Comments on: Saab History Visits GM Media Archives

By: Luca

Luca — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:31:18 +0000

Hi Andreas,

I’m restoring a 92B too. Could I have parts list and service manual in PDF please?

Many thanks

Luca Spano’

By: tahar djebbar maamar

tahar djebbar maamar — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:56:12 +0000

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By: Andreas Lööv

Andreas Lööv — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:52:28 +0000

Hi Ryan!

I have both the spare parts list and the service manual for the Saab 92b in pdf format, if you want it I email it to you.
Let me know the email adress and I send it right away.

Sincerely yours

Andreas Lööv from Sweden.

By: Joseph Mathis

Joseph Mathis — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:08:02 +0000

Ryan,

Thanks for forwarding the link to the note by Kirby.

First, an update on Dave Garroway: he hosted the Today Show from 1952 until 1961. It was back then that I eagerly awaited the segment of the show when someone would arrive outside the studio in a car. Dave would go outside and interview the driver, and then proceed to drive the car around a bit, while Jack Lescouli did the sports or Frank Blair did the weather. After Dave returned, he would report his impressions of the drive, the cars handling and performance, no simple feat, given that he had to drive around Manhattan.

It was probably about 1957, when the first Saabs were arriving near Hingham, MA, that Ralph Millet arrived with a Saab for Dave to drive.

In 1997 at Waterville Valley, I spoke with Mr. Millet about his delivery of the car to Dave on the show. He remembered it very well. I asked him if he knew of a Kenescope recording that might exist of the episode. He checked with NBC but was never able to locate the shows episode. If anyone has a way of researching this and finding this tape (film), it would be a great piece of Saab USA history.

Thanks again,

Joseph Mathis

By: Kirby

Kirby — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:00:01 +0000

I remember the Dave Garroway show err, the Today Show hosted by Dave Garroway. He was a character. I don’t remember the Saab thing, but I don’t think I watched it until the 60′s. Does anyone know when he stepped down/retired? Who was the next host?
Wow, I wish I had seen those Saab bits on his show.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:08:10 +0000

Joseph,

Thank you for your note here.

There are some people that have these SAAB Service manuals for the 92 as well as 93B, F and other vintage models.

I would see if you could request a full scan of one via PDF actually.

Where else have you looked for this item?

As for the GM Archives, the videos apparently only go back as far as the early 1980′s.

I will keep on the search for vintage material as soon as I come across any leads, so here’s hoping!

Please let me know if you have any more questions.

Best,

Ryan

By: Joseph T. Mathis

Joseph T. Mathis — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:46:12 +0000

Ryan,

I have just read about your trip to the Saab Archive. What took me to the Saab History .com page, was a search for a friend who has a Saab 92B. He’s been looking for a copy of the parts list and service manual.

Anyway, by reading your article, I was reminded of a question I asked of the man who was the head of Saab USA, back in the ’50′s, (can’t recall his name, deceased) . I asked him if he could locate a copy of the kinescope recording of Dave Garroway driving a Saab on the Today Show, back about 1956 or 1957. I saw that show, I was either 15 or 16 at the time. I’ve never forgotten it.

When Dave G. hosted the show, once a week, someone would drive up outside the large plate glass windows of the NBC studio, and Dave would go outside, talk to the person delivering the car, then take it for a test drive. After he came back from his 4 or 5 minute drive around a few Manhattan blocks, he’d report on his impressions of the car.

Seeing that Saab for the first time was the beginning of my interest in Saabs.

Well, anyway, if you know if the GM Archives would have a copy of this recording, or (going back to my opening remarks ) a parts list and service manual for the 92, I’d be happy to hear from you on this.

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely yours,

Joseph T. Mathis
mathisj@william.jewell.edu