Back in the summer of 1997 I was a towheaded recent college grad. I’d spent the last several months working with a select group of hooligans (University of Delaware Mechanical…
Crank Pulley Cracked on the Quantum Two
December 2, 2018
December 2, 2018
1959 Quantum Two
crack, crank, everything breaks, pulley, racecar, saab, two stroke, vintage racing
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Back at the Mount Equinox Hillclimb in 2017, on the first run of the weekend, I melted the #2 piston in the Quantum Two. Now I am finally getting around…
1959 SAAB Ice Racer Special
November 25, 2018
November 25, 2018
SAAB
1959, climb, david redmond, george alderman, hill, hillclimb, ice, ice racer, jacobson, jake, lake naomi, pocono, racer, saab, special, two stroke, Yorklyn
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In 1959, some racers in the Wilmington Delaware (USA) area built one of the wildest ice racing specials ever seen up until that time. It was known simply as “The…
In the 60’s, John “Jake” Jacobson and his friends took a Lotus 23 and fitted it with a SAAB V4 engine. He said it wasn’t really competitive due to the…
It was the summer of 1984. SAAB headquarters was in Orange, Connecticut and the New England Sonett Club held a meeting there on July 28th. I was 10 years old…