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SAAB Carlsson Project Car – Stolen!

Saab 900 CarlssonSaab 900 Carlsson

Here is another appeal to find a stolen Saab car. In the last couple of years, we have seen a higher frequency of thefts of Saab cars, but these are mostly older Saab cars, which did not have various anti-theft systems installed. This time, it’s about the car we wrote about on this blog – an exceptional example of the Saab 900 Carlsson.

Allan Holmes contacted us with an appeal on behalf of his friend who owns this beautiful and rare Saab model – 1990 c900 SAAB Carlsson Replica. This is an extremely rare and very special SAAB that was featured on SAAB Planet August 19, 2019: Saab 900 Carlsson Project . A lot of hard work, labor, sweat and love was put into restoring this SAAB – a true work of art, by Scanwest Autosport of Seattle, WA.

Saab 900 Carlsson Edition

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Help in the search for the stolen Saab

Here is the text of the appeal: Calling all SAAB owners and enthusiasts, we need your help. This fully restored 1990 Carlsson – Replica was recently stolen from the owner’s driveway. The car should be very easy to spot, it is equipped with numerous rare accessories;

  1. Carlsson badge,
  2. Carlsson kit,
  3. Dual-tip chrome exhaust,
  4. Whale tail,
  5. Carlsson Sport leather steering wheel,
  6. Leather/velour seats,
  7. Super Aero rims and
  8. Rear decor panel.

Scanwest Autosport worked for over a year sourcing essentially all new OEM parts for this restoration. Please help reunite this SAAB with its owner/caretaker. If anyone in the SAAB community has any information or even thinks they have recently seen this car, contact the owner at/through a special thread that was created with the help of Saabnet.

Saab 900 Carlsson Project

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The VIN: YS3AL35L3L5003197, CA plate: 6UTE553.

Stolen from San Francisco, CA, Can contact owner by clicking the email link.

As you can see and read, this is a very specific car with a large number of recognizable parts, so it is impossible not to notice it. It is only important that the car does not stay somewhere in a secret garage, but we firmly believe that as soon as it goes out on the street, it will be noticed, discovered and returned to the owner.

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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.

1 Comment

  • So tragic. I remember seeing it getting worked on when I visited scanwest. I can’t believe someone would 1 steal a SAAB and 2 let that happen… It’s heartbreaking.

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