Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:52:15 GMT From: "Al" <alistairdorenospamo.com> Subject: Re: UK Saabs
"Paul Halliday" <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:BF7AF76C.161D0%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk... > in article MPG.1dbce554d3557ac4989ad8nospam.individual.net, NeedforSwede2 > at > carl.robsonnospamcing-czechs.com wrote on 16/10/2005 23:32: > >> In article <URTZPcCIOiUDFw15nospamlycat.org>, news06nospamlycat.org >> says... >>> In message <MPG.1dbb99dc5b6ad9989ad2nospam.individual.net>, NeedforSwede2 >>> <carl.robsonnospamcing-czechs.com> writes >>>> It is online OK, however, if you get to it, please read the threads >>>> about David! one of the founders before posting about outages. >>> Yes, so sad. The Saab community in the UK is much the poorer now after >>> this. >>> >> Indeed. >> >> Having been away from Saabs, after I picked up my 900 convertible, David >> gave me some good advice about stuff, after having completed two >> restorarations. > > His most recent one (the light grey metallic paint) with DI replacing the > conventional distribution was quite a sight. I saw it (and him, of course > ... grinning about it as we chatted) at the last SOC national. > > Nice fellow ... Damn shame! > > Paul > > 1989 900 Turbo S > http://saab.go.dyndns.org/ > Yeah, the national was the first and last time I met the guy. He was really interesting, and very keen to explain his DI set-up, which was very cool. It's terrible that his life ended this way, but UKSaabs is a pretty good legacy. Al