", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819082, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715580, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 26000, "content": "$26,000 bid placed by gsmith9215", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819094, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715589, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Go Mr. Smith! Go little Saab!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1612819141, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715604, "authorName": "RussellS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/russells/", "bidAmount": 26500, "content": "$26,500 bid placed by RussellS", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819238, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715605, "authorName": "Crazy_Swede", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazy_swede/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The spirit of Ove lives on!", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1612819246, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715607, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 27000, "content": "$27,000 bid placed by gsmith9215", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819253, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715621, "authorName": "RussellS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/russells/", "bidAmount": 27500, "content": "$27,500 bid placed by RussellS", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819349, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715624, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 28000, "content": "$28,000 bid placed by gsmith9215", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819378, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715625, "authorName": "RussellS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/russells/", "bidAmount": 28500, "content": "$28,500 bid placed by RussellS", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819408, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715627, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 29000, "content": "$29,000 bid placed by gsmith9215", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819418, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715635, "authorName": "RussellS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/russells/", "bidAmount": 30000, "content": "$30,000 bid placed by RussellS", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819468, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715636, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 30500, "content": "$30,500 bid placed by gsmith9215", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819477, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715648, "authorName": "VolvoguyKC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/volvoguykc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It's amazing to think these were once top-tier rally cars", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819543, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715649, "authorName": "RussellS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/russells/", "bidAmount": 30750, "content": "$30,750 bid placed by RussellS", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819558, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715659, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 31000, "content": "$31,000 bid placed by gsmith9215", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819611, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 5715660, "authorName": "NelsonSLC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nelsonslc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Loving this bidding", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819613, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715666, "authorName": "Bobbytriumph", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobbytriumph/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yumpin Yimini Marta lookie at dat Saab go!!!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612819652, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715674, "authorName": "FunWithCars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/funwithcars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It\u2019s the flight jacket. Seriously.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819703, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715676, "authorName": "Alfonso", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/alfonso/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Remember, the Saab jacket is included...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819717, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715680, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 2/8/21 for $31,000 to gsmith9215", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819733, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 5715683, "authorName": "Bobbytriumph", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobbytriumph/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Fat guy in a little coat.........", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612819744, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715686, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "it really wasnt the jacket...lol...sold my 1967 back in September and miss it terribly", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1612819772, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715690, "authorName": "Justlookn", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/justlookn/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Fun auction. Way to go @gsmith9215", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819795, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715692, "authorName": "NelsonSLC", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nelsonslc/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow, great auction and it makes me feel good to see this great wagon so appreciated!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819798, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715693, "authorName": "J.Lush", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/j.lush/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats @gsmith9215. Give her lots of love.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612819801, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715696, "authorName": "RussellS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/russells/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@gsmith9215 Congradulations", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1612819813, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715699, "authorName": "Bobbytriumph", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobbytriumph/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "DRIVE THAT 95!!!!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612819825, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715701, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks Russell, that really was my last bid...lol", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1612819833, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715704, "authorName": "FunWithCars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/funwithcars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@gsmith9215\r\n\r\nThat\u2019s a pretty believable story so you\u2019re excused. Enjoy your new Saab.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612819857, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715705, "authorName": "Fitzgerald", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fitzgerald/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Love her dearly, my heart is broken ;-)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612819858, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715707, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Car coming to the Catskills to join the rest of my collection", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1612819861, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715711, "authorName": "FantasyJunction (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fantasyjunction/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congratulations @gsmith9215 on your purchase. You have won the bidding on a fantastic preservation grade Saab 95 Wagon. \r\n\r\nThanks to everyone who contributed to our auction including the many detailed technical comments and personal stories of these wonderful cars. Looking forward to bringing another car to BaT auctions in the near future.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612819871, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715731, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks FantasyJunction, i will be in touch, working on enclosed shipping now", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612819967, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5715737, "authorName": "RoundHeadlights", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/roundheadlights/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Ole and Lena sure be proud.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612819996, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5716430, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "\"30K+\"\r\nI should be an appraiser!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612822811, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5716923, "authorName": "Type5314", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/type5314/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Worth every Krona, and then some. This is a machine you can simply look at and have fun. Plus, you can Drive It!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612825088, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5717145, "authorName": "cb1", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cb1/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Holy smokes, $31K! I love it, but know nothing of them, and had no idea this would go that high. Congrats to seller and buyer!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612828214, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5717184, "authorName": "AJPerk", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ajperk/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats @gsmith9215! That is a beauty!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612828866, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5717196, "authorName": "Al_T", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/al_t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@gsmith9215....The Catskills? I'm on the south shore of the Ashokan Reservoir in Olive. Long time SAABophile w/ 93f project car and lots of V4 parts from years of collecting, not that this jewel needs anything. Congratulations and please look me up. Seriously.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612829119, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5717267, "authorName": "gsmith9215", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gsmith9215/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Live in the village of Catskill. gsmith9215 at aol for com", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1612830548, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5717362, "authorName": "Al_T", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/al_t/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@gsmith9215 I know the village intimately. Restored a Victorian house there off Main Street, and another building on Main Street.\nI'm just southwest of Woodstock.\natirella at hvc dot rr dot com", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612832200, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5718088, "authorName": "RogerD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rogerd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Dang. Another nice car I\u2019ll never afford.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612847436, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 5718650, "authorName": "Crazy_Swede", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazy_swede/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Don't know what the sticker price was back in '75, but according to the on-line inflation calculator I found, 2021 of $31,000.00 equals (to the best of my knowledge) 1975 of $6,215.00. Seems like it kept its value, right? :-)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1612881892, "type": "comment"}]