... Years ago, my friend Pete, who flagged SCCA NE Region races at Lime Rock and Bryar, went to Bryar for a motocycle weekend over Memorial Day and came to...
... I haven't had the "eternally runny nose" since moving away from the humid swamps of the East Coast to the DRY heat of Oregon. Don't believe that reputation...
Hey, Chip- I seem to recognize those 96 mirrors from Carlisle...;) Don Fatzinger ... From: William 'Chip' Lamb To: turbo@... ; vsaab@yahoogroups.com ...
Chip ..... And do you have any info on KeithK9 that bought the Sonett II in Texas last night? Looks like he's a big BMW cycle guy........ I was surprised the...
Nick's car (#187) has been verified as white. Doug Morse's car (#182) was unrestored at the time and at the time he actually had it up for sale. The late Dale...
<quote who="Andrew D. Peterson"> ... Andy, I know from your other stories that you have seen the signs before. You've talked about seeing them in your ex boss,...
Yeah, doesn't Oregon have a "Negative Chamber of Commerce" to dissuade people from moving there? galanti ... Yeah, doesn't Oregon have a "Negative Chamber of...
... Knowing what I know, I feel badly for the guy. This is where a $400 pre-purchase inspection can save people an $8-10k or greater mistake. In the late 80s...
OK .. to sum this up.. the barn find is actually a half rebuilt unknown junk that was wrecked hard and despite the look of not being run much.. this is a...
... I don't pontificate or make gross speculations bordering on dishonesty. Bud Clark's former business partner Jay Arruda owned the car as far back as the...
I waste my fair share of time on eBay motors and it is not uncommom for cars to be bid well above the realistic value. Reasons for this would be too numerous...
... The problem here with a car worth more than a couple grand is that there's a vast gulf between a car in this condition and a car in #1-2 condition as far...
Didn't you feel obligated to contact the bidder and let him know the history of the car... I can't imagine knowing this info and not trying to pass it on so ...
... You cannot contact the bidder these days until the auction is over. I have let him know, he's an old time SAAB guy in CT and doesn't seem too broken up...
Amen..... I tried to alert buyers to a know problem years ago.... after the seller repeatedly refused to fess up to the problem in his eBay description. Just...
<quote who="oldsaabguy"> ... Technically, yes. Practically, no. We never recovered all the pieces for one. Also, brazing/welding a bolt hole is kinda a pain....
Hi guys - I've been off list a while -- but this EBAY Sonett thing caught my attention. For the record, I'm happy to have my info included in any Sonett ...
One of the two-stroke engines that I have everyone who's seen it thinks that it was modified by Chris Custer (?). Wild porting. So much that the porting went...
And of course it was another sharp VSAAB member..... Eric in Vermont? ..... IIRC that spotted the Sonett V4 hood scoop I was looking for which led me to bid on...
... Mark's old ad led me to believe it was his. I would like to know who the original owner of your car was in order to document #122. Interesting, thanks. ...
Jon, if you haven't take your wheel apart yet let me tell you how it all goes together: Leather stitched on wheel cover. Cut all the threads and take it off,...
These are good tips. I have repaired a few of these wheels in that fashion. They are really quite campy. ... _________________________________ Cheers- William...