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ocnfi | 1 Feb 2008 01:04
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Re: free '98 95

--- In vSAAB@..., "oddsaabs" <oddsaabs <at> ...> wrote:
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> Just saw this on the saabnet site.  Too far for me to drive even for 
a free wagon, but maybe 
> someone here is closer.
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> http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/class/free.html
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> Free: 1968 Model 95 (Posted 1/20/07)
> 1968 Model 95 FREE TO A GOOD HOME It breaks my heart to let this car
>

I'm very close by and have exchange email with Mark several times over 
the past week.  There's a queue for the car, I'm 3rd or 4th in line.  
Turns out he's a Saab nut with a C900, 96 & 93 in his fleet.

Cheers,

Ken
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Barton C. Fiske | 1 Feb 2008 04:56
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Vintage Saab sighting - Geena Davis drives a 99 GL in "The Fly"

I awoke this morning to HBO left on from the night before,
but now showing the movie "The Fly" (Jeff Goldblum and
one of my all time favorite actresses, Geena Davis).

I'd never seen the movie before (seriously, I've never
even watched 2 minutes of it until today), but had heard
all about it when it first came out.

Somewhere towards the end of the middle third of the movie,
she pulls up Seth Brindle's (Goldblum's character) abandoned
factory complex cum mad genius laboratory apartment in a
white 99 GL. I couldn't believe it at first, but there it
was......

No beauty shots, in fact, the car is starting to rust (can
you believe it?!) -- but thought it was worth a mention here
if no one's caught this sighting before.

Fliegen Saab indeed...  :^)

-barton

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ericinvermont | 1 Feb 2008 14:02

Re: Great Service

I seem to live in the past in many areas.... 

Remember I was relating my experience years ago with JCWitless? 
Typically, you filled out the order form, mailed it in along with a 
check, then waited and waited and waited.  Six weeks go by and 
finally you get a package...with maybe half of your stuff.  The 
other have has the dreaded "BO" stamped on the packing sheet.  BO-  
Back Ordered.  Six months later you get half of the Back Ordered 
stuff, with the other half marked "Discontinued".

So these days, I get all excited when something ships the day it was 
ordered.  Little things like this bring me happiness!

Eric in Vermont (living in about 1980) 

--- In vSAAB@..., "Bill Wells" <wwells24 <at> ...> wrote:
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> What? you expected otherwise? ;-)
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> Bill
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> --- In vSAAB@..., "ericinvermont" <eric.carter <at> > wrote:
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> > I had a nice conversation with Chip this morning, talking 
VSaabs.  I 
> > had called to order something from him and later in the day, I 
had an 
> > email from UPS informing me that a package from West of Sweden 
was on 
> > its way!
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E. Cohen | 1 Feb 2008 15:02
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Yeh but Chip is still the exception to the rule.  Most small
businesses can't be bothered to ship for just one customer and have
one or two designated shipping days a week.

-eric

On Feb 1, 2008 8:02 AM, ericinvermont <eric.carter@...> wrote:
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> I seem to live in the past in many areas....
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>  Remember I was relating my experience years ago with JCWitless?
>  Typically, you filled out the order form, mailed it in along with a
>  check, then waited and waited and waited. Six weeks go by and
>  finally you get a package...with maybe half of your stuff. The
>  other have has the dreaded "BO" stamped on the packing sheet. BO-
>  Back Ordered. Six months later you get half of the Back Ordered
>  stuff, with the other half marked "Discontinued".
>
>  So these days, I get all excited when something ships the day it was
>  ordered. Little things like this bring me happiness!
>
>  Eric in Vermont (living in about 1980)
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>
>  --- In vSAAB@..., "Bill Wells" <wwells24 <at> ...> wrote:
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ericinvermont | 1 Feb 2008 15:44

Re: Great Service

Agreed!  And if perchance its something he doesn't have (or chooses 
not to carry), then he knows where to find it!

I'm finding the majority of the VSaab suppliers are really really 
good.  Jack Lawrence at MSS rebuilt my gearbox last year in less 
then a week-  door-to-door was like 8 days or something.  I got some 
stuff from Rolf Jensen in Sweden last fall and that was about a 
week.  Most amazing was an order with a place called the Saab Site-  
I called the order in on a Monday morning and it arrived UPS the 
next afternoon in CowTown, Vermont.

Eric in Vermont

--- In vSAAB@..., "E. Cohen" <ecohen <at> ...> wrote:
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> Yeh but Chip is still the exception to the rule.  Most small
> businesses can't be bothered to ship for just one customer and have
> one or two designated shipping days a week.
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> -eric
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> On Feb 1, 2008 8:02 AM, ericinvermont <eric.carter <at> ...> wrote:
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Andrew D. Peterson | 1 Feb 2008 16:38
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> I'm finding the majority of the VSaab suppliers are really
> really good. Jack Lawrence at MSS rebuilt my gearbox last
> year in less then a week - door-to-door was like 8 days or
> something.  I got some stuff from Rolf Jensen in Sweden last
> fall and that was about a week. Most amazing was an order
> with a place called the Saab Site - I called the order in
> on a Monday morning and it arrived UPS the next afternoon
> in CowTown, Vermont.

When I worked at the little foreign car garage in Marlborough NH in 1973,
we could get four hour service via UPS from the SAAB dealer in Claremont.
If we called Dean Hill Motors before 10:00, the part would be picked up and
return to Keene in time to be sorted at noon and be delivered to us by 2:00
in the afternoon.

A friend of mine who worked for the US Department of Transportation in the
early '70s (Martt drove two SAAB 96s) said to me one time that in this day
and age, there's no reason for anyone to be more than 48 hours from any
part for any car made. That was long _before_ the Internet and the dealer
networks barely had anything computerized at the warehouse, let alone
knowing what the individual dealers had on their shelves. Today, with some
makes, they can tell you if another local dealer has it before they order
it from the warehouse.

Andy in PDX OR
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M. Hilvers | 1 Feb 2008 17:07
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Re: Vintage Saab sighting - Geena Davis drives a 99 GL in "The Fly"

 > ...a white 99 GL. I couldn't believe it at first, but there it
> was.... 

All the Saabs in movies;
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=saab

99 in 'The Fly';
http://www.imcdb.org/images/003/819.jpg

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Aaron Clow | 1 Feb 2008 17:35

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On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 07:38:51 -0800, "Andrew D. Peterson"
<adpete@...> said:

> When I worked at the little foreign car garage in Marlborough NH in 1973,
> we could get four hour service via UPS from the SAAB dealer in Claremont.
> If we called Dean Hill Motors before 10:00, the part would be picked up
> and
> return to Keene in time to be sorted at noon and be delivered to us by
> 2:00
> in the afternoon.

Dean Hill was our local Saab dealer. Back in the day, they were awesome.
Tops in customer service. Didn't take long for new owners to kill the
place, according to my parents. Very sad.
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Bill Trench | 1 Feb 2008 23:45
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Re: Vintage Saab sighting - Geena Davis drives a 99 GL in "The Fly"

OH MY !  who put this together ???
Bill
> All the Saabs in movies;
> http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=saab
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> 99 in 'The Fly';
> http://www.imcdb.org/images/003/819.jpg
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M. Hilvers | 1 Feb 2008 23:52
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Re: Vintage Saab sighting - Geena Davis drives a 99 GL in "The Fly"

> OH MY ! who put this together ???
>> All the Saabs in movies;
>> http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=saab 

You can contribute too...

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