Saab 9-3 Convertible and Bowlus Road Chief

Saab 9-3 Convertible

Inspired by timeless American style, the Bowlus Road Chief is expertly handcrafted from honest materials for a lifetime of adventures. This trailer is a perfect pairing with Saab 9-3 Aero Convertible.

The Bowlus Road Chief makes an Airstream look about as design forward as a dogcart. The glittering, riveted-aluminum, lozenge-shaped trailer was engineered by an aircraft designer named William Hawley Bowlus in the 1930s (he also built the Spirit of St. Louis).

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But only 80 were produced before World War II shut down the camper business in this country. A few years ago, when John Long and Helena Mitchell, Canadian tech entrepreneurs who are married, took their vintage Road Chief on the road, they made a splash at the Modernism Show in Palm Springs, Calif.

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Goran AničićMay 15, 2015

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.