MORNING CHAPS,

JUST A LINK,TO AN EVENT THAT IS NOW HELD IN THE UK...

LOTS OF PHOTOS HERE,FROM THE MODIFIED RETRO SCENE....

WE TOOK THE 'CLARION 99 TURBO' AND A LOVELY ORIGINAL 3 DR TURBO,FOR A LONG DAY OUT.....

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I COULD ALLOW MY SON,TO ACTUALLY RIDE ALONGSIDE ME IN THE 99T,IN A MOTORSPORT EVENT


ALBEIT UNTIMED,THE HILLCLIMB PROVIDIED A LOT OF FUN,FOR ALLSORTS OF MOTORSPORT MACHINERY,FROM A SKODA ESTELLE,TO A NINETIES BENETTON FORMULA 1......

MORE PHOTOS HERE....

http://www.uksaabs.co.uk/UKS/viewtopic. ... 3&start=20

LOTS OF DIFFERENT RETRO STUFF HERE,HAVING SOME FUN....

I MET A GUY WHOM HAS 'MARKKU ALEN'S' EX WORKS TOYOTA CELICA.........HE LIKED THE 99 TURBO SO MUCH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDee-So1r58

THE 99 FEATURES AROUND 5 MIN INTO THE FOOTAGE,I HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT JUMPING OUT OF 2ND GEAR HITTING THE RED/WHITE KERBS ON THE INSIDE OF THE BEND......WAS TAKING IT RELATIVLEY EASY,AS VALUABLE CARGO ON -BOARD

OK,MAYBE NOT A SAAB...

BUT YOU CHAPS ARE PRETTY INTERESTED IN ENGINEERING...?

A RATHER SPECIAL LANCIA DELTA,FROM SWEDEN HAD MADE THE TRIP,TO BLAST UP THE HILL ....?

SAAB DID MARKET THE DELTA,AS A 'SAAB 600'.....

A 'SWEDE' BUILT THIS ONE,SO I GUESS THIS MAKES IT OK,TO LINK THIS IN......?

http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/10/sup ... r-the-idea

AND WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED READING THAT.....

A LITTLE MORE MADNESS.....

WE WATCHED THIS LITTLE VAN LAST YEAR,HITTING THE DRAG STRIP AT 'SANTA POD'.......IN UK

THE CHAP HAD BROUGHT THE 'LITTLE VAN' TO THE HILL,FOR THIS YEARS 'RETRORIDES'......IT MAY BE FAMILIAR TO SOME OF YOU?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-KvDGo3nPc


AND FINALLY,SOMEBODY ACTUALLY GOT SOME FOOTAGE OF US,ON THE LAST RUN UP THE HILL ,IN THE 99 TURBO.......WHEREUPON,I HAD LEARNT THE TRACK...?

PLENTY OF ACTION FROM ALL THE OTHER NUTTERS...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OQxug0XmyY#t=1656

SAAB APPEARS AT 27.30 MINS,IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT TIME TO WATCH IT ALL......

APOLOGIES,IF THIS ISN'T ALL SAAB RELATED......?

FOR ME,IT'S JUST THE ENGINEERING,THAT DOES IT.....

BIRDIE

Well as someone said " all in all we had a spiffing good time " That would seem to sum it up. I really like the way your 99 looks ! I enjoyed looking at the Lancia rebuild and loved seeing those VW buses running up the hill. Birdie, if you ever come to this side of the Atlantic , we should try to plug you into one of our cars at a hill climb here in the USA. See how you feel about sitting on the left side of the car and all that? Great stuff - glad you post it for us to see !!

HELLO GM REIDER,

MY FIRST RALLY CAR,BACK IN 1994 WAS A LEFT HAND DRIVE V4,PURPORTEDLY EX-OLA STROMBERG.......

THOUGHT I WOULD STRUGGLE A LITTLE WITH THE GEARCHANGE ETC,WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT IT,BUT ALL SEEMED TO COME NATURAL ENOUGH.......

CURRENTLY BUILDING A 96V4 FOR SOME HILLCLIMBS AND SPRINTS,JUST TO HAVE A BIT OF FUN,AND MAYBE TEACH THE LAD,SOME BASICS.....