SAAB SONETT V4 RALLY CAR- HILLCLIMB MEETING
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 2:07 am
MORNING CHAPS,THOUGHT THIS MIGHT INTEREST YOU?
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED HILLCLIMB IN THE UK,WAS OUR DESTINATION....
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/arti ... ling-moss/
AT 03.00HRS SATURDAY MORNING I GRABBED A CUP OF COFFEE,BEFORE HEADING SOUTH,TO MEET UP WITH AN OLD FRIEND...
THESE PICTURE'S WERE TAKEN AT 05.00HRS,WITH THE EARLY MORNING MIST,IN THE WELSH MOUNTAINS...
A 1967 V4 SONETT..........STAGE RALLY PREPARED,THIS LITTLE SWEDISH SPORTS CAR,HAS SPENT A VERY CHEQUERED LIFE IN BOTH CIRCUIT RACING IN SWEDEN,AND ALSO IN THE FOREST'S OF WALES,HERE IN THE 'UK'...IN IT'S LATER LIFE.
SOME 20 YEARS AGO,IT WAS ACQUIRED TO TRY AND PRESERVE IT'S HERITAGE.....AND WITH A RECENTLY 'NEWLY' BUILT V4 RALLY ENGINE FITTED& NOW FRESHLY JUST RUN IN?
IT WAS TIME FOR US, TO TAKE IT TO THE 'HILL'...
BUT? THAT INVOLVED,OVER ANOTHER TWO HOUR DRIVE FURTHER SOUTH, STILL....
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shels ... ?entry=ttu
RUNNING A 7.6 CAM,TWIN CHOKE DOWNDRAUGHT AND AN 'LSD' THE ENGINE IS INCREDIBLY TORQUEY....TRUNDLING ALONG AT 50 MPH IN 4TH THE ENGINE,IS AT IT'S SWEET SPOT.
WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION,WITH THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED IN 'FREEWHEEL',THE PURPOSE MADE BUCKET SEATS ARE COSY,AND COMFORTABLE,WITH AN ARRAY OF INSTRUMENTS,FLICK SWITCHES AND GAUGES,FOR THE CO-DRIVER TO KEEP A BEADY EYE UPON.
AS YOU CLAMBER IN PAST THE ROLLCAGE, IT'S ONLY THEN.....THAT YOU BEGIN TO APPPRECIATE THE PAST 56 YEARS,THAT THIS LITTLE CAR,HAS SPENT HURTLING AROUND BENDS,WITH VARIOUS DRIVERS BEHIND THE WHEEL..IN FACT IT IS SOME MIRACLE,THAT THIS SONETT STILL EXISTS.IT WEARS IT'S BATTLE SCARS WITH PRIDE.....THE MORE YOU LOOK,THE MORE YOU SEE...
THIS A 'MOTORSPORT' CAR,THROUGH AND THROUGH...IT MAY WELL BE COSETTED IN THE GARAGE OVER WINTER TIME,BUT COME THE SUMMER MONTHS....? THE VIBRATIONS,AND NOISE INSIDE THE CAR TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW...
I WAS ABOUT TO BE PRIVILEGED ENOUGH,TO BE ALLOWED TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL,CRASH HELMET ON ......AND FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF 'STIRLING MOSS',UP THE VERY SAME HILL...
'SIGNED ON' WE MANAGED TO GRAB A BACON BUTTY,AND A COFFEE,SAT IN THE MORNING SUNSHINE ABSORBING THE SURROUNDINGS,RACE-ENGINES BEING WARMED UP,OVER IN THE PADDOCK,WHILST THE 'DRIVERS BRIEFING' EDGED EVER CLOSER AT 08.30 HRS....
THIS TWO-DAY 'MEETING' HAD BEEN ORGANISED,BY ONE OF THE FOREMOST CLASSIC CAR INSURER'S IN THE 'UK' FOR IT'S CUSTOMERS...
THE SPREAD OF CLASSIC&RALLY CARS,TOUCHING OVER 100 YEARS IN MOTORSPORT...
THIS IS PROBABLY,ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE 'MOTORSPORT' EXPERIENCE'S HERE IN THE 'UK' ...
HERE,EVERYBODY IS A DRIVER....A PASSENGER,OR SIMPLY A SPANNER WIELDING NUTCASE,OR ALL THREE !
