Comments on: Who’s got the oldest original-owner Saab?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:17:00 +0000

Mabey Bill Jacobs Sonnett 1 that his Dad bought from SAAB

By: Chip Lamb

Chip Lamb — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:10:00 +0000

I have numerous clients who bought their 96es brand new, first one comes to mind is a retired college professor in Santa Barbara, CA with his ’71. The former SAAB dealer near here still has a myriad of 95s and 96es that were company cars and never left the family, to include the only other known survivor ’71 96V4 Baja, he also has the ’69 Sonett V4 that convinced them to be SAAB dealers that his late sister bought new. Another friend, Jari, near Helsinki, Finland has the pristine ’73 or ’74 96 his father bought new. Speaking of Finland, I’m reasonably sure that Simo Lampiinen retains a few cars that he raced from new. And while he didn’t buy it off the showroom floor, Paul Perry in CA has a 60 93F he’s had since 1965. Those are just a few off the top of my head.

By: David Zemon

David Zemon — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:08:00 +0000

He has to be the winner… that’s amazing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:39:00 +0000

Let us make the map for each model.

By: Sapan Dhora

Sapan Dhora — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:21:00 +0000

Who also has the most miles!

By: Scott Hutchings

Scott Hutchings — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:57:00 +0000

There is a guy not far from me who imported his 1964 (I believe) 96 2-stroke from Holland … he bought it brand new, moved it to Canada in the late 60′s and has owned it since day one. Unfortunately, he is not active in the Saab communities.

By: Marc Swart

Marc Swart — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:50:00 +0000

Hello Steve,
I have to dig into the archives of our magazine saabberichten but there’s a Saab 93 or 96 bullnose who has had one owner for the last ~50 years