JRGunfighter_John
JRGunfighter_John New Reader
2/1/22 5:24 p.m.

I'm hoping there's a story behind this, but I'm not brave enough to find out...

 

FB SAAB Sonnet "Custom"

 

May be an image of car

 

No photo description available.

I actually like that better in kart form, than with the bastardized bodywork. I bet it would be even more of a blast now that it's mid-engine RWD though!

drock25too
drock25too GRM+ Memberand Reader
2/2/22 7:19 a.m.

Wonder if the Buick is for sale?

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
2/2/22 8:05 a.m.

'56?

jh36
jh36 Dork
2/2/22 8:07 a.m.
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) said:

I actually like that better in kart form, than with the bastardized bodywork. I bet it would be even more of a blast now that it's mid-engine RWD though!

+1 on that thought!  That looks like good parking lot fun. A different sort of sand rail. 

NY Nick
NY Nick GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
2/2/22 8:40 a.m.

How much of that is Sonnet? Are the front and rear frame sections original? How about the front suspension. I have never spent any time around a Sonnet so I am trying to understand how much of this car is just a stock car minus the body and how much is actually custom.

NOHOME
NOHOME MegaDork
2/2/22 9:14 a.m.

I kinda get what the builder was thinking, I also see the light come on where he decides to bail out. 

 

Kendall_Jones
Kendall_Jones Dork
2/2/22 9:14 a.m.

yikes, that crank trigger setup.

obsolete
obsolete GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
2/2/22 9:25 a.m.

I hope those control arms are just placeholders for the real ones...

billstewartx
billstewartx Reader
2/2/22 1:44 p.m.
Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) said:

I actually like that better in kart form, than with the bastardized bodywork. I bet it would be even more of a blast now that it's mid-engine RWD though!

that is NOT mid-engine... the engine clearly hangs behind the rear wheels

 its a craptastic VW kit car -- 

it just S A D that the doofus involved a Sonnet body in this VW... frankenstein 

 

billstewartx
billstewartx Reader
2/2/22 1:45 p.m.

84FSP
84FSP UltraDork
2/2/22 8:59 p.m.

That is... special

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