[{"id": 3354566, "authorName": "wdb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wdb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had a 1968 Saab 95, white over gray. It was one of the most entertaining vehicles I have ever owned. I love the underside picture -- there's nothing under there! What a car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1560807890, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3354578, "authorName": "PMB-BTR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pmb-btr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Gorgeous!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560808025, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3354601, "authorName": "ekmcmullen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ekmcmullen/", "bidAmount": 1450, "content": "$1,450 bid placed by ekmcmullen", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560808187, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3354668, "authorName": "Seacoastnh", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/seacoastnh/", "bidAmount": 1559, "content": "$1,559 bid placed by Seacoastnh", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560808813, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3354704, "authorName": "robert_rader", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robert_rader/", "bidAmount": 1700, "content": "$1,700 bid placed by robert_rader", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560809148, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3354738, "authorName": "golfR", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/golfr/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "well done in every way- not sure why you'd part with it after all that, but happy to see it here", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1560809667, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3354740, "authorName": "Elanguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/elanguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Amazing workmanship finish. It should be a hoot to own and drive. Neither of my 95s looked anything like this, from the factory they were quite a bit more spartan and mine were not \"from the factory\", though they were nice enough.\r\n\r\nIt will be interesting to see where this one goes, though I would guess that sticking with an original paint color would have helped the final bid price.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560809717, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3354747, "authorName": "whiplash", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/whiplash/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great drive-in movie car! :)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560809797, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3354778, "authorName": "RickEvans", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rickevans/", "bidAmount": 2100, "content": "$2,100 bid placed by RickEvans", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560810377, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3354835, "authorName": "lvelken", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lvelken/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2013/01/31/is-this-the-most-expensive-saab-95-v4-ever-sold-at-auction/", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1560811644, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3354953, "authorName": "mona1990", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mona1990/", "bidAmount": 2500, "content": "$2,500 bid placed by mona1990", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560814748, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3354978, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The interior and soccer balls are home runs! Not as keen on the metallic paint and white walls but this one's a winner!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1560815204, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3354981, "authorName": "nicktulloh", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nicktulloh/", "bidAmount": 4500, "content": "$4,500 bid placed by nicktulloh", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560815309, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3355043, "authorName": "mona1990", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mona1990/", "bidAmount": 4750, "content": "$4,750 bid placed by mona1990", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560816741, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3355084, "authorName": "jim_rosenthal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jim_rosenthal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautifully done car. Are the photos recent? And is there any surface rust or corrosion underneath? SAABs were not known for being rust-resistant, and the climate down there is ferocious to cars- I spend a lot of time on the OBX.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560817848, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3355126, "authorName": "ressex", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ressex/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ivelken - nice catch. As soon as I saw it ...the non-standard color is hard to forget. Will be interesting to see if it garners the same kind of interest here.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560819245, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3355162, "authorName": "nicktulloh", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nicktulloh/", "bidAmount": 5555, "content": "$5,555 bid placed by nicktulloh", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560820066, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3355189, "authorName": "Gingerman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gingerman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Amazing car and an amazing garage. The seller is clearly awesome. I like everything he has done here and the burble at idle is great. The Outer Banks is a tough place to be an old car. I hope this one makes it to dry land.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1560821125, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3355274, "authorName": "gritsandbourbon", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gritsandbourbon/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Quirktastic!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1560823896, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3355311, "authorName": "oldwrench", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldwrench/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Anyone out there who owns a Mercedes in this paint/MBtex combination has to buy this. You just do. Nope, no discussion. Register and bid.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1560825039, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3355376, "authorName": "Llanoite", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/llanoite/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Those wheels are to DIE for. Such a cool car. Wow!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560827526, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3355507, "authorName": "Frost", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/frost/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Attention to detail is amazing. This is almost too nice to drive...almost. \r\nGood luck to seller and buyer...", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1560833680, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3355638, "authorName": "ygz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ygz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Given the aeronautic background of SAAB, it makes sense to give the classic 95 a Rolls Royce-level finish. Well done! And that must be the cleanest V4 engine ever seen, too. Truly impressive!