[{"id": 7991995, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hello everyone!\r\nWelcome to the auction for the 1966 Saab 96 with 850 two stroke premix engine. The car is located in Henderson, TX and I invite anyone to come and see the Saab in person.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645824784, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992013, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Quick video of the engine idle (cold)", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645824864, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992091, "authorName": "SAABNUTT", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/saabnutt/", "bidAmount": 1066, "content": "$1,066 bid placed by SAABNUTT", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1645825230, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7992093, "authorName": "SAABNUTT", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/saabnutt/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "And another SAAB auction to kick off the weekend!!! Wow, what a beauty!!! And Tom has had his hands on it. This is awesome!!! Best of luck and thank God it's not near me. This is exactly what I want for my next SAAB!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1645825251, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992151, "authorName": "gETo", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/geto/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hopefully, I can a hit a lottery before this one escapes too. Very swell.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1645825552, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992150, "authorName": "casualcollector", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/casualcollector/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Holy Heck! When this first popped up I thought it was a re-post of a Saab from 2017 that I always wished I had put one last bid in on (https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-saab-96-2/). Sigh . . . not the same car . . . but boy is this one a looker! GLWTA!!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645825582, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992185, "authorName": "Melxicedek", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/melxicedek/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Is the freewheeling device still functional?", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645825718, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992223, "authorName": "Brewster", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/brewster/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Damn who would put a spotlight on the roof? Oh well a sweetheart Saab , I'd get the roof repaired", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645825941, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992421, "authorName": "wizzleteats", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wizzleteats/", "bidAmount": 2222, "content": "$2,222 bid placed by wizzleteats", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1645826702, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7992473, "authorName": "SAABNUTT", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/saabnutt/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Brewster - no way! That is for night driving when doing a rally race. It helps immensely. It was what was done back then and is period correct.", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1645826877, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992499, "authorName": "Spider_Mike", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/spider_mike/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "No Saab story here. This ones a beaut.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645826960, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992595, "authorName": "Spider_Mike", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/spider_mike/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I understand that if you need to \"pull\" the engine, one guy on each side of the engine bay is all it takes.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645827314, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992602, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Melxicedek Yes, freewheeling is fully working.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645827356, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992678, "authorName": "SAABNUTT", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/saabnutt/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Spider_Mike - here's an awesome story: Tom Donney once broke down in a 2-stroke. He had a spare engine in the back. Took him 2+ hours to swap it...on the side of the road! That guy is so cool. I got to meet him at the SOC in Albany last July. And ride in his vintage!!", "likes": 6, "timestamp": 1645827634, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992684, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Spider_Mike 100% true, the engine doesn't weight too much and because the front end can come off it very simple to pull out and carry.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645827637, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7992764, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is a great 96! The interior is the best part, if it isn't original it is new old stock -- those door panels are perfect! Sounds great, runs really well. The Trio Motors connection is great, those guys were Saab Dealers for a million years!\r\nGLWTA!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645827911, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7993106, "authorName": "wturf", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wturf/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Almost like my first SAAB- except it had the superlarge sunroof on it. Not sure if it was an option but the rear seats could be configured into a bed of sorts with the trunk passthrough being open too. Not a large gas tank and one always carried a quart of oil to mix with 8 gallons of gas. Once couldn't make it up a snowy hill so I turned it around and went backwards- essentially copied a rear engine/drive arrangement. Nice ride, great fun. Wish I could go for it!!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645828994, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7993167, "authorName": "Vtec4ever", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vtec4ever/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Beautiful. Love the 2 stroke sound and powerband.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645829189, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7993346, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I can scroll past all kinds of fancy rides and an nice old 96\u2019ll stop me in my tracks every time!