I don’t know how many of you saw this, but a few days ago a guy named Emanuele left a comment on the site – and what a comment.

It was surprising for a couple of reasons. The first was the extraordinary collection of cars he has, which he listed in the comment. It really is something to see (and you can see them, below)

The second surprise is that Emanuele is from Italy. In nearly four years of Saab blogging, with more than 45,000 comments on the site, I’ve rarely had contact with a Saab nut from Italy. And it’s even rarer to come across someone, regardless of where they’re from, with such a large collection of cars.

Here’s the full list, from Emanuele’s comment:

I own several Saabs, mainly for restoration. I have:

- 92b 1955m.y. green, for restore
- 96 1965m.y. blue , needs repaint
- 96 1974m.y. green, for sale
- 96 1975m.y. silver jubileum, for restore
- 96 1975m.y. silver jubileum, nearly finish restore for sale
- 96b 1975m.y. topax jellow , dalyng use
- 96 1979m.y. acacia green, for restore
- 99 1971m.y. white, for sale
- 99 1977m.y. turbo wagon realised from a specialist in sweden ,for restore???.
- 99 1978m.y. turbo 3ck black, for restore
- 99 1978m.y. turbo 3ck red, nearly finish restore ( 5 years…)
- 99 1980m.y. turbo 2sd white , for restore or spare parts.
- 99 1980m.y. turbo 2sd white GR.A spec.
- 900 1979m.y. turbo 3ck black, for restore
- 900 1979m.y. turbo 3ck black, dayling use
- 900 1980m.y. turbo 5ck acacia, for restore
- 900 1980m.y. turbo 3ck aquamarine, for restore
- 900 1981m.y. turbo 4sd silver, the first saab of my family
- 900 1985m.y. turbo aero black, for restore
- 900 1991m.y. l.p.t. 3ck red, for spare parts
- 900 1992m.y. l.p.t. aero (original) white, for sale
- 900 1992m.y. l.p.t. aero (original) red, crashed
- 900 1993m.y. turbo 3ck aero GT sport black, runs, runs and runs……..
- 900 1993m.y. turbo 3ck aero GT, for spare parts
- 900 1993m.y. turbo cabrio aero final edition spacial black metallic, runs, runs and runs…….
- 9000 1990m.y. turbo sport 204bhp, for spare parts
- 9000 1990m.y. turbo sport 204bhp red, runs, runs and runs ( my wife’s car )
- 9000 1993m.y. l.p.t. platana, for sale

So, I love sweden.

Best saab regards

Emanuele

Here’s the collection. As Emanuele mentions, some of these are obviously restorers or parts cars, but I’ve included everything he sent me. There’s some truly great stuff here.

My personal favourite is the two-door 99T with the minilites and rally livery. That car is the duck’s guts if you ask me.

In his email to me, Emanuele said the following:

no problem for show my history, so saab enthusiast know that in italy lives a krazy saab collector.

We’ve met up with Saab nuts from all over the world in the last few years. It’s nice to know there’s someone who’s Saab Krazy in Italy, too. I think we might have to make up a Saab Krazy T-shirt in Emanuele’s honour!

Emanuele has a website, too, where I think he sells a few of his Saabs every now and then.

For now, enjoy Emanuele’s collection, and wish for a chance to get a ride in a 99T as sweet as that one, one day

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