Jag sitter o tittar på denna dokumentär nu igen :). Det går inte att låta bli för det är så fantastiskt det dom gör! Man sitter å bara njuter av att se bygget, konstruktionen, idéerna och följa hela processen till ett färdigt saab monster som han vinner med! Att bygga en sådan bil och ställa upp med första gången och sen vinner och slår nytt rekord också! , det finns inte ord. Behöver jag säga att jag kör också en saab aero :)
@@miffoBeast Man asfalterade lite varje år. Så varje år så blev det mer och mer asfalt. Ett rekord som sattes på grus men ingen kunde slå på asfalt är antingen väldigt bra för dom som satte det eller väldigt pinsamt för dom som försökte slå det.
But I love how people makes up myth about it. The truth is that only 6 teams made it to the finish line, and the only reason there was a record was because the only 2 cars in higher unlimited class did not finnish at all. The year after had more asfalt and much quitcker times, like 30s less. It was basically mostly luck that they even won
Passion är obetalbar! Jag såg programmet 2001 och har tänkt på det många gånger sedan dess, och nu dessutom med bilderna från racet. Det här är helt makalöst bra. Tack :)
Usually I don't comment on youtube, but this movie is awsome! Some good old good guys, without technical background with help from some young highschool students, mangage to to build the winning car. If you speak Swedish, you would enjoy the dialect from Värmland. And ofcourse the "Mr X" fighting cancer but still manage to build the ultimate car. This is hillbilly it's best!
yes , to me there is only one , and its Per Eklund , ohhhh i loved that guy , great champion , great driver and great mechanical , to me his is my nr 1of the world
å andra sidan så spöade dom ju det rekordet 2 år senare när dom faktiskt använde lite mer vetenskapliga metoder.. Och just nu e det en elbil som har rekordet.. missförstå mig inte.. jag är sjuk imponerad över deras sätt att bygga bilar.. men datorer och riktiga metoder kommer alltid gå segrande i slutändan.. tyvärr kanske..
@@djsalose självklart går utvecklingen framåt och det är som det ska. Men även om min kommentar var med humor så är jag mest imponerad av "det gamla gardet" som kan skapa fantastiska maskiner med "enkla" medel. Jag CAD:ar o har mig och tycker t ex Boston Dynamics är fantastiskt skickliga, men det som imponerar mest på mig är när man tänker på bonde och smed som tillsammans skapade mekaniska jordbruksmaskiner från i princip bara järn och trä. Som med det mesta i världen så behövs båda varianter, hantverket måste finnas kvar.
@@djsalose Pikes Peak är numera en helt ointressant tävling sen sträckan blev 100% asfalt 2012. Man började lägga asfalt 2002, med en takt på 10% per år ungefär.
Setting a new record and making it stand for as long as it did is really impressive. It's hard enough to drive with oxygen but these guys didn't have time to think that far so Per had to do it without oxygen. Sheer stubbornness and some Swedish "Jävla anamma" and they pulled it off.
The record still stands. It's the last gravel Pikes Peak that Eklund won. You cannot defeat the record, as the course is now 100% asphalt. The year after this record, they started to bitumen the Pikes Peak course bit by bit, so basically every time a part of it was converted to asphalt, the record is only valid for that track configuration. And not comparable to others with less or more gravel parts.
An incredible video about Saab from Sweden but also an incredible record about the pike racing in Colorado, United States. Good times! Good guys! Good machines! GOOD CHALLENGING ROAD. The 20th century was memorable, nothing compares, when we look at the generation of the 21st century, they don't even know how to tie their own shoelaces.
This video tells the story why we in Sweden have so many great not only carbuilders but machinebuilding in general. I would call it a mix of anything is possible/stubbornness and "jävlar anamma"
It's a pity there's no English subtitles or so. I'm Dutch and can decipher some of the things being said - but it is minimal. And let's be honest - this is a milestone documentary for every Saab-lover.
I love to watch this documentary. I just had to try to find out what that old smoking man"x:et´s" real name is and his name is Leif Ahl and also is a true racing legend, both as a motorcycle racing driver but more as an self taught constructor. A total genius in my opinion! Sad that he past away in cancer after this documentary. Leif Ahl is one of those people you can be inspired by.
Tittar åter igen på denna för.. Tja vem vet hur många gånger det kan vara nu. Det ta är lätt det klippet jag tittat på flest gånger på Yt. Älskar allting med detta och sprang i depåerna som liten i Rallycrossen. Tack Per och alla inblandade för alla år man fått vara en del av publiken.
Such an awsome documentary of remarkable people! Their passion drove them all the way to the finishline!! I will go to Arvika motormuseum. Just to be able to see the car.
I recall briefly meeting Per Eklund and team back in 1988 on a night Channel ferry crossing between Dover and Oostende. It was quite cool to park alongside his trailered rally car and having a brief chat over coffee.
One thing that is not mentioned in the film is that Eklund got a "gift card" from Saab at a banquet after winning the 1999 European Rallycross Championship. The "gift card" said that Saab would back him in a bid to win the 2000 Pikes Peak. However, the only technical help that Saab provided was the molding of the carbon fibre, and the other parts of the body. The drivetrain was all Subaru.
I watched this maybe 2 years ago for the 2nd time ... and I like the original Saab cars very much .. and I am again thrilled by the erection and assembly process of that race car .. by hand and skill and brain and passion .. beginning with a simple rectangle of square steel .. it seems impossible to me to align and mount all that .. delicate and precision components .. into one responsive, smoothly operating power instrument . in such a traditional craftsmen fashion 😯🎩
Vid 1:40 skymtar en gobit till rallybil bakom Per - en MG Metro 6R4. Annars gillar jag denna dokumentär skarpt, en go och mysig dokumtär. Överlägset bästa sverigereportaget.
Denna film borde få en Oscar :-) Jäkla skönt gäng! Synd och skam att Pikes Peak vinsten inte fick större uppmärksamhet i Sverige. Någon som vet hur man får tag i filmen på DVD?
Excellent. I could not understand what was being said, but you don't have to when the Legend Per Eklund and his team build a monster of a car. How about a return to Pikes Peak with a VW Beetle?
35:54 "Vi har inte så mycket ritningar och snabel@ här, vi tar't ur skallen. det är ju så när en inte gått i nån skola så får en ta det praktiska och bort i skogen har vi bara praktiker" Lär av detta ungar!
@@TheRedSphinx it ran in the proper category, which is not production, this car had just a Saab badge and some body panels, it was not even unibody, it was space frame. But to me, it was a Saab, and it’s a damn shame that cannibalized it and discarded such a monument of inventivity.