\r\nThe requisite \u201cworking free-wheel\u201d question has been addressed and answered, but the drive video had already answered it. Folks unfamiliar with these might watch the drive vid and wonder why the engine noise goes away on the downhills - now ya know! Speaking of drive video - nice one @SL798! That is such a sweet drive through the East Texas countryside. I should keep that tab up on my computer for when ever I need to chill out and just relax :^)", "likes": 11, "timestamp": 1645830020, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7993464, "authorName": "SwedeMats", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swedemats/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SL798 Nicely done! Tastefully done little add on \"board\" for the switches. Wish I knew where I can get my hands on some of that NOS upholstery? Great presentation photos and video as well. Someone will be very happy and continue giving this beauty some more love after the care you have obviously shown her. Best wishes from a SAAB loving Swede in California.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1645830711, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7993680, "authorName": "KenoshaGuy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kenoshaguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Spider_Mike That's exactly how the mechanics replaced the engine on my mother's car, twice, (!) and then my brothers learned that free-wheeling wasn't optional, it was mandatory. This is another fine Saab 96 and I love to see them here. Please @BaT, could someone explain to me the oil change as is written in the description? Anyway, good luck to all. It always makes me happy to see that these Swedes get so much love on this site and it dredges up so many fine memories for me. Thanks!", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645833613, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7993720, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@KenoshaGuy should read fluid change, brakes,coolant,transmission and clutch fluid are new. Though it does get a new oil change on every gas fill up.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1645834194, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7993753, "authorName": "sir_mike", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sir_mike/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice rally tribute build.Now just needs minilite style wheels and a period Halda SpeedPilot in dash.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645834564, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7993762, "authorName": "KenoshaGuy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kenoshaguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SL798 Thanks for the clarification. I have to admit I did laugh a bit at the thought of an oil change. And then I thought... how did they do that? Very nice car and good luck to you.", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1645834784, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7993850, "authorName": "Rideklein", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rideklein/", "bidAmount": 2600, "content": "$2,600 bid placed by Rideklein", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1645836226, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7993957, "authorName": "Rideklein", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rideklein/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It\u2019s so cool I can ramble on about some long story regarding my memories of a Saab or some guy down the street and all the great memories and how cool they are and what it reminds me of and I don\u2019t even have to post any constructive question or comments regarding this car or the model year! Why do they have the option \u201cflag as not constructive\u201c not for me or 80% of the \u201ccomments\u201d I\u2019m still going to keep bidding and asking relevant questions that may help other serious bidders/buyers thank BAT for posting this input!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1645837948, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7994327, "authorName": "Duckie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/duckie/", "bidAmount": 8000, "content": "$8,000 bid placed by Duckie", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1645843134, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 7994452, "authorName": "schigh", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/schigh/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Functioning radiator shroud with tabs, I'm sold.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645845474, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7994614, "authorName": "JaKaz", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jakaz/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Very nice, just too bad it wasn\u2019t a Monte Carlo 850 with oil injection.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645849206, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7994689, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Rideklein\nThe roots of BaT are based in BS-ing about cars long before it became an auction site. Fond memories and stories ARE constructive. Old Saab auctions especially bring out the nostalgia and IMHO it\u2019ll be a sad day when that stops happening. The \u201cFlag as non-constructive\u201d is for rude and insulting comments. But please, don\u2019t stop asking those \u201crelevant questions\u201d. That\u2019s the 2-stroke oil that keeps this site smokin\u2019!", "likes": 8, "timestamp": 1645851843, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7994697, "authorName": "PDXBryan", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/pdxbryan/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@sir_mike\nI always dreamed of putting those \u201cminilite style\u201d (Ronal) wheels on my old Sonett, but have you seen what they go for now?\nhttps://bringatrailer.com/listing/nos-saab-ronal/\nSheesh!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1645852074, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7994808, "authorName": "kkherman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/kkherman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A good auction start for this rare and obviously well-preserved example!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645858562, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7994819, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wouldn't it be better to make him electric?", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645859186, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7994935, "authorName": "ralphdianne", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ralphdianne/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I am SOOOO late for work! Presentation is fantastic, thank-you!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645876651, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7995250, "authorName": "miksum56", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/miksum56/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great Saab ! Does it burn any oil ? LOL I crack me up. On my bucket list just not right now . Somebody will have a ball w this...", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645884445, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7995828, "authorName": "mjanuszewski", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjanuszewski/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Can you please describe the level of corrosion in the car? Just surface rust or rust through? Hard to tell from pictures. \r\nThank you.