http://www.saabhistory.com/1963/01/01/1963-saab-quantum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1963-saab-quantum 1947 - 2011 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:16:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.saabhistory.com/1963/01/01/1963-saab-quantum/#comment-4105 George Goodwin Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:11:37 +0000 http://www.saabhistory.com/1963/01/01/1963-saab-quantum/#comment-4105 I met Walter Kern at Hingham SAAB through George and Warren Cowing in 1962 (?). He asked me to go with him to Marlborough, Massachusetts to see what he was working on. It took us nearly 45 minutes to drive there (all two-lane blacktops). What he showed me was a prototype Quantum being fit out with an experimental body made from perforated sheet metal stretched over a square tubular frame. This work was being done in a small shop just off the main street of Marlborough. We sat in the car for a few minutes. I recall most of all the shifter was made from a rifle bolt action assembly; very quick throw! Walter was very much into the project. I met Walter Kern at Hingham SAAB through George and Warren Cowing in 1962 (?). He asked me to go with him to Marlborough, Massachusetts to see what he was working on. It took us nearly 45 minutes to drive there (all two-lane blacktops). What he showed me was a prototype Quantum being fit out with an experimental body made from perforated sheet metal stretched over a square tubular frame. This work was being done in a small shop just off the main street of Marlborough. We sat in the car for a few minutes. I recall most of all the shifter was made from a rifle bolt action assembly; very quick throw!
Walter was very much into the project.

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