Found off the cape: 1971 Saab 96  Welcome to Found Off The
Street, our look at cars usually found on the cape that rust
liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we
have a "found off the cape" 1971 Saab 96.  Finding any 40 year
old car without rust in New England is rare. Finding a rust free
1971 Saab 96 while cruising the rural country roads of Maine is
virtually unheard of. Although it sounds unlikely, that is
exactly where we came across this rust free 1971 Saab 96 last
weekend.  Over its twenty years of production the 96 and the
nearly identical station wagon 95 model made Saab famous. The
model's quirkiness, high profile rally wins and reputation for
safety all contributed to the model's popularity and turned the
Swedish car company into a household name.   When the model was
first introduced in 1960, the 96 had a 38 horsepower three
cylinder two stroke engine. By 1971, when this 96 was produced,
a four stroke V4 engine had replaced the older two stroke design
. The V4 used in the 96