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SOLVED - What car #163 - 1965 SAAB/ASJ Catherina prototype
« on: January 02, 2008, 02:25:45 PM »
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Re: What car #163
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2008, 07:48:21 AM »
The January Rookie Clearout continues. What is this little thing?
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Re: What car #163
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2008, 09:10:24 AM »
It was a design study for the SAAB Sonnet, I think. Name escapes me...
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Re: What car #163
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2008, 09:12:18 AM »
Sixten Sason's Catherina
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Re: What car #163
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2008, 01:40:15 PM »
You're quite right. The name of the car is Catherina, and it was built as an official proposition for a SAAB sports car, designed (as you say) by Sixten Sason and ordered by SAAB to be built at the ASJ factory in Katrineholm (the name of the car was taken from the place where it was built). Eventually, SAAB decided that more development work was needed, and in the meantime another proposition built by another company, MFI, had been presented. SAAB chose this to be the base for their Sonett II instead of the Catherina.



Are there anybody else that spot the similarities between this and the Fairlady Z?
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Re: SOLVED - What car #163 - 1965 SAAB/ASJ Catherina prototype
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2008, 01:44:05 PM »
What can I say? I am truly sorry. I feel a bit stupid making the same mistake over and over again, but I can explain it: It's because "News, Information and Feedback" is the default option when you choose which section to move the puzzle into. Could that be changed? One very rarely moves things here - normally, it's from Rookie to Expert or from Expert to Solved...

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Re: SOLVED - What car #163 - 1965 SAAB/ASJ Catherina prototype
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2008, 03:30:44 PM »
Quote from: @re on January 20, 2008, 01:44:05 PM
What can I say? I am truly sorry. I feel a bit stupid making the same mistake over and over again, but I can explain it: It's because "News, Information and Feedback" is the default option when you choose which section to move the puzzle into. Could that be changed? One very rarely moves things here - normally, it's from Rookie to Expert or from Expert to Solved...

Or I may be the problem...  ::)

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