914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
12/21/23 9:53 a.m.

Theft deterrent.

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Gary
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12/21/23 3:49 p.m.

Gary
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12/21/23 7:53 p.m.

NOHOME
NOHOME MegaDork
12/21/23 7:53 p.m.

Under the heading of "Just Wrong"

 

FJ40Jim
FJ40Jim Reader
12/21/23 10:43 p.m.
Shadeux said:

Is (was) that a SAAB?

MyMiatas
MyMiatas HalfDork
12/21/23 11:23 p.m.

Now this Bug is different!

 

NickD
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12/22/23 7:51 a.m.

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
12/22/23 9:18 a.m.

RossD
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12/22/23 9:20 a.m.
Shadeux said:

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
12/22/23 9:32 a.m.

Welder's Christmas.

BoxheadTim
BoxheadTim MegaDork
12/22/23 10:28 a.m.
FJ40Jim said:
Shadeux said:

Is (was) that a SAAB?

Yes, looks like a SAAB 96 or earlier. I guess some of this stuff might have been involved:

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
12/22/23 11:34 a.m.

In reply to FJ40Jim :

Yep, a 96.   95s are the wagon model.

TheRyGuy
TheRyGuy Reader
12/22/23 11:58 a.m.

In reply to NickD :

What kinda engines are on that B17? Looks like different cowling than would be around a P&W.

Will
Will UberDork
12/22/23 12:08 p.m.

In reply to TheRyGuy :

Allisons. Boeing built a single Allison-engined B-17 as a theoretical alternative in case the radials became scarce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_XB-38_Flying_Fortress

Fulfilling the hotlink requirement:

FJ40Jim
FJ40Jim Reader
12/22/23 12:29 p.m.

In reply to 914Driver :

I never owned a real early SAAB. 

But as a child in the 1980s, I DD-ed a burgundy SAAB type 97GT.

NickD
NickD MegaDork
12/22/23 12:49 p.m.
TheRyGuy said:

In reply to NickD :

What kinda engines are on that B17? Looks like different cowling than would be around a P&W.

It's technically an XB-38. They built a prototype using Allison V12s. It had a notably higher top speed, but its service ceiling was lower. The prototype ended up having an engine catch fire, the crew bailed out, and it was destroyed. By that point, the Allisons were needed for P-38s, P-39s, P-40s, P-51s and P-63s and couldn't be spared for bomber production, so the program was abandoned.

 

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
12/22/23 1:45 p.m.

In reply to FJ40Jim :

Yeah, that's a Sonett.  Pretty cool little cars.

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