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Re: '66 95 converted to V4 ? ? Posted by Ray Kopczynski [Email] (#681) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Ray Kopczynski) on Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:16:44 In Reply to: Re: '66 95 converted to V4 ? ?, BobD, Wed, 16 Oct 2013 09:49:36 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
This is from a flyer I hand out a local car shows:
"Introduced in 1959, the first SAAB wagon was a response to Volvo's success with its Duet. The 95 was announced in May of 1959, but production didn't start until that fall. The 95 used the new 841cc 2-stroke motor and 4-speed transmission before the sedan - the sedan didn't get this combination until the introduction of the 96 in 1960. The original suicide-doors and fascia came from the Saab 93. The 95 kept the 3 cylinder 2-stroke motor from 1959 until 1967. The V4 model was introduced in 1967, so both motor options were available that year. The first 95's did not have the rear spoiler to keep the window clean, but simply had a lip that acted as a sun-shade. In 1967, the doors were changed to front-hinged, but the spoiler was still just a lip - the spoiler was added in 1969.
The first engine was an 841cc three-cylinder two-stroke engine, but from 1967 onward, it became available with the same four-stroke Ford Taunus V4 engine as used in the Saab 96, the Saab Sonett V4 and Sonett III, and the German Ford Taunus."
However, I do not recall which articles/source I plagarized it from... :-)
Ray Kopczynski
Albany, OR
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