1967 Saab 96 2 Stroke [3 Cylinder - 46 HORSEPOWER!!!]

Rich Tomasini shares footage of his 1967 Saab 96 2 stroke. With 46 Horsepower, this classic car can hit 0-60 in roughly 26 seconds.
This classic Saab was built by Swedish engineers who design airplanes so it is very aerodynamic.
Check out this video for a full tour of my 1967 Saab 96 V4 [3 Cylinder - 46 HORSEPOWER!!!]

[@shyfreckles1]

This model and color was my first car at 16. The summer after I graduated high school, I took out the backseat and built a wooden platform with hinged lids on both sides for storage & a twin mattress fit perfectly, & made for a great summer in the PNW. I skied a lot & often had to crawl under the car to unstick the frozen emergency brake. One of the weirdest experiences I’ve had with an automobile yet, the day I bought the car I went to the local River Park & at about 15mph, thunk, I’m suddenly going in reverse. Called the shop & their mechanic came over. Discovered after a few minutes, it had 4 gears of reverse & one forward! The little screw on the top of the distributor cap had come loose & magnetized & was running in reverse! Crazy! There were often arguments at refueling time, when I wanted to put oil in the gas tank. I’m a blond female, too! What an awesome & fun little car! 😃❤️🌞

[@Sebastian_George]

Two-stroke music, art and love from Trollhattan in Sweden. That is wonderful. 🎶🖼🇸🇪❤

[@salemarinofino]

it's a pity that you have stored everything with music. You hardly hear the engine.

[@ghenckel]

Richard comments that the Saab 96 has terrific airflow at speed, with the windows down, you're never getting 'beat up' by the wind, never any of that terrible buffeting most modern cars have; it's true! My '63 'bullnose' (earlier shortnose) Saab is exactly the same - no wind hammering you, even at 80mph! These cars are just pure fun to drive!

[@gollum43]

My uncle had at least 4 of these, I'm going to guess they were from between 1962 to 1965, I believe they had the 3-speed gearboxes (the ones where the front grill was attached to the hood, not the later ones like yours). He got really good at putting these beasts together, maintaining them and souping them up. I have fond memories of riding in the back when I was a kid listening to the popping sounds of the engine, he really loved his Saabs!!!

[@tomasw22]

driving sound=music? never.. ever!! love the rest, Saab is true magic

[@Roger_Ramjet]

+1. Ruined the whole experience

[@ThePrissy11]

We had a Saab dealer on our block when I was a kid. We used to love watching his car sputter up the street. Very amusing

[@MJCLAXDEN]

My dad had a 1966 Saab 96 (2-stroke, 3-cylinder) and a 1968 Saab 95 (2-stroke, 3-cylinder)...they were amazing cars.

[@dennisboisvert3143]

I owned one I loved it especially the freewheeling

[@teamSUMMERFORD]

What a fun car! love the color too…I’m hella jealous ❤

[@OMENASOSE-kc9ys]

ONE OF MY DREAMCARS I LOVED IT

[@user-ob1rk3st3t]

Scenes from my childhood !

[@larryfromwisconsin9970]

I learned to drive in a 68 Saab V4. A friend of a friend had an earlier model with the two stroke.

[@1776revwar]

These are wonderful cars. Great color. I'm jealous.

[@ebberosell4146]

Note the radio in the glove compartment. Radio was an extra and the car was as standard sold with a lid in the hole in the glove compartment lid and a roomier glove compartment.

[@RichardTomasini]

Thanks for the new info.

[@dmj-ju9zx]

Jay Leno has a story about a friend of his who broke down in the middle of nowhere in one of these (or similar). The engine was trashed. He pulled his spare 3-cylinder engine out of the trunk, installed it in the field, and was back on the road.

[@RichardTomasini]

Lol, that’s hilarious. You can pull the motor in about 40 min

[@RichardTomasini]

Lol. It’s about a 45 min install when you’ve done it a couple times…

[@jerrycallender7604]

The 1967 SAAB GT Monte Carlo was my 3rd SAAB

[@Minimalist11Guy]

Great car but it was a shame that you removed the sound of the car with music.

