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9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16

9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 +

Picture: 122 black - V1 - 1984-1 / intro 1984 S / c: S-A

9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 0 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 2 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 4 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 6 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 8 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 10 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 12 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 14 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 16 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 18 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 20 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 22 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 24 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 26 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 28 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 30 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 32 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 34 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 36 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 38 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 40 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 42 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 44 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 46 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 48 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 50 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 52 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 54 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 56 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 58 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 60 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 62 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 64 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 66 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 68 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 70 9000 - 1985 CC Turbo 16 Bild 72
ManufacturerSomerville
CountryEngland
Size1/43
Materialwhite-metal
Number of Production122
Year of Production1984 - 2002
Colourblack; red; silver-met;


Manufacturer-Info

"Doug McHard - Somerville Models". Passionate, self-taught model-maker whose planes and cars were among the most perfect copies ever made! He had worked in the Prototype department bof Dinky Toys. After this time, in 1978, he founded Somerville Models Ltd. The first Saab-models were made in 1981 after signing a great contract with Saab Automobile AB. There would be so much to write about the "best Saab-models ever made", sadly I don't have the space. But there is a wonderful article from "The Sunday Times" written a few weeks after his sad, all of a sudden death at the 29th of August 2002 (www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1169221.ece). In 1998 I had the great luck to visit Doug and Roly McHard at their home in Billinghay, Lincolnshire. It was really one of the best days during my more than 30 years with Saab. So what was going on after his death? Everything was sold to a new owner in England, "Promod Ltd". They always promised to go on with all those wonderful models, but nothing happened - until 2011! Ten different Somerville kits are new available! But still no Saab, so let us hope for the future!

Model-Info

From 1991 on, all models were also available in kits! In the last year, Somerville made an offer to any costumer to produce any model in any colour he had ever made in his large range. So there could be a few more colours of any Saab existing!

Detail-Info

V1 – 1984-1:
black -- prototype -- only 10 produced! -- rejected by Saab company! -- big cast tail-gate struts - chrome grill -- '84-wheels -- big rear-spoiler -- tan interior.
V2 – 1984-2:
silver-metallic with black dashboard -- pre-serial for Saab company -- only 50 produced! -- no tail-gate struts - chrome grill -- '84-wheels -- big rear-spoiler -- tan interior.
V3 – 1984-3:
black -- for promotion only -- presented on several different wooden and marble plinths and in several different promotion boxes -- no tail-gate struts -- chrome grill -- '84-wheels -- big rear-spoiler -- tan interior.
V4 – 1984-4:
black -- on wooden plinth -- in special made SAAB-Box -- no tail-gate struts -- chrome grill -- '84-wheels -- big rear-spoiler -- tan interior.
V5 – 1985:
black painted tail-gate struts -- chrome grill -- '84-wheels -- big rear-spoiler -- tan interior.
V6 – 1988:
no tail-gate struts – chrome + black grill -- '84-wheels -- small rear-spoiler -- tan interior.
V7 – 1996:
black-painted tail-gate struts – chrome + black grill -- CS-wheels -- small rear-spoiler -- maroon or tan interior.

 

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