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1645891733, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7996028, "authorName": "Ttschapp", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/ttschapp/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Oh, my. To me this car is perfect. Of all the old Saabs, this is my favorite. I'm a fan of the longer nose, pre-mix variants, with these wheels and - just everything is perfect. \r\nEven the rust is just right - not a froo-froo show car, but looks like solid bones. The ONLY thing I can fuss about is the trace of red paint on the gas pedal. \r\nBut I laughed when I saw picture #145 (throttle connector secured with hose clamps). \r\nWhen my wife and I were married in '87, our car was my '68 2-stroke. (Yes, Virginia, there were a few '68 two-strokes). One day when she was running errands around Wichita, that durned throttle connector popped off while waiting at a light. She released the hood and jumped out to reconnect it when a bunch of helpful folks converged to fix her weird little car. They were a little stunned when she just reached in, stuck it back on and was ready to go. But the hose clamps would have saved her the hassle.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645893949, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7996125, "authorName": "OldFarht", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/oldfarht/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a sweet stroker, so clean and simple! I'd have left the roof mounted spot off, though.\r\n\r\n@Spider_Mike - When I was younger I could pull the motor myself, no need for extra hands.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1645894815, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7996477, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@mjanuszewski Checked all the rust areas and from what I can tell it's surface rust.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645898756, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7996581, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Ttschapp Happen to me as well, but right before I left the driveway. \r\n\r\nFor those curious about the hose clamps. The Saab doesn't use a throttle cable but rather a rubber bellow that has four tabs opening on the inside of it. The bellow connects to a plate with four tabs on the carbs. When everything is new, the tabs will slip into the openings and when you press the throttle the bellow rotates the plate. Eventually age and use will cause the openings on the bellow to stretch and one of the tabs will jump out of the opening on the bellow and cause the whole thing to disconnect when pressing on the throttle. New bellows are not readily available, so a simple fix is to just use a hose clamp for security.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645899481, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7996670, "authorName": "Keith_Price", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keith_price/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SL798 what do we know about Michigan provenance? Circa 1990, I bought a red 1966 96 with three carbs, no oil injection, very minor rust and red & gray upholstery. The seller was a wacky dentist, looking suspiciously like Groucho Marx. On his living room wall was a walnut plaque with the front half of a shark, teeth bared. Above the shark, it said \"LOANS\" in neon-lit script. Son of Groucho also had a yellow over green V-4 96, once owned by a mutual friend. I drove the stroker 96 around for a few months, until the clutch started slipping badly. I stashed it in a friend's Berkley MI garage for a year or so. I later traded the 96 to David E. Davis, Jr., my boss at Automobile Magazine, for his father's 1966 Dodge A-100 window van, a solid-lifter 273 TorqueFlite. K&N in Ann Arbor fixed the clutch for David E, but he quickly sold the 96. While I had it, it did not sport the later Trio Motors (holy ground to Michigan SAABists) decal, it did have the yellow \"Made in Trollhatten, by Trolls\" decal on the quarter window. Now, my Berkley garage buddy and punk rock aficionado is sadly gone and so is David E. Davis, Jr. Nice to see that our '66 Stroker SAAB has not only survived, but thrived. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1645900354, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7997700, "authorName": "Lewis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lewis/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Regarding the rust. There is Texas rust and there is Canadian and New England rust. In other words that isn't rust at all.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645905888, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7998473, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Keith_Price So this Saab was originally bought in Michigan back in May 1966. While in Michigan the Saab lived its early life up in the Michigan upper peninsula and even participated in a rally back in the early 70s. Sometime after 1976 the Saab moved to the Michigan lower peninsula and was use there for a few years before it went into storage in Flint, Michigan. It was the previous owner who then found the Saab, restored it and took it back to the Michigan upper peninsula where it was used as a show car. It stayed in Michigan until the previous owner moved to the south to leave the heavy snowfall behind. This was sometime within the 2010s.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1645909618, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 7998636, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@schigh The radiator shroud is one of my favorite features on the Saab. Used it a few time here in Texas as well.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1645910312, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8000553, "authorName": "Keith_Price", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keith_price/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@SL798 Son of Groucho, the dentist/seller, lived in Birmingham MI, with my 96 stroker ownership 1990-'92. \r\nMarc, the loan shark dentist called it a SAAB 96 \"Special,\" which he explained as SAAB marketers creatively packaging Stroker parts inventory - hence triple carbs but no oil injection. Ron Collins from Trio may remember the car's journey. Mine had what seemed like super-low mileage and a mint interior. \r\n\r\nOn another note, a SAAB 93 first appeared in the Put-in-Bay Road Races in 1958. Today, Put-in-Bay is the Vintage SAAB racing event of the upper mid-west, with a dozen or so in attendance.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1645921813, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8001395, "authorName": "Tgil21", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tgil21/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I keep commenting on these -the youubes of European rallying back in the day are priceless with these cars.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1645939940, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8007306, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I hope everyone is having a good weekend. I would like to discuss some of the parts and work that has been done on the Saab during my ownership.