Driving a Modified 1961 Saab 96 with Tom Donney!

[@dongarnier5890]

If it weren't for Tom and his generous sharing of knowledge in a kind manner with newbies to the 2 stroke Saab like me, I would not now own my 1964 96. Thanks Tom!

[@AutoAutopsy]

It’s great that the knowledgeable people in our community are so generous with what they know!

[@PeterLan1]

Memories... I took my driver licence here in Sweden in a 1964 SAAB 95 two stroke.. The year was 1973. The 95 was an estate with 7 seats.

[@noahman27]

I can smell that car all the from here - BOSTON!! ha! Amazing how cars bring back those ol' factory memories. Man oh man! What a powerful memory.

[@AutoAutopsy]

😂🙌🏼👍🏼

[@ethanjack4298]

That's so cool, with the shifting, I never knew you could do that. The sound is so good too.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Definitely a cool trick 👊🏼

[@SaabAholic]

Keep Saab alive!

[@fearnoproject2047]

Tom is a Great Guy! Got to talk to him a little bit, and bought some of that Saab Bee......er, pop from him. Can't wait to get up to the museum eventually! Love that 2 stroke car. One of these days I will own one. Great video, another great memory retained.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks! Yeah, it was a great time for sure, and enjoy that soda pop. The museum is well worth the trip!

[@donneysaab]

You drove it like a pro!!! Great job!!

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks again for the amazing opportunity! 🙌🏼😁

[@matslindroth6589]

Very cool video with great convo.. What an amazing experience for you. :)

[@AutoAutopsy]

It was! Thanks

[@PepinCar]

i got to speak with some saab people from america so awsome to see your videos!

[@walterbordett2023]

I had a 1957 92 and a 1969 V4 96. They were fun cars.

[@AutoAutopsy]

nice!

[@gregorygilmore3190]

Love it so jealous I miss all 50 of mine

[@craignehring]

Let's see, I had a 1965 96, a 1967 96 oil injection Monte Carlo, a 1971 95 a 69 & 71 99 a 1978 99 turbo and a 900. All superb vehicles Nice video Thanks

[@terrysmith7076]

I've loved the two stroke SAAB's since the first one i rode in 1972 cool car.

[@AutoAutopsy]

nice! :)

[@larsblankenfjell9814]

Lovely Car!!!

[@AutoAutopsy]

👊🏼🇸🇪

[@bbehzadi413]

I definitely want to drive one!

[@thackerybrown2860]

That looks like such a blast to drive

[@AutoAutopsy]

It was so unique and cool!

[@1776revwar]

These cars are awesome. I'd love to have one.

[@AutoAutopsy]

They are! me too, lol

[@giovanni5063]

I had a SAAB Monte Carlo 3 cylinder triple carb with oil injection until the oil injection unit failed and the engine was ruined. I had people competing to get the car after putting a for-sale ad in the newsletter. Wish I had kept it.

[@bjorn2290]

Nice car ! In Sweden we called them a djungeldrum

[@AutoAutopsy]

😁👍🏼

[@MarkAlanKing]

do you have to mix the oil and gas manually for those two strokes? or are there two separate tanks ?

[@AutoAutopsy]

I’m honestly not certain. Unfortunately I’m not an expert on these older cars

[@thackerybrown2860]

This has autolube!

[@RADThird1]

My college roommate had a late 50's 93. No need to pre-mix. Pump 10 gallons of gas and add a quart of oil (in the gas tank). They relied on the sloshing of the gas and oil in the tank to mix the two well enough. Crude but it worked. Got some strange looks and/or questions from the station pump jockeys :0)

[@dongarnier5890]

This car has a separate oil tank in the engine compartment. It also has an "injected" block, which means FWIK, that if you were to premix. by adding oil to the gas tank before filling up with the correct fuel amount(ie not use the tank in the engine compartment), oil would not get to the proper spots to lube the engine very well. The "mixer" blocks have fuel filler caps with a tag on the inside that tell the person filling up to not forget to add the 2 stroke oil!

[@devonmoors]

@@RADThird1In Sweden you could buy bottles of SAAB 2 stroke oil, good to have when I visited my Mum in UK but the Smokey strokey was not popular with people in city centers !

[@SaabRobin05]

wait i am confused. u can change gear without clutch was that stock or something he modified?

[@AutoAutopsy]

Yep it was like that from the factory. Kinda quirky, lol

[@Blashkyrk]

It's called a freewheel and it was stock. When engaged it's like riding a bike. When you stopp paddling the bike freewheels, same here. There is no engine breaking as the car is freewheeling (engine and gearbox is no longer connected) and will coast like forever. This also makes it possible to change gears without clutch when the car is freewheeling.

[@thomascarlin2844]

@@Blashkyrk The freewheeling is used to protect the two stroke engine as engine rpm can be high on the over run with little fuel be burned containing the oil, the freewheel was carried over to the V4 engined cars

[@gafrers]

SAAB FTW

[@AutoAutopsy]

👊🏼🔥

[@bjorn2290]

the best wintercar in sweden volvo was nr 2

[@AutoAutopsy]

Woohoo 🇸🇪