JRGunfighter_John
JRGunfighter_John New Reader
2/1/22 5:24 p.m.

I'm hoping there's a story behind this, but I'm not brave enough to find out...

 

FB SAAB Sonnet "Custom"

 

May be an image of car

 

No photo description available.

Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter)
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
2/1/22 5:56 p.m.

I actually like that better in kart form, than with the bastardized bodywork. I bet it would be even more of a blast now that it's mid-engine RWD though!

drock25too
drock25too Reader
2/2/22 7:19 a.m.

Wonder if the Buick is for sale?

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
2/2/22 8:05 a.m.

'56?

jh36
jh36 Dork
2/2/22 8:07 a.m.
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) said:

I actually like that better in kart form, than with the bastardized bodywork. I bet it would be even more of a blast now that it's mid-engine RWD though!

+1 on that thought!  That looks like good parking lot fun. A different sort of sand rail. 

NY Nick
NY Nick HalfDork
2/2/22 8:40 a.m.

How much of that is Sonnet? Are the front and rear frame sections original? How about the front suspension. I have never spent any time around a Sonnet so I am trying to understand how much of this car is just a stock car minus the body and how much is actually custom.

NOHOME
NOHOME MegaDork
2/2/22 9:14 a.m.

I kinda get what the builder was thinking, I also see the light come on where he decides to bail out. 

 

Kendall_Jones
Kendall_Jones Dork
2/2/22 9:14 a.m.

yikes, that crank trigger setup.

obsolete
obsolete HalfDork
2/2/22 9:25 a.m.

I hope those control arms are just placeholders for the real ones...

billstewartx
billstewartx Reader
2/2/22 1:44 p.m.
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) said:

I actually like that better in kart form, than with the bastardized bodywork. I bet it would be even more of a blast now that it's mid-engine RWD though!

that is NOT mid-engine... the engine clearly hangs behind the rear wheels

 its a craptastic VW kit car -- 

it just S A D that the doofus involved a Sonnet body in this VW... frankenstein 

 

billstewartx
billstewartx Reader
2/2/22 1:45 p.m.

84FSP
84FSP UltraDork
2/2/22 8:59 p.m.

That is... special

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