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1560857854, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3355752, "authorName": "robdisner", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/robdisner/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "All you dreamers (myself included) better click on the Hemmings link below. Went for over 40k at a no reserve auction!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560862566, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3355803, "authorName": "lynhurd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lynhurd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good morning everyone. I\u2019ll be here online to answer your questions. This car is truly a concourse level vehicle. As it usually goes, everything that can be done in the restoration has been accomplished to a high degree.\r\n@jim_rosenthal Most of the pictures are new. Zero rust anywhere. The car is stored in a climate controlled garage across the bridge, on the sound side.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1560863633, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3355924, "authorName": "jim_rosenthal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jim_rosenthal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thank you. It's very tempting, I have to say. Does it drive as well as it looks? Because it looks very well indeed.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560865555, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3355976, "authorName": "rubeiii", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rubeiii/", "bidAmount": 6500, "content": "$6,500 bid placed by rubeiii", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560866705, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3356044, "authorName": "mgregg", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mgregg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Belongs in the steering wheel hall of fame.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1560868187, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3356112, "authorName": "Thesunisrising", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thesunisrising/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks, @robdisner, you just turned my dream into a nightmare...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560869340, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3356204, "authorName": "Thesunisrising", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thesunisrising/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "P.S. I sure had hoped on taking this quirky little jewel to next year's Keels & Wheels Concours D' Elegance in Seabrook, TX. (www.keels-wheels.com) I have been attending the event for at least the past twenty years and I do not believe I have ever seen a Saab presented at the event. It would be a first!!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560871191, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3356354, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It is a really well done car. The engine and transmission are later version, the engine is most likely a 1700. The freewheel control is missing, so I would assume this car has the freewheel locked. The colors are not good for a 95, just think how sweet this would be in one of the original non-metallic Saab colors. The roof rack is not a Saab accessory.\r\n Big money has been spent on this car, but nobody drives it, poor car.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560873786, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3356436, "authorName": "SaabSnob", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/saabsnob/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Omg ! I love it !", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560875260, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3356936, "authorName": "Melxicedek", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/melxicedek/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I believe that the roof rack is a SAAB accessory. I used to have a \u201867 95 for which I purchased and installed a roof rack which looked like the one in the above picture.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560881681, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3357368, "authorName": "Thesunisrising", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/thesunisrising/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Seller (@lynhurd) , do you know if the engine, disregarding the rebuild, is original to the car? A comment was made that \"the engine is most likely a 1700\" is why I ask. Also, what were your intentions when you purchased the car three years ago and since adding only 100 miles? Are you a collector? If so, I fully understand. I'd like to collect this car in my garage! :)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560885345, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3358952, "authorName": "Mikedougherty", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mikedougherty/", "bidAmount": 8000, "content": "$8,000 bid placed by Mikedougherty", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560901090, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3359214, "authorName": "Beaglebreath", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/beaglebreath/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Someone mentioned the freewheel lever was missing, which I also noticed. Has the freewheel been disabled? This is a spectacular 95.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560907952, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3359312, "authorName": "lynhurd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lynhurd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@thesunisrising The engine is the original 1498 cc delivered with the car. The transmission is later (we think a 1971). I am selling the car on this site for a friend who has 5 other Saabs.\r\n\r\n@Beaglebreath The freewheel is a holdover from the two stroke engines, but still on the 4 stroke engines. It is still present, but has been locked out from the drive line.\r\n\r\n@Meixicedek You are correct, the roof rack is a dealer installed accessory.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560911148, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3360521, "authorName": "jim_rosenthal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jim_rosenthal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Will there be other SAABs from his collection, do you think? Thank you.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560961023, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3360660, "authorName": "oldbrick", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldbrick/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My daily driver for a few years was a 71' 95 with the larger 1.7 engine and 2 barrel carb. A blast to drive but the freewheeling mode was a bit hard on brakes. My favorite story was going to the local plumbing supplier to get some 10' pieces of CPVC. I left the passengers seat at home (slides right off the track when you move it forward enough), pulled up to the dock, shove in the pipe, closed the hatch. The guy on the dock couldn't believe what he saw and had to get a look inside to see where it went ! My wife drove a 75' 99' EMS set up for auto cross, she still misses it. This restoration is definitely over the top, hope you get what it's worth.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1560963303, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3361371, "authorName": "lynhurd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lynhurd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jim_rosenthal I think a lot depends on where this one ends up. If it does well, then there will probably be others. I\u2019m getting my 2002 996 Turbo ready right now for BaT. We both are thinning the flocks a trifle.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1560969671, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3364201, "authorName": "Kwahl", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kwahl/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oh goodness what a lovely car and great job on the resto!