Comments on: “Project Laura” – SAAB 96 Restoration by the RMSC http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc 1947 - 2011 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bruce Robbins http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3336 Bruce Robbins Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:11:28 +0000 http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3336 Absolutely fantastic job guys! I'm another Scottish viewer and this has made me feel like tracking down another old Saab. A 96 was the first car I bought when I passed my test 28 years ago and I can't believe I scrapped it because I was having trouble with the gearbox linkage! It was canary yellow when I bought it but it but I had it resprayed a Vauxhall colour called starmist garnet. This was a metallic reddish-burgundy and was so beautiful that the first guy who saw it after it had come out of the spray shop went and got his car painted the same colour. Or course, being 21 and with a lot to learn, I didn't think too much about changing the original colour of the car. I wouldn't make the same mistake again ;-) Unfortunately, the chances of me finding a 96 restoration project with bodywork as good as yours are about zero. Scottish winters and the amount of salt they put on the road rots everything that isn't galvanised. Since then I've had a second 96, a 95 and four 900s including two turbos. I gave up on Saab when they lost that traditional Saab feeling with the mark two 900. It's maybe heresy but I think that Audi now come closer to that feeling than Saab. Absolutely fantastic job guys! I’m another Scottish viewer and this has made me feel like tracking down another old Saab. A 96 was the first car I bought when I passed my test 28 years ago and I can’t believe I scrapped it because I was having trouble with the gearbox linkage!

It was canary yellow when I bought it but it but I had it resprayed a Vauxhall colour called starmist garnet. This was a metallic reddish-burgundy and was so beautiful that the first guy who saw it after it had come out of the spray shop went and got his car painted the same colour. Or course, being 21 and with a lot to learn, I didn’t think too much about changing the original colour of the car. I wouldn’t make the same mistake again ;-)

Unfortunately, the chances of me finding a 96 restoration project with bodywork as good as yours are about zero. Scottish winters and the amount of salt they put on the road rots everything that isn’t galvanised.

Since then I’ve had a second 96, a 95 and four 900s including two turbos. I gave up on Saab when they lost that traditional Saab feeling with the mark two 900. It’s maybe heresy but I think that Audi now come closer to that feeling than Saab.

]]> By: Saab History Project Laura SAAB 96 Restoration by the RMSC | low cost car insurance http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3335 Saab History Project Laura SAAB 96 Restoration by the RMSC | low cost car insurance Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:29:35 +0000 http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3335 [...] Saab History Project Laura SAAB 96 Restoration by the RMSC Posted by root 14 minutes ago (http://www.saabhistory.com) Donated to the club in january of 2002 the car was initially very solid but in definite need of restoration or at least refurbishing Discuss  |  Bury |  News | Saab History Project Laura SAAB 96 Restoration by the RMSC [...] [...] Saab History Project Laura SAAB 96 Restoration by the RMSC Posted by root 14 minutes ago (http://www.saabhistory.com) Donated to the club in january of 2002 the car was initially very solid but in definite need of restoration or at least refurbishing Discuss  |  Bury |  News | Saab History Project Laura SAAB 96 Restoration by the RMSC [...]

]]> By: Ryan http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3334 Ryan Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:23:38 +0000 http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3334 It seems like the 1970 SAAB 96 V4 was the choice car to restore, in the same color even as done again in Maine! http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/02/13/a-1970-saab-96-drives-again-maine-usa/ It seems like the 1970 SAAB 96 V4 was the choice car to restore, in the same color even as done again in Maine!

http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/02/13/a-1970-saab-96-drives-again-maine-usa/

]]> By: andreas http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3333 andreas Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:23:47 +0000 http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3333 Super Film über eure Restauration von der Laura. Bald wird mein Saab auch wieder so glänzen gruß andreas Super Film über eure Restauration von der Laura.
Bald wird mein Saab auch wieder so glänzen

gruß
andreas

]]> By: Ryan http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3332 Ryan Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:41:41 +0000 http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3332 Tom, As always, we're looking forward to your next video production! You guys really serve as a beacon of light for Saab experience , knowledge and community! Ryan Tom,

As always, we’re looking forward to your next video production!

You guys really serve as a beacon of light for Saab experience , knowledge and community!

Ryan

]]> By: Tom Nelson http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3331 Tom Nelson Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:38:28 +0000 http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3331 Good to hear that people are still viewing our work...... Project Lisa - '74 Sonett III ...our current RMSC refurbishment project is almost complete, but the video production has not even started..... got lots of footage; just need to get going with the editing. Tom Good to hear that people are still viewing our work…… Project Lisa – ’74 Sonett III …our current RMSC refurbishment project is almost complete, but the video production has not even started….. got lots of footage; just need to get going with the editing.
Tom

]]> By: Martti Peräaho http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3330 Martti Peräaho Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:35:49 +0000 http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3330 HI! I just watched the video about "Laura". Great stuff - such dedication is a joy to behold. The video also brought back memories as I owned a blue 1970 V4 myself some ten years back. Unfortuneately it suffered an accident and had to be scrapped. Currently I am painstakingly putting a 1976 model 95 estate back on the road again. Your video provided just the inspiration I needed to proceed. Thanks. HI!

I just watched the video about “Laura”. Great stuff – such dedication is a joy to behold. The video also brought back memories as I owned a blue 1970 V4 myself some ten years back. Unfortuneately it suffered an accident and had to be scrapped. Currently I am painstakingly putting a 1976 model 95 estate back on the road again. Your video provided just the inspiration I needed to proceed. Thanks.

]]> By: Chris Ivory aka Zaphod http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3329 Chris Ivory aka Zaphod Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:33:26 +0000 http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3329 Fanastic effort, everyone. I have a 1972 96V4, with just 11 (eleven) thousand miles on the clock, having been forgotten in a garage for over 25 years, and has gone through a similar, but less intensive restoration. 30 minutes of pure viewing joy! Fanastic effort, everyone.

I have a 1972 96V4, with just 11 (eleven) thousand miles on the clock, having been forgotten in a garage for over 25 years, and has gone through a similar, but less intensive restoration.

30 minutes of pure viewing joy!

]]> By: Jim Martin http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3328 Jim Martin Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:57:33 +0000 http://www.saabhistory.com/2007/03/17/project-laura-saab-96-restoration-by-the-rmsc/#comment-3328 Hi, I have just seen the Rocky Mountain Video.....great stuff, very interesting. Thanks Jim Martin, Scotland, UK Hi,

I have just seen the Rocky Mountain Video…..great stuff, very interesting. Thanks

Jim Martin, Scotland, UK

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