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Urchfab – Amazing Saab Hot Rod (RatRod)

Meet Urchfab, a RatRod with a difference. WARNING: MUCH TYRE SMOKEMeet Urchfab, a RatRod with a difference. WARNING: MUCH TYRE SMOKE

This is 1953 Ford Anglia/Saab Turbo – A rat rod ultimate drifting machine from England (Euro Hot Rod). Anglias were a huge part of Brit hot rod culture in the 1970s and 80s. They were the local version of the ’32 Ford…

HOT ROD TO RAT ROD: THE DRIFT ROD

Project Called Urchfab, it’s the subject of Carfection’s (the blokes formerly known as XCar) latest awesome video.

Urchfab drift rod
Urchfab drift rod

The heart of the drift rod is a Saab B204 turbo charged engine mounted to a Vauxhall gearbox all mounted on poly bushes which connects to a Volvo axle via a custom prop shaft. The 204 engines can regularly handle 400 hp or more assuming it’s in good shape and has a rock solid tune. Designer of this hot rod Matt Urch, says that he made a custom 4 link kit for the Volvo 240 rear axle and added a bumper bar to the rear to give it a bit of shape at the back

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Ultimate Saab drifter - from this it all started
Ultimate Saab drifter – from this it all started

The front suspension and steering is a mix of Ford Capri, MK 2 Escort and MG parts, and some custom made wishbones and extra lock tricks.

Urchfab – Saab Drifter in Mad Max Action

Thanks for the awesome production to Carfection , great video:

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Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

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