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561029312, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3364665, "authorName": "fogline", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fogline/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Exactly as I would like it. I am literally drooling on my keyboard. Sadly suspect this will be going for far more than I can get away with.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561040868, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3364845, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The engine in this car has several visual clues that it is a 1700 from a \"71 or newer car.\nFirst is the distributor with advance/retard vacuum box. The air filter assembly and the Fomoco carb is another. The intake manifold with the webs, the cylinder heads and the casting by the engine number. \nSo, I guess if you buy this car the seller will include the original engine that came with it from Trollhattan.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561044282, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3365198, "authorName": "zachmac", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zachmac/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Regardless of original engine or not, I need to be very far from a computer when this one ends lest I do something stupid and injurious to my bank account. GLWA\n\nBTW, is the hood supposed to sit that high at the front when closed? I get that it open forward and perhaps that clearance is needed to allow that but it looks high.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561050390, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3366655, "authorName": "Cos270", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cos270/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is R.A.D.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561059579, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3367539, "authorName": "LikesWeirdCars", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/likesweirdcars/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@zachmac -- I have noticed in earlier 95/etc. auctions that the front and rear lids overlap the opening noticeably, and it can look a little like a mis-adjusted panel. But that's the way they are supposed to be, as confirmed by multiple people here.\r\n\r\nKinda like the Alfa \"step nose\"; it looks wrong but is actually right. ;)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561064695, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3368389, "authorName": "therouj", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/therouj/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "New ones in the show rooms didn't look as clean as this car. What a beauty!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561074387, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3369124, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Awesome car, love the color!\nBack in the early 1980's I found a clean Powder Blue 67 regular 96 and told my brother, who lived in Vermont at the time, that he had to get it. \nHe drove it for quite a few years. The SAAB mechanic in town asked him if he ever sold it to tell him first and that is where it ended up; my brother had eventually become concerned about some transmission bearing noises.\n\nMeanwhile when he did own it - one Christmas when he was down for the holidays we had to pull the motor and swapped it for another lower mileage V4 we found; We removed the hood and lifted the motor out using a chain across a barbell (just the bar w/o weights) and we walked forward- each lifting and holding one end starting at the front wheels!\nCool Wagon.\nGLWTA", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1561112174, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3369980, "authorName": "redtyde", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/redtyde/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is a beautiful 95. I had a '67 Saab 96 back in the early seventies. It was one one of the most fun cars I've ever owned (more memorable than many of the 10 Porsches I've had at one time or another). Whomever buys this will be very fortunate!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1561133252, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3371022, "authorName": "volunteer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/volunteer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Coolest car on BaT this week.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561144051, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3371726, "authorName": "Dolce71", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dolce71/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I've never seen one of these before. Awesome wagon! It has the cool factor, glove box comes down around the radio, really?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561149349, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3371902, "authorName": "Tomharper", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomharper/", "bidAmount": 11337, "content": "$11,337 bid placed by Tomharper", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561150849, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3372941, "authorName": "RantWhenParked", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rantwhenparked/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A teeny-tiny two-door wagon with three-row seating - in a world of sport-brutality, this is awesome. Speak softly, and drive a Saab.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1561168759, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3373222, "authorName": "nostalgiccarlife", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nostalgiccarlife/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "If the engine is the 1.7 liter that's a bonus, as you get more torque and the ability to burn regular, instead of premium. The engine number, right by front of the driver's side valve cover would tell for sure. \n\nThe radiator, air cleaner, distributor, transaxle and other various bits are obviously from a later car - again all better pieces than the '67 would have come with from the factory. \n\nThis is definitely a car that needs to be driven. Unlock the freewheel to enjoy it the most. The super low granny-gear 1st makes these cars most annoying to drive without freewheeling (ie. letting of the gas in 1st or 2nd is like slamming the brakes on hard - letting the car coast when you're off the gas makes city driving a lot more tolerable!).\n\nI've had my 95 for three years and wouldn't sell it, absolutely wonderful car.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1561190684, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3373451, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Automotive Design speaking;\r\nThis might be the last production vehicle with \u201cFins\u201d.\r\nJust saying", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1561209781, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3374269, "authorName": "540itdriver", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/540itdriver/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yeah, I'm with everyone else here and the comments just keep coming in positive...this is cool...being a \"wagon\" guy...this is one of the best \"different\" looking wagons I've seen in a long time and the condition looks to be superb...love it...& the color is perfect for the body lines...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561236773, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3374356, "authorName": "nostalgiccarlife", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nostalgiccarlife/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@da-cat I think the Trabant Kombi takes that award.