THE ATMOSPHERE,IS ASTOUNDING...A TRUE HIT ON YOUR EMOTIONS,OF YEARS GONE BY...
THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED HILLCLIMB IN THE UK,WAS OUR DESTINATION....
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/arti ... ling-moss/
AT 03.00HRS SATURDAY MORNING I GRABBED A CUP OF COFFEE,BEFORE HEADING SOUTH,TO MEET UP WITH AN OLD FRIEND...
THESE PICTURE'S WERE TAKEN AT 05.00HRS,WITH THE EARLY MORNING MIST,IN THE WELSH MOUNTAINS...
A 1967 V4 SONETT..........STAGE RALLY PREPARED,THIS LITTLE SWEDISH SPORTS CAR,HAS SPENT A VERY CHEQUERED LIFE IN BOTH CIRCUIT RACING IN SWEDEN,AND ALSO IN THE FOREST'S OF WALES,HERE IN THE 'UK'...IN IT'S LATER LIFE.
SOME 20 YEARS AGO,IT WAS ACQUIRED TO TRY AND PRESERVE IT'S HERITAGE.....AND WITH A RECENTLY 'NEWLY' BUILT V4 RALLY ENGINE FITTED& NOW FRESHLY JUST RUN IN?
IT WAS TIME FOR US, TO TAKE IT TO THE 'HILL'...
BUT? THAT INVOLVED,OVER ANOTHER TWO HOUR DRIVE FURTHER SOUTH, STILL....
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shels ... ?entry=ttu
RUNNING A 7.6 CAM,TWIN CHOKE DOWNDRAUGHT AND AN 'LSD' THE ENGINE IS INCREDIBLY TORQUEY....TRUNDLING ALONG AT 50 MPH IN 4TH THE ENGINE,IS AT IT'S SWEET SPOT.
WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION,WITH THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED IN 'FREEWHEEL',THE PURPOSE MADE BUCKET SEATS ARE COSY,AND COMFORTABLE,WITH AN ARRAY OF INSTRUMENTS,FLICK SWITCHES AND GAUGES,FOR THE CO-DRIVER TO KEEP A BEADY EYE UPON.
AS YOU CLAMBER IN PAST THE ROLLCAGE, IT'S ONLY THEN.....THAT YOU BEGIN TO APPPRECIATE THE PAST 56 YEARS,THAT THIS LITTLE CAR,HAS SPENT HURTLING AROUND BENDS,WITH VARIOUS DRIVERS BEHIND THE WHEEL..IN FACT IT IS SOME MIRACLE,THAT THIS SONETT STILL EXISTS.IT WEARS IT'S BATTLE SCARS WITH PRIDE.....THE MORE YOU LOOK,THE MORE YOU SEE...
THIS A 'MOTORSPORT' CAR,THROUGH AND THROUGH...IT MAY WELL BE COSETTED IN THE GARAGE OVER WINTER TIME,BUT COME THE SUMMER MONTHS....? THE VIBRATIONS,AND NOISE INSIDE THE CAR TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW...
I WAS ABOUT TO BE PRIVILEGED ENOUGH,TO BE ALLOWED TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL,CRASH HELMET ON ......AND FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF 'STIRLING MOSS',UP THE VERY SAME HILL...
'SIGNED ON' WE MANAGED TO GRAB A BACON BUTTY,AND A COFFEE,SAT IN THE MORNING SUNSHINE ABSORBING THE SURROUNDINGS,RACE-ENGINES BEING WARMED UP,OVER IN THE PADDOCK,WHILST THE 'DRIVERS BRIEFING' EDGED EVER CLOSER AT 08.30 HRS....
THIS TWO-DAY 'MEETING' HAD BEEN ORGANISED,BY ONE OF THE FOREMOST CLASSIC CAR INSURER'S IN THE 'UK' FOR IT'S CUSTOMERS...
THE SPREAD OF CLASSIC&RALLY CARS,TOUCHING OVER 100 YEARS IN MOTORSPORT...
THIS IS PROBABLY,ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE 'MOTORSPORT' EXPERIENCE'S HERE IN THE 'UK' ...
HERE,EVERYBODY IS A DRIVER....A PASSENGER,OR SIMPLY A SPANNER WIELDING NUTCASE,OR ALL THREE !
THE ATMOSPHERE,IS ASTOUNDING...A TRUE HIT ON YOUR EMOTIONS,OF YEARS GONE BY...