First project - a Saab Sonett III 1971 (6 of 7)
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New ignition timing, readjust the carburator. The engine was now almost as it should!

How about the clutch?

Well, it was quiet from the release bearing and everything seemed fine. After a little cleaning among the cables in the engine room was the time for reassembling the front. This evening went even faster. Test run number two. With efficient linkage and stable engine and a great deal of scepticism ran the car out of the garage and out of the Stockholm traffic on a hot Saturday night. Everything worked! The clutch worked, as it should and no stalling at traffic lights. Almost home wore it once again set off against Munsö and freeway. Everything felt good, really good and I was able this time to drive home without problems.

At home, I could only conclude that it was now surely on the right path. Little small adjustments are always that instance. Replacement of jets in the carburator and the engine runs optimally good. A few days after, it was time for a little more seriously. We simply took Sonnet to work and everything worked as it was intended. Nowadays, it is almost a pleasure to sit in traffic jams and watch the temperature gauge when it stops right around the "N" and starting at red lights, and feel that the car works

with soft and nice, and that the gearbox runs as if it were new.

Now began the jump shows up in earnest. The guy at the local petrol station brought the comment

"It was a cool Toyota that"

What do you say? The older man at the gas station said:

"You must have lead replacement fluid, you know it well?"

Test driving seriously

After a few days of testing on the road home with a few rides to work and surprisingly few adjustments, so it was time for test of courage.

Saab Festival in Trollhättan loomed with over 900 kilometres turn and return. 4:15 started the Sonnet up and ride on almost traffic-free roads began. Besides the occasional head twisting from other motorists while driving if everything went better than expected. In Lidköping was pouring rain and the question was, would wipers work? 

Well they did though; you cannot blame them for having overcapacity. Arriving in Trollhättan was the car up next to his brothers, both older and newer. Nowadays, you do not feel ashamed. The best part is that one can conclude that no cooling water is spent and that there are a few spots in the car where you parked. Back home after the more than 90 mile, I noticed that the car went as it should, but newer