Here's a picture of Per Eklund's Saab 96 during a 1969 rally on Swedish soil. The question among the international Saab parish is: the service car: what is it? It could be US built or is it a British built car with US characteristics like Ford had?
https://i.postimg.cc/qMJ1HR73/temp-Imager-Bz5st.avif
Looks like a 9-5 estate modified for this, and other rally's
Chevrolet Nomad?
https://barnfinds.com/wp-content/upl...et-Nomad-1.jpg
With the fold down tailgate which probably had an electric window it looks American to me. Ford Falcon or similar.
Zephyr estate?
A 1963 Plymouth Valiant Station Wagon.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...643d32c0f1.jpg
Yup, good shot! Perhaps a '65 with the round tail light?Quote:
Originally Posted by DMC102
https://cdn-fastly.thetruthaboutcars...0x845&nocrop=1
Thank goodness one of you guys found it, you can imagine the number of good looking 1960s estates I was stumbling across!
I fancy a Volvo P220 now! :-D
I'd go with the 1965 just for the rear light cluster, but otherwise yep. Well identified indeed!Quote:
Originally Posted by DMC102
Yep I thought the waistline crease makes it look more like a 63, but I think the tail lights say 65.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldoakknives
Vauxhall Cresta estate
I'd thrown out some other anchors on other sites as well. And there, it was suggested that it's a Dodge. A Plymouth was more luxurious and has metal striping and sometimes a two-tone paint job.
Dodge dart looks to be the most logical answer. And this is why. Read the last paragraph under the picture! I was looking for a connection between Saab and Dodge. My first hit on Google was this.
Thanks all for helping me with this!!!!
https://i.postimg.cc/ThMh5Xjb/temp-Imagegl-Mw-FS.avif
According to Google, the Dodge Dart Station Wagon was the ‘sister’ of the Plymouth Valiant Station Wagon, so I guess platform sharing was a thing even in the 60’s.Quote:
Originally Posted by thieuster
Unmodified Ecto-1.
Yes, the same car basically - Dodge and Plymouth were both Chrysler brands, rather like Vauxhall and Opel under the GM umbrella.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tooks
Or possibly a Victor estate.Quote:
Originally Posted by adrianw
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Originally Posted by chrisb
But did they have the split tailgate?
In the 'Saab Parish' on the internet, things have taken a twist. One Saab owner wrote that his uncle used to work for Saab and that he bought one of the Dodge Darts after it had served its time as support vehicle for the late 60's rally. Saab-Scania was the Swedish distributor for the Chrysler brand and Fergusson tractors. (Later, S-S was also the distributor for Volkswagen, but that was much later).
Looks like a VW Beetle to me.
Vauxhall FB Victor VX 4/90 Estate. tail lights are the giveaway.
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