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561240048, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3374686, "authorName": "Valiantjim", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/valiantjim/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Having grown up riding in my Dad's Saabs from the late 50's into the demise of the US import 96 in 73, including my Massachusetts drivers license test in a 69... I will once again as I always do on BaT... defend the free wheeling transaxle. Understand it and drive with empathy, it's an awesome defining component of a refined machine. If you don't get it, break it and bitch about it. Command your machine.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1561259034, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3374689, "authorName": "Valiantjim", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/valiantjim/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I forgot to say, nice car. GLTWA (unlock the freewheeling)", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561259104, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3374772, "authorName": "EmojiCowboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/emojicowboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Can the freewheeling be unlocked?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561264650, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3374963, "authorName": "lynhurd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lynhurd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@nastolgiccarlife The owner and I went to the shop last evening to investigate the engine size. The paperwork for the car shows a 1.5 liter engine. We snapped some pics of the serial numbers and I submitted them to BaT for inclusion in the pics. Engine serial number is 200543. With that info plus the other info from other contributors, we believe the engine is the 1.7 liter motor.\r\n\r\n@EmojiCowboy I\u2019ll get with the owner about unlocking the freewheel.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561294101, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3375013, "authorName": "novaroberto", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/novaroberto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had a '68 95 Saab. I really appreciated the compression latches on each side sill of rear door, closed up like a vault. Also the rear foil above the rear door kept the rear window reasonably clear of dust, and also housed the exhaust vents for the interior flow thru vent.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561296116, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3375162, "authorName": "Seacoastnh", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/seacoastnh/", "bidAmount": 11587, "content": "$11,587 bid placed by Seacoastnh", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561302494, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3375239, "authorName": "jagcarman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jagcarman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Same car?\r\nhttps://www.hemmings.com/blog/2013/01/31/is-this-the-most-expensive-saab-95-v4-ever-sold-at-auction/", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561305797, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3375308, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@nostalgiccarlife, I will have to agree; your pick for last production car with fins, the Trabant Kombi, apears to be in production through 1990.\nHow cool is that, a new car in 1990 that could pass for a 1957 model!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561308726, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3375442, "authorName": "lynhurd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lynhurd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jagcarman It just so happens to be the same car as that thread. The new owner has added a few new things to the car since then. New OEM tail lights, new brake booster cap, new stickers, etc.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561315375, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3375552, "authorName": "mona1990", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mona1990/", "bidAmount": 12000, "content": "$12,000 bid placed by mona1990", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561321307, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3375828, "authorName": "EmojiCowboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/emojicowboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is such a great car. I drove a \r\n2 stroke once, don\u2019t even remember the year, in Alaska and it sounded like a snow machine!\r\nUnfortunately it was a rust bucket \r\nand smoked like a 2 stroke so I passed. Later I owned a 900s, a 9K and just bought a 9k turbo. It was the 2 stroke 95 wagon that started it with me. Funky Cars!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561335303, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3375996, "authorName": "EmojiCowboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/emojicowboy/", "bidAmount": 12250, "content": "$12,250 bid placed by EmojiCowboy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561344719, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3375997, "authorName": "EmojiCowboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/emojicowboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I\u2019m pretty sure this bid is not close to reserve but out of respect for the work put into this car, I\u2019m going to take a swing at it.\nFreewheeling or not!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561344866, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376013, "authorName": "jim_rosenthal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jim_rosenthal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "So now we know where this is going to go, more or less...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561345697, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376047, "authorName": "EmojiCowboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/emojicowboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Probably going to go that way. I don\u2019t need this car, I like this car for nostalgic reasons. But I\u2019m not going to bid against myself and I don\u2019t expect to win this either. I\u2019d hope a real fanatic would own this \n\u201cSweet Car\u201d, not someone who just thinks it\u2019s cool because he once drove a 95 2 stroke 35 years ago.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561347663, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376156, "authorName": "Dagwood", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dagwood/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What an absolutely beautiful Saab 94 V-4 ! The want is very high, I just wish it was closer. The third row jump seat is the cats meow, as is the rest of the car. That interior is awesome ! A real , unique keeper of a car. GLWTS", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1561359244, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376194, "authorName": "jim_rosenthal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jim_rosenthal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@emojicowboy, I agree completely. Given what it sold for before, which is four times the current bid, and what it must have cost to build, either someone's going to take a huge haircut on this car, or the bidding is going to catch fire later today, or it's going to be RNM. I'd love to own this, but not at what it changed hands for in the past. \r\n\r\nThere's another one for sale, restored, light blue, not as fancy but also a wagon, priced I think in the mid-20s. In PA from what I recall. Of course, if you win this one, you could combine picking it up with a vacation in the NC Outer Banks, which is a lovely place- we have a house down there and it's just one of the best beaches you'll ever see.