[@RichardTomasini]

My videographer isn’t a car guy, I’m working on changing that for him.

[@jeffthevideoguy23]

Freewheelin'!

[@Rakso-bq1lb]

A 1967 two-stroke is extremely rare since the V4-engine was launched this year. And as a result, the two-stroke engine quickly became very obsolete. It is a real rarity that you have so take good care of it! //From a fellow two-stroke owner ;)

[@classic287]

I remember a man from when I was a kid in 1962 that had a Saab 96 3 cylinder. All he did was talk about how much money he saved on gas ⛽️ Back then gas was about .19cents per gallon 😂

[@bjorn2290]

The motor was a copy from DKW

[@bjorn2290]

Yes Erik Carlsson called Erik Carlsson on the roof because he drived rally and tip over sometimes he was married Sterling Moss sister.

[@mikealbrecht3990]

Free wheelin' means something in these cars.

[@user-xv5xn2zn3v]

SAAB rallied the model 92 and the model 93 and the model 95 before the 96 two-stroke came out.

[@stephentonkin6942]

They were all 2-strokes

[@matthewrobinson4323]

Great video of an awesome car. One correction though: this is a two-stroke, not a v 4. The v 4 engine replaced the two-stroke beginning in 1967. Mine was a '67 two stroke, and I loved it! Btw, the rear seat is adjustable for height, which may provide more comfortable seating.

[@RichardTomasini]

It was an editing mistake. It was the 2 stroke which i enjoyed more than the v4. I didn’t know that about the seats. Keep an eye out for my 912 Porsche video I’m posting next week

[@davidwold738]

I used to work on them

[@tv-pz6kq]

grown up in a 1969 V4 Saab, but may have been conceived in a VW Beetle 1200 (if that's even possible)

[@ronin_rubberducky2712]

Awe man, I’d kill to get my hands on one of these

[@RichardTomasini]

I paid about $13k for that car so you can make it happen if you want it bad enough brother. Push, have fun.

[@jamesperretta78]

Had one in the 70's

[@jonasuebel9125]

I hope you tried the free wheel experience, it’s great to shift gears without using the clutch.

[@RichardTomasini]

Mine wasn’t functioning on this car. Looked fun!

[@paddy696]

Possibly never been used B4, try a little lubricant. I never had the pleasure of driving a 2 Stroke, owned 2 new 96's and a hoard of 2nd hand 96's. Also a new 99 & 900. Excellent cars so sad SAAB destroyed by gm asset strippers!

[@ivv2028]

The free wheel is important, the engine can get too little lubricant if the motor is breaking, but you could turn it of buy pulling a lever if going down steep mountain roads. Was great fun just letting go of the gas pedal and the car when in free and just kept on rolling. My first car was a Saab 96, 64 model

[@7MPhonemicEnglish]

Shudda microphoned the engine. We came here to hear the engine.

[@gregoryyount6907]

You didn't mention the free-wheeling lever beneath the dash

[@RichardTomasini]

Mine didn’t work but i should have mentioned it. What an amazing feature.

[@briantitchener4829]

Great cars . My dad had one, a 1965 2-stroke. Only had an 841 cc engine but we hit 87mph with it. Pity you had to play music on the video instead of letting us hearing the engine note. And cutting down the rear springs is sacrilige.

[@RichardTomasini]

We are learning how to transition from real estate content to cars and we certainly had a learning curve getting the videographer to think like a car guy; criticism noted. I sold this car and didn’t lower the back end ultimately to assuage the purists’ fears. A 73 Alfa Romeo super is next to film.

[@playinggamesfun2909]

I want this car .I want to buy this

[@RichardTomasini]

$21.500

[@ayashabee3349]

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[@bjorn2290]

The caps is from a newer 96 V4 maybee 1970

[@vadimmardanoff]

Сar with 2-stroke 3-cylinder engine? Yes, sound it doesn't matter at all. Why?!

[@pdc023]

I recall the dealers warning the owner not to downshift for deceleration or hill descent as the engine would not be receiving lubrication if turning at high speed with the throttle closed.

