Let's play Name That Car

[BlackBart]

Oh, Hilti is still a major supplier of construction connectors, concrete anchors, epoxy anchors, and other related stuff.

[scot850]

Good but hugely overpriced stuff! I needed concrete anchor epoxy they sold for a job on out reno. Had to pay nearly $200 for a plastic 2 tube dispenser that mixes the epoxy. Used it once and now stuck with the tool.

Neil.

[BlackBart]

Contractors have all those tools. And when the Engineers specify X number of pounds minimum pullout force, you use the good stuff.

I did a job where I had an all bolted steel wide-flange frame. That way everything is fabbed offsite, powder coated, and bolted together, no welding, no field painting. No torque wrenches on the job - the Engineers spec’d these cool washers with a layer of goo inside. You crank them down until the goo squeezes out some holes and it’s done. Don’t touch it again. Then the Engineer and the City inspector can see visually everything is to torque.

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[BlackBart]

Here they are - “Load Indicating Washers”. The goo squeezes out those tiny channels and it’s bright orange for inspections.

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[matthew1]

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[volvolugnut]

It's a Saab. No idea of model or year.
volvolugnut

[BlackBart]

Wow, did somebody modify a 900 into a SAABVAGEN? Does it have Peugeot 504 rear glass??

[matthew1]

I cheated a bit... it's not a serial production car, it was a 2-off:

The Saab 900 was SAAB’s best selling model in 1978 and was available in 3 and 5 door hatchbacks. A 4-door sedan was added to the line-up in 1981. Volvo introduced their 145 estate in 1968 and it was followed by the 240 in 1974. Saab experimented with a prototype of a Saab 99 estate but that was never taken into production.

Nilsson Special Vehicles AB in Laholm, Sweden modified two Saab 900 in the early 1980s and created these unique Saab 900 Estates, also known as a station wagon in other parts of the world. SAAB had nothing to do with these converted Saab 900 models. Another Swedish company Setrab, a large supplier of oil coolers for the automotive industry, thought it was a time for a Saab 900 estate and instructed Nillson to build these models.

Some say 8 of these Saab Safari were made and SAAB eventually ordered all of them to be destroyed. And somehow, these 2 made it out alive before they went into the crusher. But no evidence has been found of the other 6 Safari’s so it just remains a story and rumor. The Safari owner got in touch with Fredrik Nilsson, the grandson of the Nilssons Karosserifabrik founder, and confirmed only two of these Saab 900 Safari were ever made by Nilssons.

The name Safari sounds unusual for a Saab and it is not known why Nilsson or Setrab used this name. The badge on the back of the car also shows the Setrab name. Malmó Flygindustri developed a single engine propellor airplane which had its first flight in 1969. Saab took over production of this airplane and named it the Saab Safari. They made about 250 airplanes with this name and some are still being used as private and military planes.

This particular red Saab Safari was owned by a Saab dealer in Sweden for about 20 years. They had it displayed in their showroom. It was purchased and imported to The Netherlands by Bas Smit in summer of 2010. The front of the car was changed by a previous owner from a straight to a slant nose of a later model year that was introduced in 1986. The wheels are from a 900 turbo from the late 80s and the dark brown Colorado leather interior is also from a later model year.

https://saabworld.net/wp/1981-saab-900- ... erifabrik/

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[BlackBart]

That's really interesting! And slightly different details - the red one has a tall arched hatch glass, the blue one has a rectangular glass and more square lines along the side and roof.

You could drive it to Africa on Safari.

[abscate]

Note the Absence of Chrome on Safari