Martin F photographed this customised Saab 92 at the Saab Days gathering over the weekend.
The car aroused a reasonable amount of interest in comments, and Martin has been kind enough to chip in a link to some more photos on Garaget (thanks!!)
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According to the Garaget page, the car has the original two cylinder, to-stroke engine and the original gearbox.
Of course, as you can see here it's got a completely restored and customised exterior and interior. Those are 18-inch wheels you see there, though the car retains it's original drum brakes.
The car was purchased less than a year ago, so if they've done all this restoration work in that time then it's a job well done already.
It sounds like the owner might not be finished yet, too, with audio still to go in and the "Future Plans" section if the Garaget page simply saying Be ready.
I am awestruck - which is better than being 'gobsmacked' - (colloquial estuary-english term circa 1995)........
I think this car has all the right styling elements for a possible future limited run retro SAAB model (wishful thinking).
I also think the work on this Custom SAAB 92 is good enough to warrant a feature in the bi-lingual (English/Japanese) magazine:
http://www.carstyling.co.jp/top_e.html
Maybe an idea if Martin would submit it (along with the story of the car) to Car Styling?
Just for the record, Car Styling is an extremely highly regarded "insider" magazine (still available to the public) of top level industrial design (mainly cars, but also motorcycles and other products not limited to vehicles only...)