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Actually that just might work if the gas thief is 20s or younger. They'd just stand there waving their phone at it....
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And wondering how it’s stays on - glue ?
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Making due with what you can find in the local yard
It's the 3 sets of valve covers and... (one, two, four, eight.. ten??) carburetors INSTEAD OF a blower that make me call " 'SHOP!! "
Looks like one of the crazy models I used to build with all the leftover "optional" parts from those 3-in-1 kits.
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New design less drag!
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After a Google search....
"Hi, that is a Safir from 1963
Henrik Wiklund was a crafty young man, having built among others a machine for harvesting potatoes. He was interested in motoring too, and had been into TT racing. He has also built boats (before or after the Safir work).
In 1962 he decided to build a car of his own. The result consisted, as often with homebuilt cars, of a mix of parts from various cars and own constructions. But, the Safir is different both inside and outside.
In the bottom is a Buick chassis. I was told that it was registred as a Buick 41 Special rebuilt in 1956, but has a Buick 1958 front end. Other parts inside, and integrated in the aluminium and plastic hard-top body made on a plaster mould, comes from cars like Chevrolet Corvette, Chrysler, Ferrari, Ford Thunderbird and Jaguar. Quite classy parts, that is!
The 2+2-seaters interior follows the rest, equipped among others with a stereo tape recorder.
Initially the Safir had a GM V8 with automatic transmission, but today it has a Chevrolet 305 V8.
Wiklund moved to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, where he formed AB Amerikanska Karosseriindustrin ('The American Body-industry'). The idea was to sell bodies to be fitted on chassis from the U.S.A. with 280 to 310 centimeter wheelbases.
A folder informs that the bodies were 5 metres long and almost 2 metres wide. They had no wheel openings - these were made by the buyer depending on what chassis was used. The bodies were delivered without lacquer. The body shown in the folder has small fins."
"Hi, that is a Safir from 1963
Henrik Wiklund was a crafty young man, having built among others a machine for harvesting potatoes. He was interested in motoring too, and had been into TT racing. He has also built boats (before or after the Safir work).
In 1962 he decided to build a car of his own. The result consisted, as often with homebuilt cars, of a mix of parts from various cars and own constructions. But, the Safir is different both inside and outside.
In the bottom is a Buick chassis. I was told that it was registred as a Buick 41 Special rebuilt in 1956, but has a Buick 1958 front end. Other parts inside, and integrated in the aluminium and plastic hard-top body made on a plaster mould, comes from cars like Chevrolet Corvette, Chrysler, Ferrari, Ford Thunderbird and Jaguar. Quite classy parts, that is!
The 2+2-seaters interior follows the rest, equipped among others with a stereo tape recorder.
Initially the Safir had a GM V8 with automatic transmission, but today it has a Chevrolet 305 V8.
Wiklund moved to Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, where he formed AB Amerikanska Karosseriindustrin ('The American Body-industry'). The idea was to sell bodies to be fitted on chassis from the U.S.A. with 280 to 310 centimeter wheelbases.
A folder informs that the bodies were 5 metres long and almost 2 metres wide. They had no wheel openings - these were made by the buyer depending on what chassis was used. The bodies were delivered without lacquer. The body shown in the folder has small fins."
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True story:
It finally happened. I was at my mechanic a few weeks ago, and he was taking on the phone to a customer who had an issue with his car. I overheard my mechanic saying:
“Did you try cycling it? Turn it off and on again. Let me know if that fixes things.”
The old “Bill Gates with a broken car” joke has become real.
It finally happened. I was at my mechanic a few weeks ago, and he was taking on the phone to a customer who had an issue with his car. I overheard my mechanic saying:
“Did you try cycling it? Turn it off and on again. Let me know if that fixes things.”
The old “Bill Gates with a broken car” joke has become real.
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The CG may be just a tad too far forward
I love disjointed "protest" signs like that. Which are on the list of "We Want" and which are on the list of "we don't want"?
-- wives that obey
-- husband suffrage
-- sour wife
-- out of the kitchen
-- women working
-- meals not prepared
-- kids unsupervised
-- child abandonment
-- generation gap
-- BIBLE
-- 10 commandments