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Saab 96 Pictures
trogdor - 8/5/08 at 12:42 PM

Since Mr Whippy said the other day he wanted to see some pictures of my saab project, i thought i best had take some! should of done it ages ago but here they are. Rescued attachment 067.JPG
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trogdor - 8/5/08 at 12:42 PM

one of the interior Rescued attachment 068.JPG
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trogdor - 8/5/08 at 12:43 PM

of the back where the engine will go Rescued attachment 069.JPG
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trogdor - 8/5/08 at 12:43 PM

one of the front Rescued attachment 070.JPG
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trogdor - 8/5/08 at 12:44 PM

one of the engine Rescued attachment 071.JPG
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trogdor - 8/5/08 at 12:45 PM

finally one from the boot looking forwards Rescued attachment 072.JPG
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speedyxjs - 8/5/08 at 12:50 PM

Oooh nice

Mr Whippy - 8/5/08 at 01:09 PM

Ahh good, nice to see it at last and it looks quite a tidy example for the age. Definitely a cad job I think for working out the running gear at the back, any ideas what you’re going to use for the suspension? Interesting project and I’m sure it will be one wild ride once done.

trogdor - 8/5/08 at 01:13 PM

it wasn't bad considering i got it off ebay for £100 when i was 19, which was 4 years ago. Oh dear doesn't time pass quick!

My plan with the suspension is to use the mondeo subframe and suspension in the back. In the back there are two mounting bolts for the orginal axle, i plan to use these and make mounts from them to the subframe. The subframe will have to be narrowed to fit within the saab, i also need to make two mounts for the back of the subframe and mounting points for the struts. But it should leave me with a IRS suspension that is compact and realtively cheap. I am using mondeo suspension as i have it to hand already.



[Edited on 8/5/08 by trogdor]

trogdor - 8/5/08 at 01:40 PM

Oooh have just found this post i made back in 2006, my plans were so different back then, car still had its V4,

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=43005&page=10



[Edited on 8/5/08 by trogdor]

Mr Whippy - 8/5/08 at 01:58 PM

looks a good project and not to much work, least you will have a lot of room up front for the tank.

trogdor - 8/5/08 at 03:17 PM

getting the suspension in and aligned will be the difficult bit. The rest should be ok, the only other issue is physically getting the engine in. Only way i have thought of requires me to remove the back window!

(get engine in through doors then pick it up from inside through the back window.)

mr henderson - 8/5/08 at 05:53 PM

quote:

My plan with the suspension is to use the mondeo subframe and suspension in the back. In the back there are two mounting bolts for the orginal axle, i plan to use these and make mounts from them to the subframe. The subframe will have to be narrowed to fit within the saab, i also need to make two mounts for the back of the subframe and mounting points for the struts. But it should leave me with a IRS suspension that is compact and realtively cheap. I am using mondeo suspension as i have it to hand already.




I can't see that working. As the lower arms fit to the subframe, narrowing the subframe means that to preserve the suspension geometry the strut tops will have to move towards each other by the same amount and I don't think there will be enough room

Plus you would need to make the driveshafts shorter as well. Wouldn't it be better to build out some really wide arches?

[Edited on 8/5/08 by mr henderson]

[Edited on 8/5/08 by mr henderson]

trogdor - 8/5/08 at 07:09 PM

the strut tops will be in the same relative position as the saab has the room to do this as the engine will be mounted north-south not transverse like in the donor. Custom driveshafts will be required, which is a downside to this setup.

I was planning to use really wide arches, but the amount of work needed to the body was quite alot and i think the arches would spoil the lines of the saab.