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48 SAABs = SAABtoberfest
Posted by Thor Carlson (more from Thor Carlson) on Sat, 9 Oct 1999 22:33:55
The rains held. Again.
Blaithin (and Hubby Dean) outdid themselves again as a stupendous number of
true SAAB enthusiasts turned out for Pennsylvania SAABtoberfest '99. This
was the best representation of SAABs seen at a tour yet with models ranging
from 2 passenger to 7 passenger. '69 (V4 Sonett) to '99 (Viggen, 9-5
wagons). Four or five 99s. A 96. Bill Trench's 95. A few 9-3s (including
Larry West in a factory 9-3 convertible). And, of course, beaucoup classic
900s.
Turbo!'s own Christine Krueger won the farthest distance traveled award (890
miles from Atlanta), edging out poor Sean Mullady (a mere 500 or so?) from
Michigan. Chris Moberg was sadly missed (engine troubles, reportedly).
Duane solved Seth Bengelsdorf's boost problem, winning a free one year
subscription to NEWS.
Geoff Clarke's engine compartment received much attention due to its
creative wiring schemes and radiator fan mounted behind the intercooler.
Kevin Quigley (sans pipe) ran the event with a camcorder mounted inside
Turbo9. Watch for the Quicktime movies!
David Hattery drove his '74 99LE with three(!) passengers and seemed to have
no trouble at all keeping up.
You shoulda heard the SuperTrapp exhaust on the 96.
A bucket of Blaithin's marvelous c**kies was passed around a lunchtime.
The raffle table must have been groaning under the strain of all the goodies
donated by local businesses: car care kits, frisbees, t shirts, etc. SAAB
Cars USA donated some posters, pins and hats. Seth donated some John Moss
tranmission rebuild videos. Scott Paterson contributed a SAAB Network
sweatshirt, t-shirt and decals. I can't recall everyone or everything but
what a great, generous group of people.
The gorgeous V4 Sonett (Massachusetts) won the Second Annual Highly Coveted
Drool Bucket Award, which included (in addition to the bucket) a one year
subscription to NINES, donated by Dean and Blaithin.
It was cool and damp all day making it 'a good day to boost'. I think
Mjollnir's BFGs are finally broken in.
Thanks Blaithin and Dean (and sons Jeremy and Tyler, erstwhile navigators
for our tour leaders) for another great event!
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Thor Carlson - Newton, NJ
'86 SPG 'Mjollnir' 149K
carlsontno39sdcx6spamx782ptdprolog.net
http://home.ptd.net/~carlsont
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