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1561373276, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376570, "authorName": "gmastro", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gmastro/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a looker! Any info on where it was originally sold? My departed uncle owned Danyluk Motors in Glendale where he sold Saabs and Studebakers, and loved them dearly. Just wondering ... thanks!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561386636, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376604, "authorName": "lynhurd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lynhurd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@EmojiCowboy, I talked with the owner about the freewheel return. He never took any action to return it to operation and feels no need to even contemplate doing so. I'm the kind who says anything can be done to return the functionality it you desire to do it. I think the owner actually has additional rods for the linkage!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1561387723, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376609, "authorName": "FormulaSAAB", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/formulasaab/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Once the engine has been opened up, the only way to tell the displacement is by removing the oil pan to look at the markings on the crank or to actually measure the stroke. All V4 blocks can fit either the 1.7 or the 1.5 crank. Rods and pistons are identical. The heads changed for some years, but are interchangeable (excepting the early open-deck ones).", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1561387887, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376654, "authorName": "jim_rosenthal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jim_rosenthal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I just took a look at the one on HMN which is PA. It's a very nice car, priced in mid-20s, but not nearly as nice as this one, which is over the top the best I've ever seen. Hope it finds a new home here.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561388695, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376649, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jim_rosenthal,\nOuter Banks, yes!\nI drove the west coast and have seen the gulf and much of the east coast; hard to beat Outer Banks perfect white sand and great surf.\nOf course Malibu with its machine wave, and the West Coast surf in general has a standard powerful punch to its swell that the East Coast mostly scavenges from just storms and wind- I have a secret surf spot on the NC OuterBanks that is saweet!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561388831, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376677, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The interior of this car is awesome.\r\nAs is the rest.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561389091, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376767, "authorName": "mjhermjher", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjhermjher/", "bidAmount": 14500, "content": "$14,500 bid placed by mjhermjher", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561390764, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3376780, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@FormulaSAAB,\r\nThat little V4 is such a gem.\r\nI will take mine in Ford Blue thank you.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561390991, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3376787, "authorName": "EmojiCowboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/emojicowboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Thanks for the freewheeling information. I looked into this and\r\nit seems to be a relic left over from\r\nthe 2 stroke era that was used to prevent the engines blowing up during long down hill grades. Rather that\u2019s true or not it\u2019s interesting that it was on the 2 stroke 94 that I drove. Maybe sustained high rpms without the fuel/oil mix running through the engine could blow up a 2 stroke, which gets it lubrication from the fuel itself was the genesis of the freewheeling? Better Saab historians than me could answer this question...?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561391095, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3377038, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I can dig having that groovy feeling again in this recusant ride born around the Summer of love. ;)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561395909, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3377759, "authorName": "foursons59", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/foursons59/", "bidAmount": 15000, "content": "$15,000 bid placed by foursons59", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561401127, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3377798, "authorName": "Saabreddy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/saabreddy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Damn, I am not in Nags Head right now. Would love to look it over but a flight from Texas is not in the cards today!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561401348, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3377821, "authorName": "TeeBird", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/teebird/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@da-cat That would be Old Ford Blue BTW. GLWTA", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561401522, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3377950, "authorName": "lynhurd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lynhurd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I am available over the last two hours to field any question about this car as best I can. Bidders take your mark......", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561402396, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3378203, "authorName": "mjhermjher", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjhermjher/", "bidAmount": 15750, "content": "$15,750 bid placed by mjhermjher", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561404457, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3378270, "authorName": "ekmcmullen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ekmcmullen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Anyone know where to get used spares for 96's?\r\nThanks. I'm finishing one..\r\nEvan", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561404823, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3378412, "authorName": "foursons59", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/foursons59/", "bidAmount": 16500, "content": "$16,500 bid placed by foursons59", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561405600, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3378539, "authorName": "TeeBird", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/teebird/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@EmojiCowboy - you've got it right except the engine would not blow up as much as it would seize. Not an experience the driver of a FWD vehicle would want to have on a fast downhill grade. Even if God was your copilot, He may want to watch from a distance.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1561406440, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3378665, "authorName": "JoeHMS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/joehms/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Does it need any TLC (tires, hoses, etc.) for freshening for any extended driving or is it as ready to go as it looks! I think I have seen it at a couple of shows around the Davidson area.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561406969, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3378730, "authorName": "lynhurd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lynhurd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@JoeHMS The car needs nothing but a new owner.