'ARVIKA' IS APPARENTLY..... EKLUNDS'S.... HOME TOWN.
AFTER SPEAKING TO THE STAFF AT THE MUSUEM,HE REGULARLY JUST NIP'S IN.....
SO, WE LEFT HIM A LITTLE SOMETHING.....
THEN HEADED BACK,TOWARD NORWAY......
REALLY,WE COULDN'T HAVE CONCEIVED SUCH A INSPIRATIONAL TRIP,IF WE HAD TRIED.....
ONE LAST OVERNIGHT STAY IN SANDEFJORD,BEFORE THE MIDDAY FLIGHT HOME...
BUT NOT BEFORE, VISITING 'BILTEMA' TO PICK UP SOME GOODIES FOR MY 96V4 PROJECT.......
AND THERE LAY THE PROBLEM.....
I SAT THERE,IN THE PEUGEOT.......TAKING IN THE CONDITION OF THE TWO-STROKE,PARKED ASIDE US,OPPOSITE 'BILTEMA'.....
LOOKING SLIGHTLY UNLOVED,AND THOUGH IT HADN'T MOVED FOR ALONG TIME...IT BORE THE STICKER ON THE BOOTLID OF THE FIRST 'SAAB' GARAGE OPENED IN NEARBY LARVIK,IN NORWAY,BACK IN 1956......
IN FACT,THE VERY GARAGE,WE HAD VISITED IN THE 'CLARION 99 TURBO'ON THE WAY TO THE 'TROLLHATTAN SAAB SPORT&RALLY FESTIVAL 2013' AND MET 'STIG LARSEN'.....ANOTHER SAAB RALLY NUT,WITH HIS FATHER BUILDING THE RALLY ENGINES,IN THE REAR WORKSHOP.....
SO POISED,TO GET OUT OF THE PEUGEOT......AND GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION 'IS IT FOR SALE'........I MOMENTARILY REFRAINED.....?
WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER TO WAIT
......UNTIL I CAN PARK IT, ON OUR OWN SWEDISH DRIVEWAY.....?
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