Re: 1973 Saab Sonnet, Free to a good home. Aurora, IL
don't send it to the scrapper!
i can take it off your hands
i just cannot make it out to Illinois for a while...
The 24 Hours of Lemons Forums → Cars for Sale or Rent → 1973 Saab Sonnet, Free to a good home. Aurora, IL
don't send it to the scrapper!
i can take it off your hands
i just cannot make it out to Illinois for a while...
I would grab it, but it be september/october time frame.
since I love--
"you race WHAT???" type of cars....
eh...
up to what height driver will this accommodate??
I'm a little curious why nobody's thinking of putting a motorcycle engine in this thing? Virago, Shadow... maybe a Hayabusa engine if you're feeling suicidal...
I'm a little curious why nobody's thinking of putting a motorcycle engine in this thing? Virago, Shadow... maybe a Hayabusa engine if you're feeling suicidal...
I vote Triumph Rocket 3 motor/trans setup. It's a shaft-driven setup, so adapting wouldn't be THAT difficult. Plus, it'd still be bigger, and lighter, than 90% of all the other 4-cylinder engines in the field. LOL
Per Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_two-stroke
Saab also made some experimental V6 engines, by mounting two three cylinder two-stroke engines together, at an angle. One had carburetors on the outside, while another was more conventional, with a carburetor in between the two blocks.
Since I doubt we're going to be able to stage a nighttime raid on the Saab Museum for these engines, I'd suggest heading down to your local marina and doing some magnet fishing for something like this:
https://global.yamaha-motor.com/busines … st/200-60/
(since the snowmobile-engined route has already been done, and, yes, it was awesome to be on track as the _fast_ result passed us)
Per Wikipedia:
Saab also made some experimental V6 engines, by mounting two three cylinder two-stroke engines together, at an angle. One had carburetors on the outside, while another was more conventional, with a carburetor in between the two blocks.
Far be it from me to cast doubt on an unsupported assertion in Wikipedia but I've been pretty seriously involved in SAAB two-strokes for about twenty years now and I've never encountered any reference to such engines. It sounds like someone misunderstood a secondhand description of the Monster, which as far as I know is SAAB's only attempt along these lines. It's not a vee configuration, though:
https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profi … in-engine/
Still, if anyone knows more about these alleged attempts at making a two-stroke V6 by combining two threes I'd be delighted to know more.
We'll take the lovely Saab if it's still available Chad.
I tried to send a message through the Forum, but not sure whether you've received it.
Please advise and we'll move forward.
Cheers,
Bob
Is the Saab still available?
Chad, please DM me. We've got a motivated team ready to take that car to the next level.
Thank you,
Bob
Still free to a good home. Come get it and it's yours...
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Has anyone claimed the Saab yet?
I'm part of a group looking to start a Lemons team around the Madison, WI area and we are very interested
I'm also interested, in case something doesn't work out. Have a team on the east coast itching for a road trip with the trailer.
Dropped a forum email.
Dearest Chad & Company:
Outstanding. I am extremely interested in towdollying your terrific Sonnet III from Aurora to San Diego, where my eclectic team will take her to a new level of effluence.
I fell in love with the Sonnet III in 1972, and restored an orange/black '74 abandoned field car as my daily driver from '84-'86 in Buffalo, NY. I named her Giselle after my first real-life crush. She was indestructable until salt/rust/cancer finally got the better of her brake lines, so I sold her to an Ice Racer in the Finger Lakes. Wrenching and racing your car will be a 55-year dream.
Please call or text my mobile # to discuss logistics: 619.838.0196.
Zoom! Zoom!
-Sam
I'm posting this up again. Unfortunately, the taker just can't make the scheduling work to come get the Sonnet from my driveway. Come get it and it's yours.
Good morning, My brother and I are starting down the Lemons rabbit hole, if the Sonnet is still available one or both of us could pick it up in the next week or two. I emailed Eric because I wasn’t able to login to my forum account earlier, he said he would pass on my email to you. If you don’t have my email address let me know.
Thanks
Hey, is the Saab still available?
Hey, is the Saab still available?
Sorry...Yes it is! text me and we'll arrange a pickup. 847 636 9877
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rich 609-712-0206
If its not gone yet I'll come pick it up tomorrow evening. Let me know.
what is the status of the Sonnet?
gone?
we all love a SAAB!
Well we're near Chicao, and would love to take it off your hands if it's still an option? And we would like whatever extra parts you already have.
Hello, Chad. This is Cuban from Tombstone Az. I was curious to know if you still had the sonnet available.
Because it's been my dream to run one in Lemons.
You can reach me at 8179757125. Or.
Reply here.
text Chad at NUMBERSRHARD tell him Derek sent you (yes this is serious). he's been listing stuff on facebook for sale lately so I know he's alive.
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