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561407198, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3378766, "authorName": "EmojiCowboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/emojicowboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Yes, seize up, not blowing up!\r\nMeant the same, just cowboy slang.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561407367, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3378857, "authorName": "EmojiCowboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/emojicowboy/", "bidAmount": 16750, "content": "$16,750 bid placed by EmojiCowboy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561408121, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 3378871, "authorName": "Anonymous", "authorUrl": "", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Reserve not met on 6/24/19 at $16,750", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561408244, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 3378891, "authorName": "EmojiCowboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/emojicowboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well, we knew that was going to happen! I tried....The Flight attendant says get off your phone lol.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561408362, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3378892, "authorName": "JoeHMS", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/joehms/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful car - just bought a 72 MINI, glad it did not sell at the that price - its certainly worth more than that... just means I might have a chance down the road when more funds are available.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561408364, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3378945, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ekmcmullen,\r\nYou might get lucky in your search for Saab 96 parts in Vermont.\r\nIf you Google \u201cSaab Repair Montpelier VT\u201d three shops are listed and I am pretty sure one of those is a little independent that has been in business long enough to have worked on 96\u2019s when they\u2019re were new.\r\n:-)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561408704, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3379019, "authorName": "Crazyswede", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/crazyswede/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ekmcmullen what kind of stuff are you looking for?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561409209, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3379033, "authorName": "fogline", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fogline/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Huh? Surprised this didn't get to $20k at least. Need the right people in the room and I was absent at the close of this and would have been bidding. Curious to see where this goes now.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561409370, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3379143, "authorName": "ekmcmullen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ekmcmullen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@crazyswede.\r\n\r\nI need a rear seat, in particular.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561410209, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3379202, "authorName": "ekmcmullen", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ekmcmullen/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@da-cat.\r\nI'm in Seattle, where these cars sold well, and I've heard of the support in Vt. Thanks for the lead.\r\nEvan McMullen Cosmopolitan Motors", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561410544, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3379228, "authorName": "RantWhenParked", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rantwhenparked/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@fogline, I'm with you - this is still about $8k below the highest selling 96 back in 2017 - I thought this would easily draw more bids. Too bad -", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561410704, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3379326, "authorName": "da-cat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/da-cat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ekmcmullen\r\nI noticed some project 96\u2019s on HMN that are in Alaska.\r\nCurrently.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561411509, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3380019, "authorName": "jim_rosenthal", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jim_rosenthal/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Not surprised, but I will be down there in a week or two, and if it's still around, would like to look at it. Thanks.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1561420606, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3380101, "authorName": "Rally-x", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rally-x/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful car done to a high standard. I wonder if it would have done better had the paint and interior colors been in one of the original colors? \r\n\r\nThe look of these isn't for everyone. I think though that more car enthusiasts would look at these differently if they had an opportunity to drive one and experienced some of the engineering first-hand. They're interesting and fun cars.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1561422934, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3380111, "authorName": "Dobb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dobb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What the he**? Anyone can buy classic junk for $16,750. This ain't that! Worth so much more. Wish I was in the market.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561423222, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3380477, "authorName": "fogline", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/fogline/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@rantwhenparked - that is an interesting comparison. On an enthusiast site I have seen these in very good shape in kind of the $12k range. This one is really hard to value especially when you know what was paid for it. Honestly there is nothing I would change on it. I love the color and interior but was scared a bit that it was going to go for $25 k or more and I think when you compare that to a nice version for $10k less it gets hard to explain to the wife.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1561434457, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3381757, "authorName": "rpo684", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rpo684/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Might BAT be able to contact the seller on my behalf?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561482858, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3384962, "authorName": "nostalgiccarlife", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/nostalgiccarlife/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I did expect a higher bid given the car's past prices - bit not that much higher. We often forget that a restoration loses value as it ages in most cases. It's only new again once.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1561515538, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3509363, "authorName": "AsherSPG", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/asherspg/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@ekmcmullen check out the Vintage Saab Club of North America, we can help you find parts if you need.\r\n\r\nAsher", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1564769793, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 3569805, "authorName": "casualcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/casualcollector/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@lynhurd Curious if here's any chance you're still trying to find a new home for your Saab wagon", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1566430535, "type": "comment"}]