[durtkillon]

My uncle may be passing his 1974 Sonett to me, which he has owned since about 1976. At this point I think I just need to accept it with some enthusiasm. For those of you who may not remember this car, it was drool worthy in the 1970's, but long forgotten now. It resembles the Opel GT's a little from that era. It will likely need some chassis work done, but the car made the air cooled Beetle look complex and the body was 100% fiberglass so it looks nice cosmetically. It has autocross potential. If I accept, it will be a long, arduous process because these are rare beasts.



Here are some representative pics. http://peacetek.net/saab-97/index.html

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[rxter]

Certainly rare. Never heard of this one nor seen one previously.

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[flash]

i've seen the later model, though not often - don't know much about them though

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[Cloud9...68]

I remember seeing those as a kid. Uh, interesting, for sure... Best of luck with what could be a fun and unique project.

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[968Z]

I loved those cars when I was a kid. I ended up with a '74 Jensen-Healey in college. I will assume that both the Healey and the Sonnet are similar in maintenence though. Make sure you have plenty of spare cash around (I didn't as a poor college student). I ended up selling my old Jensen to my mechanic. She made her living putting 231 V-6 drivetrains into Triumph TR-7's, but her personal vehicle was a Jensen-Healey as well.

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[durtkillon]

My uncle was an independent architect for 40 years. He fit the Saab persona very well, never wanting what others considered normal. When I was a kid and he came to visit, it may as well have been a Ferrari that he pulled up in because it was such a unique car and it was burnt orange and had hidden door handles. He would park next to our dual area code station wagon and my friends would flock over to see it. This was back in the day of vertical grills the size of doors and FWD was almost unheard of in the US.



Saab built it's reputation on being a little weird and this car was no exception. It had a freewheeling clutch if you let off the accelerator. The dash is fiberglass and the engine was either a two stroke, 3 cylinder motor (early versions) or a Ford Tannus V4. This one had the V4. The only car weighs 1900lbs, which could make it a ton of fun if you could squeak 100+ HP out of the motor, which is do-able with NA.



I've been helping him source parts on the internet the last few years and I think he just gave up and it needs a new home. This is the very reason I never go to those puppy adoption booths at Starbucks on Saturday. I'm weak!

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[rhudeboye]

[size="3"]What a cool little car. Curb weight 725 kg -1600lbs should be a blast on the down hill runs. [/size]

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