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Saab Bites the dust
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:59:18 -0500, "Ed Huntress"
wrote: "Diogenes" wrote in message .. . That 2-stroke engine was a neat little piece of engineering. It was so light that I could actually pull it out of the car single-handed without an engine hoist, set it on the ground, work on it and then pick it up and put it right back in. On the early 2-strokes, Saab actually gave a complete parts & labor lifetime warranty to the original owner! The electrics were Bosch (no problem there) but the brakes were British Lockheed, the only system in the damn car that ever gave me trouble. In Europe, incidentally, they were called "ring-a-dings" due to the unusual sound they made. I later owned a couple of V-4's, which were also excellent cars, but they weren't nearly as much fun as those old strokers. ---- Diogenes Since there are several former owners of V-4s here, maybe someone can answer an old question I never had answered: Did those suckers vibrate badly? Their inherent balance was lousy, but good engineering can cope with that. I never knew what they were like. My wife owned a Saab 96 when I met her. It must have been a 1968 or so. It remember it as a comfortable car, though my point of reference was my '69 Dodge 3/4T 4WD. I never did get the hang of the overunning clutch, and didn't spend a lot of time trying because Doreen loved that car and my ineptitude put a strain on the relationship. I let her drive. My uncle owned DKWs back in the early '60s and I had a friend in college who had a Saab 93 2-stroke. Marshall was a big boy and he also lifted the engine out to work on it. I always chalked up the common ring-a-ding sound to the fact the DKW and Saab were both 2-strokes, but apparently there's more to it than that. Wikipedia says the Saab was based on the DKW design. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_two-stroke -- Ned Simmons |
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Saab Bites the dust
"Ned Simmons" wrote in message ... On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:59:18 -0500, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "Diogenes" wrote in message . .. That 2-stroke engine was a neat little piece of engineering. It was so light that I could actually pull it out of the car single-handed without an engine hoist, set it on the ground, work on it and then pick it up and put it right back in. On the early 2-strokes, Saab actually gave a complete parts & labor lifetime warranty to the original owner! The electrics were Bosch (no problem there) but the brakes were British Lockheed, the only system in the damn car that ever gave me trouble. In Europe, incidentally, they were called "ring-a-dings" due to the unusual sound they made. I later owned a couple of V-4's, which were also excellent cars, but they weren't nearly as much fun as those old strokers. ---- Diogenes Since there are several former owners of V-4s here, maybe someone can answer an old question I never had answered: Did those suckers vibrate badly? Their inherent balance was lousy, but good engineering can cope with that. I never knew what they were like. My wife owned a Saab 96 when I met her. It must have been a 1968 or so. It remember it as a comfortable car, though my point of reference was my '69 Dodge 3/4T 4WD. I never did get the hang of the overunning clutch, and didn't spend a lot of time trying because Doreen loved that car and my ineptitude put a strain on the relationship. I let her drive. My uncle owned DKWs back in the early '60s and I had a friend in college who had a Saab 93 2-stroke. Marshall was a big boy and he also lifted the engine out to work on it. I always chalked up the common ring-a-ding sound to the fact the DKW and Saab were both 2-strokes, but apparently there's more to it than that. Wikipedia says the Saab was based on the DKW design. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_two-stroke Interesting, Ned. Thanks. -- Ed Huntress |
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