Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 21:15:15 GMT From: "Al" <alistairdorenospamo.com> Subject: Re: The stuff you find on the internet !
"Paul Halliday" <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:BEF32343.1518D%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk... > in article 3j4rgmFo6g2nU3nospamvidual.net, Dave Hinz at > DaveHinznospamcop.net > wrote on 07/07/2005 15:11: > >> On Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:05:56 GMT, Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> >> wrote: >>> in article 42CC674A.3CE19F5Cnospamail.com, Pooh Bear at >> >>>> from the rear wheels. This journey also holds the records for the >>>> longest completed journey with the choke fully out and the right >>>> indicator flashing. >>> >>> Outstanding! :) More so, given that it is very likely to have been a >>> front >>> wheel handbrake. >> >> That and I'm not aware of the c900 ever having a manual choke - last >> Saab I can think of with such was in the late '60s. > > I looked at a D reg (MY 1987) which was a manual choke single carburettor > model. The article did say "smoke billowing from the rear wheels", so must > have been the first of the rear-wheel handbrake cars. > > Paul > > Vart tog v”gen v”gen? > SAAB : Nothing on earth comes close > Yup my first C900, 1986 non turbo had a manual choke, guess where...yeah you got it, in the centre next to the ignition! Al