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Posted by Bruce Beauvais 
john vanlandingham
John Vanlandingham
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Re: SAAB question
March 08, 2008 11:22AM
Richard Miller Wrote:
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> john vanlandingham Wrote:
> A whole lot whining
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> -----
> > John, if you put this much work into your
> business, you would be doing pretty good. I'm
> rather amazed you take the effort really.
>
> RichardM

There is nothing in your ignorant, flippant answer that indicates that you have gotten the mmessage Miller.

Are you going to stop with your lying and defamation?





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Re: SAAB question
March 13, 2008 02:34PM
John,

Something in my old memory circuits tells me the number of spot welds was increased. Is that right? I sure don't remember for certain.

I think I heard that from Stan Crews who worked for SAAB many years ago. He and his wife Suzanne ran Acropolis (yes, the one in Greece, boys and girls) in 1969--rolled; went back in 1970 with a new car and finished 12th or so.

They brought the car back to the states, ran 1970 POR, 1971 Canadian Winter and maybe some more before moving to the Northwest. Satch Carson ended up with the car--don't know who has it now.

I tried to buy a T-car from Mike Rahal, Bobby's dad, in 1972 or 73. (He had bought it as a father-son project to run Baja, but never did.) My wife and I even drove to Chicago to look at it. Bobby's parents were wonderful hosts to a couple of kids from southern Illinois. Their traditional Lebanese hospitality and an unexpected dinner were themselves worth the drive, and definitely made for an unforgettable T-car related memory!



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