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RIP Erik Carlsson
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PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2015 5:58 pm    Post subject: RIP Erik Carlsson Reply with quote
A rallying great gone, he made Saab what is was, nice obituary on Hemmings

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/05/27/vale-pa-taket-saab-rally-legend-erik-carlsson-1929-2015/?refer=news
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PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2015 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Agreed, I was sorry to read that earlier. He appeared on For The Love of Cars only a couple of weeks back (presumably recorded last year).

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PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2015 4:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
He showed the potential for front wheel drive cars.

Good picture of him & mr Turner.

Rest in peace.
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PostPosted: Fri May 29, 2015 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
A great man in the rallying world, put the Saab on the map. A sad loss, RIP.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I remember when he married Pat Moss the rally driver. Is Tom Trana who rallied Volvos still alive.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tom Trana died many years ago; I would guess twenty years or more.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tom Trana died in 1991 aged 54.
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