Saab Bites the dust
Ed Huntress wrote:
Remember those great winter rally battles in the '60s, between Erik Carlsson (Saab) and Paddy Hopkirk (Mini Cooper)? They were spectacular. Saabs were a real premium small car in those days. One of my buddies in high school had one of the 3-cyl., 2-stroke originals. Very clever cars. But the freewheeling transmission would scare the **** out of you if you didn't know it was there. g I had a 850 GT (whenever it was that they came out) and it was very good vehicle. Those were the ones with the oil tank and metered total loss lub. so didn't have to mix the oil in the gas. Did have Weird spark plugs they called them surface gap, ie. the center electrode was at the same surface as the insulator and outer shell. ...lew... |
Saab Bites the dust
"Lewis Hartswick" wrote in message m... Ed Huntress wrote: Remember those great winter rally battles in the '60s, between Erik Carlsson (Saab) and Paddy Hopkirk (Mini Cooper)? They were spectacular. Saabs were a real premium small car in those days. One of my buddies in high school had one of the 3-cyl., 2-stroke originals. Very clever cars. But the freewheeling transmission would scare the **** out of you if you didn't know it was there. g I had a 850 GT (whenever it was that they came out) and it was very good vehicle. Those were the ones with the oil tank and metered total loss lub. so didn't have to mix the oil in the gas. Did have Weird spark plugs they called them surface gap, ie. the center electrode was at the same surface as the insulator and outer shell. ...lew... Yes, they were used in outboards, too. The design resisted fouling much better in two-strokes, before electronic ignition. -- Ed Huntress |
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