\n\nElectrical systems: The Saab has a Bosch generator and it works quite well. It provides plenty of power to all the lights and electrical parts on the Saab. The generator brushes have been replaced back in December 2021. The voltage regulator on the Saab was the original Bosch regulator form 1966 I believe, as a precaution I had it replaced at the same time as the brushes. The original Bosch regulator is included and does still work. \n\nHorns: The Saab uses two Hella horns. The original Hella horns didn\u2019t work so they were replaced with new Hella horns. The original ones are include. \n\nGauges: The wiring on the gauges has been redone on some of them. The clock wires were redone to get it to light up with the rest of the gauges. The fuel gauge didn\u2019t work before but after rewiring the gauge and sender unit it\u2019s now functional though not 100% accurate. The low fuel light also works as well. Originally the Saab had an aftermarket water temperature gauge, which was replaced with a water temperature gauge from a v4 model 96. Additionally, the water temp sensor was replaced as well. \n\nSound system: The correct radio mount for the glove box was sourced from another Saab and the Sanyo radio was installed. It\u2019s not the original radio but it does suit the car well. The speakers are 70s Blaupunkt globe speakers with modern infinity speaker inside. A new antenna was installed as well.\n\nBrakes: The front brakes had been modified at some point and didn\u2019t work well when I first got the Saab. The following was done on both front brakes, front back plates were replaced, replaced the auto adjuster, new brake springs, new brakes shoes, and new brake cylinders. New brake lines and rubber hoses were done as well. Brake master cylinder was rebuild by white post restoration. Lastly the brake light switch was also replaced. \n\nClutch hydraulic: The clutch slave cylinder was replaced and also the clutch line as well. \n\nMinor service item was done as well such spark plug and fluid changes.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646017206, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8012725, "authorName": "bobdog999", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bobdog999/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Erik Carlsson raced these back in the '60s.Rally, not drag racing.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1646084880, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8014265, "authorName": "chwenn", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chwenn/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Nice looking '66 ...... Like the interior. Too bad no original dash pad but finish looks OK. Concern is what appears to be bondo smeared over the undercarriage and then undercoated. Interested in what's underneath what appears to be bondo. Could not figure what looks like a line from the wiper motor to the hood. Seller comment? \r\nNice presentation!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646096391, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8014834, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@chwenn Right, the line connects from a bolt on the wiper motor stay bracket to the hood. It just to help keep it from hitting the driving lights. As for the undercarriage, I am not 100% sure what it is. My first thought was a rust preventative undercoat done back in the 70s.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646103349, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8015056, "authorName": "Lewis", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lewis/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My 1960 93F has a fair mixture of bits. Hella horns and turn signal lights. Bosch voltage regulator and generator/water pump. Girling brake cylinders and a Lucas stop light switch. All the fasteners are SAE except for those that concern the Hella lights and those are metric. The wheel cylinders which are the same as an MG TD or TF (and are available from Moss Motors) are Whitworth. The outside rearview mirror is from an Alfa-Romeo for some reason. It has the emblem with the cross and the snake eating the guy. So there you are. Oh, and the owner's manual was signed by Erik Carlsson in 1997.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646107462, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8016721, "authorName": "Armitage", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/armitage/", "bidAmount": 8500, "content": "$8,500 bid placed by Armitage", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646154587, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8016876, "authorName": "Duckie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/duckie/", "bidAmount": 10000, "content": "$10,000 bid placed by Duckie", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646155731, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8019475, "authorName": "Armitage", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/armitage/", "bidAmount": 10250, "content": "$10,250 bid placed by Armitage", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646166991, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8022249, "authorName": "Duckie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/duckie/", "bidAmount": 12000, "content": "$12,000 bid placed by Duckie", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646179991, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8022824, "authorName": "Rideklein", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/rideklein/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Two great windshield driving videos! Again that\u2019s great for the Chamber of Commerce shows a lot of beautiful landscape but nothing of the interior or the shifting up-and-down or the gauges or the light or the horn or the radio\u2026 Hello?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646187904, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8023440, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Rideklein Videos of the interior, gauges, lights,radio and horn are already available. They are in the video gallery. My driving around town video show more of the gearing with me going in reverse as well as up shifting and downshifting. \r\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOB3KSqxPs8\r\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kxC-cK1saw\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6HN3dRgAz8", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646203616, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8024789, "authorName": "JIMMY", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jimmy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "The driving around town video is great! If you listen to the sound of the Mighty Three you will realize that the car is freewheeling most of the time. Also the speedo needle is nice and smooth, a very good indicator of gearbox condition. The temperature gauge jumps around a little bit, may be a loose wire at the sender. \r\nGreat job by the seller showing what it's like to drive a 45 HP 2 stroke car! \r\nMy first 2 stroke was a '66 96 in grey with a Monte Carlo 850 injected engine.\r\nThat was in 1983 and I have always had at least one ever since.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1646239874, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8030366, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@JIMMY Yes the jumping temperature gauge was caused by the connector at the sender unit not being tight enough. One last video, this shows gear shifting using the clutch and later shifting using just free wheel.