Are you a Saab enthusiast? We sure are. We love repairing Saabs, but we also enjoy geeking out over their history. And last September a real piece of history went up for auction: The third-oldest surviving Saab, the ninth of 20 prototypes built before the company put its original 92 model into production in 1950. The Bonhams auction house put it up for auction in Chantilly, France last September with no reserve, estimating that it will go for between $18,000 and $30,000.
That’s a sizable chunk of change for something you’d probably wouldn’t risk on an interstate highway, let alone the Nürburgring. But still, this is history on wheels and it’s in great condition. There are only two other original Saabs like it.
“…Saab 92009 is one of only three known survivors from the original run of 20 prototypes,” Car and Driver reports. “Number 92001 resides in the Saab museum in Trollhättan, Sweden, and 92004 is in private hands.”
A Near Perfect Bill of Health
And this one is pretty much picture perfect. “…The full history of this one is known and documented, and it’s in running condition,” Car and Driver stated. “In photos, it looks like a candidate that any high-profile concours would welcome for display in its preservation class.”
Our Saab mechanics would sure love to peek under that hood. But we’ll just have to keep dreaming. We have to get back to work repairing Saabs.
