Comments on: Saab 99 and 900 – The Complete Story http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html Saab 9-1, 9-3, 9-4x, 9-5, 9-7x News Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:26:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Chris Hansel http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-35554 Chris Hansel Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:22:52 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-35554 Swade and Lance. I'm the historian of the U.S. Stag club. I have a question for you. Have either one of you ever heard of 48 Stag/99's build as a test run to see if they could use the Triumph v8? There is a least one such car in the U.S. though what it is, and how it came to be, is very badly understood. Could you shed any light on this topic? thanks Chris Hansel Stag Club USA Swade and Lance.
I’m the historian of the U.S. Stag club. I have a question for you. Have either one of you ever heard of 48 Stag/99’s build as a test run to see if they could use the Triumph v8? There is a least one such car in the U.S. though what it is, and how it came to be, is very badly understood. Could you shed any light on this topic?
thanks
Chris Hansel Stag Club USA

]]> By: Hoffmann http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-23990 Hoffmann Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:29:34 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-23990 When I bought my 2001 Saab Viggen in 2005, the previous owner generously included a number of books and magazines with car. One of them was Lance's 'Saab 99 and 900 - the Complete Story.' I spent the better part of that Fall finally getting clued in to the fact that Saab made other cars beside the 900. I also fell in love with the 99 Turbo through that book, eventually buying one in December 2005 and starting the 99 Turbo Registry in '07. Thank you, Lance. When I bought my 2001 Saab Viggen in 2005, the previous owner generously included a number of books and magazines with car.

One of them was Lance’s ‘Saab 99 and 900 – the Complete Story.’ I spent the better part of that Fall finally getting clued in to the fact that Saab made other cars beside the 900. I also fell in love with the 99 Turbo through that book, eventually buying one in December 2005 and starting the 99 Turbo Registry in ‘07. Thank you, Lance.

]]> By: 1985 Gripen http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-23877 1985 Gripen Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:45:40 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-23877 Well Lance, I hope you get a cut of every copy sold as I just ordered it from Amazon.com after reading Swade's review! For some reason it "ships within 4 to 6 weeks". I can't wait to receive and read it. Thanks for the heads-up on this book, Swade. Well Lance, I hope you get a cut of every copy sold as I just ordered it from Amazon.com after reading Swade’s review! For some reason it “ships within 4 to 6 weeks”. I can’t wait to receive and read it. Thanks for the heads-up on this book, Swade.

]]> By: lance http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-23842 lance Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:09:44 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-23842 Thanks Swade and everyone. The book was not perfect but a decent stab at it. Had lots of help. Some of the errors in it were mine or others -they have been addressed in the reprint -notably my claim of "chrome bumpered" 99s. I meant stainless steel with a chrome effect of course! You should see the pile of letters I have had on that one... The Saab book came out at the same time as my book on the Vickers VC 10 airliner - that had a foreword by Concorde test pilot Brian Trubshaw - I was with him when he got done for speeding and the American policeman said "Say old man s'pose you think your'e a Concorde test pilot do ya" And Brian replied, "Well actually yes I am..." Priceless. Brian liked Saabs too. One day Swade will write a Saab story too- well he is already- here - and it's great. Just to say ,I get real pleasure reading this site every day - far more than my book could do. Thanks Swade and everyone.

The book was not perfect but a decent stab at it. Had lots of help.

Some of the errors in it were mine or others -they have been addressed in the reprint -notably my claim of “chrome bumpered” 99s. I meant stainless steel with a chrome effect of course!

You should see the pile of letters I have had on that one…

The Saab book came out at the same time as my book on the Vickers VC 10 airliner – that had a foreword by Concorde test pilot Brian Trubshaw – I was with him when he got done for speeding and the American policeman said “Say old man s’pose you think your’e a Concorde test pilot do ya” And Brian replied, “Well actually yes I am…”

Priceless. Brian liked Saabs too.

One day Swade will write a Saab story too- well he is already- here – and it’s great.

Just to say ,I get real pleasure reading this site every day – far more than my book could do.

]]> By: eggsngrits http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-23816 eggsngrits Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:51:27 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-23816 Again, I say this: you can't have the full story of the 900 without the 99, and I've always assumed the other way around, too. Great stuff. Again, I say this: you can’t have the full story of the 900 without the 99, and I’ve always assumed the other way around, too. Great stuff.

]]> By: jeff k http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-23800 jeff k Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:21:44 +0000 http://www.trollhattansaab.net/archives/2007/10/saab-99-and-900-the-complete-story.html#comment-23800 the girlfriend just gave me this for my birthday last month. i love it. the girlfriend just gave me this for my birthday last month. i love it.

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