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1646269125, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8031962, "authorName": "Arnage", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/arnage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is absolutely one of the best presentations on BAT. Detailed still photos and numerous quality videos. The engagement of the Seller is also to be commended. Best of luck with the auction SL798!", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1646317574, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8037541, "authorName": "phil_ethier", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phil_ethier/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": ">(Yes, Virginia, there were a few \u201968 two-strokes)>\r\n\r\nIf the car was manufactured before January 1 1968, it could have been legally imported and sold in the USA, regardless of the model-year designation.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646354427, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8037795, "authorName": "Tomcat", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/tomcat/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Had a number of 96's and 95's in Mid Michigan in the early 80's. Curt Spicer at Overseas Automotive in Bridgeport was my source for parts. Curt had significant success in PRO RALLY in SAAB 99's, others in our local SCCA regions continued to campaign 96's.\n\nTrio was around as back up for parts. \n\nGreat memories. 19 SAAB's later, I still follow every one of these auctions. Still have two 9-3's in the fleet.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646357830, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8038623, "authorName": "phil_ethier", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/phil_ethier/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Where are the wastebaskets?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646372842, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8038958, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good morning everyone, we are coming down to the end of the auction! For those who need to arrange transport,I can keep the Saab in storage as long as you need. For those who are close by, driving it home is a option.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646399620, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8038959, "authorName": "mjanuszewski", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjanuszewski/", "bidAmount": 12250, "content": "$12,250 bid placed by mjanuszewski", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646399657, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8039229, "authorName": "Duckie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/duckie/", "bidAmount": 13000, "content": "$13,000 bid placed by Duckie", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646403628, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8039375, "authorName": "Down_Shift", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/down_shift/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A two-stroke engine. Love it!\r\n\r\nBest success, @SL798!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646405264, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8039433, "authorName": "SittingDuck", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sittingduck/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I enjoyed my Saab 96 for a couple of years in high school mid 70's. Mine was given to me because the engine was seized. I found a motor in a junkyard for $75 and had it running within a few days. Loved the freewheeling gear. I named him Abercrombie the Saab story.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646405993, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8039490, "authorName": "volvoracer9", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/volvoracer9/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wonderful stroker; somehow missed it when it was initially posted.\r\nThat Tom Donney sport exhaust sounds amazing! Can't wait to hear it on my '62 96 (Thanks Tom!)\r\nQuestion: Is that Sunpro tach designed for a two-stroke/three-cylinder motor, or did it have to be adapted (I assume)? I've been trying to find a tach for my '62 for years. Thanks!\r\nGLWTA in its final hours! Gorgeous car.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646406536, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8039567, "authorName": "Down_Shift", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/down_shift/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This car is made all the more special by the demise of Saab Motors. This king is dead, long live the king. (I had a '78 Saab Turbo).", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646407325, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8039961, "authorName": "mjanuszewski", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjanuszewski/", "bidAmount": 13250, "content": "$13,250 bid placed by mjanuszewski", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646411372, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8040125, "authorName": "johnireland", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnireland/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What a great little car. Pure Swedish design...and they were great rally cars. This car needs some minor rust repair and interior touches and that's it. Great to take on vintage rallies and tours. Reminds me of the auto journalist, Satch Carlson. I wonder if he's still around. I love the paint and interior, and the spartan design of these Saabs. It belongs in the hands of an entusiast who will care for it, and most of all, drive it.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646413017, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8040295, "authorName": "MrCharly", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mrcharly/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "My dad had a 56 model. Cool car with unheard of front wheel drive. Service station attendants wouldn't add a quart of oil to the gas so dad would have to get out and do it himself. They thought he was crazy. You could tell when he was coming home from work because the generator would emit RF interference that it would scramble the TV reception on the whole block. Great little car!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646414607, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8040362, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 13500, "content": "$13,500 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646415220, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8040597, "authorName": "Russ", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/russ/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@johnireland - Although Satch is indeed (was?) a SAAB driver, and very good auto journalist, as a long-time vintage SAAB enthusiast/driver I thought of Erik Carlsson, when I read your comment. See @bobdog999 and also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBglgMTM0Pc", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646417761, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8041286, "authorName": "Duckie", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/duckie/", "bidAmount": 14000, "content": "$14,000 bid placed by Duckie", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646421204, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8041568, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 14250, "content": "$14,250 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646422615, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8041744, "authorName": "mjanuszewski", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjanuszewski/", "bidAmount": 14500, "content": "$14,500 bid placed by mjanuszewski", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646423654, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8041841, "authorName": "Jaguar3.4", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jaguar3.4/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great car, great seller, wonderful presentation and lots of great comment too! cheers!