Production
Saab History Film – 1979
January 24th, 2007, 12:17am by Ryan - 8 Comments
Finally, the Saab History film has arrived and it is now available, so remember, you’ve seen it here first.
This film is narrated by non other than Erik Carlsson by describing how SAAB came into the automobile business. Erik “On the Roof” Carlsson begins describing the SAAB model 92, followed by the 96 and with help from,Stig Blomqvist, the model 99.
The film as well as the others, would not be possible without the gratious donation of films by former Saab Cars USA employee, John Moss.
Another special thanks to those that gave financial donations towards the project for making this possible by turning the 16 millimeter film into digital format.
A memorable donation to the Saab community all of you, thank you.
John at Elkparts.com
Anders Jenson of SaabStickers.com
Carl Levine of Granite Embedded Systems, maker of the Saab AudioTroll
Lester Ewing, President of the Saab Club of North America
I look forward to working with anyone else in the future on the remaining 3 films we need to convert, to complete the project. I will be providing a poll in the coming days on what you would like to see next.
The film below has taken a long time to get to this stage, but the content is well worth every minute of your time. Enjoy!
Categories: 1950-1959, 1960-1969, 1970-1979, 2000-2009, 92, 96, 99, Sweden, Trollhättan, Sweden
8 Comments
That was very entertaining. Thanks for posting it for all of us to enjoy.
I started my working career at a SAAB dealer 2 days after leaving school and that film brought many memorys flooding back, quite emotional in places as I have met Eric on certain trackdays in the UK in the 80’s, and also used to watch Stig in the RAC events etc.
I would think the next stage of your films would go onto the wide arched EMS, 3 door and 2 door TBOs, UK Mintex Rally, Bousla Spa Rally, Swedish, 1000 Lakes, etc.
And another stage of films would/could contain Ametuers Rallying 96/99/900 and the odd track day thrown in.
I know for 100% certainty that in the 1980s, either the BBC or the ITV televised The Welsh Rally Sprint at a place called Esgar Dyfyyd, spelling probably wrong, Stig ina 2 door TBO.
Superb work.
Rob
OH keep the Rallying to Europe, the home of the Rally car.
Rob
Wow, thanks to all who donated to make viewing that film here possible. That was very interesting and enjoyable.
I was struck by several things, one of them being that the SAAB Competition Department had a 16-valve engine in their 99 rally car in 1979. SAAB didn’t offer a 16-valve engine in their production cars for another six years after that. The 1979 99 rally car engine put-out 225 hp from that 16-valve engine, while the 1985 (first year of the 16-valves) 900T output only 160 hp and horsepower in the C900 peaked with only 175 in the 1991 SPG, a heavier chassis than the 99.
Gripen,
That is interesting. However, another thing to note is that rally cars probably have modified mufflers if any at all. And if I recall correctly, the most hp offered in a Classic 900 was 185 in the 94 convertibles.
1985 Gripen,
Hello. I am glad you enjoyed it. If you can contribute to the next film, that would be terrific as I am eager to drop that in the mail to get the ball rolling on the next one.
Now that we have a very expeditious and high-end video conversion company to work with, this process should be much quicker than this video without question.
Great film! Thanks for posting it.Eric sures looks younger in those days.The end of the 96, what a sad day!
You are doing a amazing job with this website.
Keep the faith!
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