[@bradhartshorn]

They actually have what's called a "freewheel" system that essentially minimized the engine braking you can do with them. Allowed the engine to operate closer to idle so as to avoid strain and need for oiling. They did that with lubrication in mind. Crazy to see some of the engineering work arounds there were in this era.

[@ebberosell4146]

@@bradhartshorn True and they kept the freewheel on the V4 which was strange. I remember how the revs dropped instead of going up on descents.

[@jonasuebel9125]

The free wheel makes it possible not to use the clutch when changing gears, very comfortable indeed. Also the aerodynamic body made ithe car not to loose so much speed in the process which made up for a very nice driving experience.

[@RyanWebber]

It was a little tight in the back seat 🙃

[@paulimhof7697]

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[@truxton1000]

“Where they built these cars it snows even in July”, well that’s just not true. Summer temperatures in Sweden at least in the southern parts are good normal summer temperatures typically 20-25 degrees Celsius. So no snow in July.

[@dsludge8217]

Speak for yourself. You've never had a traditional Midsommar with sill, nubbe, and snöbollskrig?

[@truxton1000]

@@dsludge8217 I doubt you have!

[@dsludge8217]

@@truxton1000 actually, I do. Twice, even. '05 in Vassijaure, and once in the early 90s in Kiruna.

[@truxton1000]

@@dsludge8217 Well, technically you are right but if you think it's "normal to snow in Sweden in July" I am sure you can say that about France and Germany too, if you count the top of some mountain in the Alps. But who would say that?

[@kjellringstrom6217]

That one was banned in Africa. The natives danced themself to death.

[@tarungarg2736]

Yes I am not sure

[@AsifHussain-i7h]

Sir please sell me Saab 96 engine tostork I'm from pakistan

[@carllinden533]

Cutting the rear springs.... No, just no

[@RichardTomasini]

Don’t fret, i left it alone😊

[@carllinden533]

@@RichardTomasini Oh thank goodness!

[@cnoshoes7049]

Could have made nutty motorcycle with that engine ?? X

[@RichardTomasini]

I thought more about putting a hayabusa engine in the Saab but the car was too complete to modify

[@SuperNovember28]

No clutch needed after 1st

[@mortenstrandmoe9296]

It is not a V4. It is a two stroke

[@RichardTomasini]

I said it right in the video but titled it wrong. Good correction.

[@minibikemadman]

This the one on bat?

[@AsifHussain-i7h]

Please tell me answer

[@RichardTomasini]

@@AsifHussain-i7h go inward

[@davidpowell3347]

thought that the 2 stroke (later 3 cyl. one) was more like 70 hp. I understand early model SAAB had only 2 cyl.

[@RichardTomasini]

It was an editing mistake, you’re right. It is a 2 stroke but we didn’t have 70 hp. I could outrun this car on foot.

[@erichanson3961]

Had a 66 with the 3 . Dad bought it new...46 hp. -The Monte Carlo racing version was closer to 70 hp.

[@jetguy1205]

No sounds clips of that too stroke too bad, also I hope you leave it stock and don't cute the springs

[@RichardTomasini]

I have two sets in case in needs to go back.

[@matthewrobinson4323]

@@RichardTomasini I saw a '64 SAAB 96 here once in Indy. The rear springs appear to have been cut. It ruined the look of the car. I would imagine the handling suffered too.

[@RichardTomasini]

@@matthewrobinson4323 i sold it to a purist much like yourself. He maintained the stock settings.

[@SuperNovember28]

Free wheeling

[@RichardTomasini]

I wasn’t able to get it to freewheel, could have been user error.

[@marcuscrammer4317]

Who does a video on a 2-stroke and drowns it out with music lmfao. And no it does not snow in Sweden in july lol

[@RichardTomasini]

Merry Christmas buddy

[@jackdamron382]

I had ab 67 SAAB Special. Do some research before posting a video.

[@RichardTomasini]

Post a video and spend less time critiquing. I’ve had 114 cars; it’s an overview dummy.