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646424140, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8042119, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 15000, "content": "$15,000 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646425552, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042152, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 15250, "content": "$15,250 bid placed by jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646425703, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042440, "authorName": "zimbos", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/zimbos/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Met the seller and went for a short frive in the car. It runs and drives as well as it's presented, a really nice example!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646427110, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8042467, "authorName": "mjanuszewski", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjanuszewski/", "bidAmount": 15500, "content": "$15,500 bid placed by mjanuszewski", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646427186, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042483, "authorName": "Larson48", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/larson48/", "bidAmount": 15750, "content": "$15,750 bid placed by Larson48", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646427218, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042487, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 16000, "content": "$16,000 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646427225, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042497, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 17000, "content": "$17,000 bid placed by jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646427250, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042660, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 17500, "content": "$17,500 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646427762, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042742, "authorName": "DFoote", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dfoote/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sure miss my white 1965 wagon!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646428068, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8042772, "authorName": "mjanuszewski", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjanuszewski/", "bidAmount": 17750, "content": "$17,750 bid placed by mjanuszewski", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646428181, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042804, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 18000, "content": "$18,000 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646428273, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042892, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 18250, "content": "$18,250 bid placed by jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646428599, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042896, "authorName": "Down_Shift", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/down_shift/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "One thing I DID learn about my '78 Saab Turbo - Saabs are NOT good at taking down 6\" diameter trees. :-/", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646428626, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8042944, "authorName": "johnireland", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnireland/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Every former Saab owner misses their Saab. Only the current owners are happy. That is the magic of all the Saab cars.", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1646428832, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8042957, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 18500, "content": "$18,500 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646428907, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042967, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 20000, "content": "$20,000 bid placed by jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646428956, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8042998, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 20250, "content": "$20,250 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429070, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043003, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 20500, "content": "$20,500 bid placed by jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429091, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043014, "authorName": "mjanuszewski", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjanuszewski/", "bidAmount": 20750, "content": "$20,750 bid placed by mjanuszewski", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429123, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043017, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 21000, "content": "$21,000 bid placed by jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429146, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043024, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 21500, "content": "$21,500 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429175, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043026, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 21750, "content": "$21,750 bid placed by jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429190, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043012, "authorName": "wdb", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wdb/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I had a '68 95 wagon. The car had a one ton load capacity! I don't think it weighed that much empty. It had the boat anchor Ford V4, which the previous owner had managed to break anyway via excess permatex blocking the oil pickup. I replaced the lump and proceeded to flog the bejeezus out of it for several years, until stress + the tin worm disconnected the front shocks from the body. Yeah, I loved it. No, I don't miss it.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646429223, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043033, "authorName": "johnireland", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnireland/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "What's a little tin worm between lovers?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429228, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043042, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 22000, "content": "$22,000 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429255, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043049, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 22591, "content": "$22,591 bid placed by jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429296, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043070, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 22850, "content": "$22,850 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429355, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043080, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 23191, "content": "$23,191 bid placed by jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429395, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043085, "authorName": "johnireland", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnireland/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Rust is just nature's way of recycling. Everyone in Minnesota understands that.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1646429413, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043096, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 23441, "content": "$23,441 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429458, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043090, "authorName": "Down_Shift", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/down_shift/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Here in MN. Remember, salt is your friend. ;)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429467, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043101, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 23691, "content": "$23,691 bid placed by jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429479, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043106, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 23941, "content": "$23,941 bid placed by Wilzer", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429506, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043109, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 24200, "content": "$24,200 bid placed by jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429517, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 8043119, "authorName": "SwedeMats", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swedemats/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "With the small incremental bid increases, I hope none of the bidders wi-fi crashes so they miss out on this beauty. . .", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429609, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043129, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Sold on 3/4/22 for $24,200 to jasonshou", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429637, "type": "bat-bid-reserve"}, {"id": 8043130, "authorName": "Dreamer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/dreamer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jasonshou Congrats on the 66 Saab 96. Well played at the end and bought. Enjoy!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429639, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043134, "authorName": "slonnik", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/slonnik/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Great result! If I may, I would like to invite the Saab community to my 1972 Saab 95 auction that just started!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429661, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043135, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "thanks all", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1646429663, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043139, "authorName": "johnireland", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnireland/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Bravo to all. The bidders, the seller, and the new owner.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429673, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043142, "authorName": "saab9004eva", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/saab9004eva/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well done by all involved! Congrats...", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429692, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043143, "authorName": "V70T5", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/v70t5/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "A great buy", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429694, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043146, "authorName": "Down_Shift", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/down_shift/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "And, to Minnesota, @johnireland ;)", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429704, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043151, "authorName": "SL798 (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/sl798/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jasonshou Congratulations on the win! Thank you everyone for coming to see this classic Saab and for the bids!", "likes": 4, "timestamp": 1646429744, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043155, "authorName": "johnireland", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/johnireland/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This was all about a real car. No back up cameras or parking sensors or navigation apps...those were all your wives' jobs.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1646429755, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043162, "authorName": "SwedeMats", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/swedemats/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@Jasonshou - Where will this beauty reside?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429787, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043167, "authorName": "Wilzer", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/wilzer/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congrats Enjoy!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646429821, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043175, "authorName": "jasonshou", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jasonshou/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "seattle", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1646429890, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8043807, "authorName": "mjanuszewski", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mjanuszewski/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Congratulations! Have fun with the red beast!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646432920, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 8050944, "authorName": "Keith_Price", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/keith_price/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@jasonshou congrats! I'm certain this was mine 1990-'91 ish. And the David E. Davis, Jr. car celeb connection!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1646521348, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 12974496, "authorName": "Vaniam", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vaniam/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "jasonshou, still enjoying Saab?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1700079727, "type": "comment"}]