SaabO camper. Notice the low set window.Only one Saab 401 hovercraft was built.
The project was started by Bo Bjernekull of the Ljunga plant and Birger Lindberg at Saab in Linköping. Officially they were working on a project called MEFAN that was supposed to produce hovercraft for the military. Unofficially they made a camper caravan.
The idea was to get a product to even out the workload at the helicopter department, that at the time mainly assembled helicopters manufactured in France. After making a model in 1:10 scale they received the OK for production. A first prototype was made at Fisksätra boatyard and the pre-production prototypes at Marieholms Bruk. The first prototypes were made without brakes, but these were soon added.[1] It was important to keep the weight down as the caravan would be used with automobiles with as little as 25 hp (19 kW), like the 38 hp (28 kW) two stroke Saab 96. Another reason to save weight was that Swedish regulation at the time allowed unrestricted speed with a caravan if the weight was low enough.
The SaabO included space enough for a family of four, or five (with bunk).[1] It was designed with large, low-set windows so the driver of the towing vehicle could see through the caravan when looking in the rear-view mirror.[1] The interior consisted of two sofas, a dining table, galley sink and two wardrobes. Liquified petroleum gas was used for cooking, heating and lighting. The design was made with two half shells of glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) enclosing an insulation of folded cardboard. At least 438 SaabOs were made.
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saabo, this, article, contain, excessive, inappropriate, references, self, published, sources, please, help, improve, removing, references, unreliable, sources, where, they, used, inappropriately, august, 2016, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, car. This article may contain excessive or inappropriate references to self published sources Please help improve it by removing references to unreliable sources where they are used inappropriately August 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message SaabO is a caravan created and manufactured by Saab from 1964 1968 in Ljunga outside Norrkoping Sweden 1 SaabO camper Notice the low set window Only one Saab 401 hovercraft was built The project was started by Bo Bjernekull of the Ljunga plant and Birger Lindberg at Saab in Linkoping Officially they were working on a project called MEFAN that was supposed to produce hovercraft for the military Unofficially they made a camper caravan The idea was to get a product to even out the workload at the helicopter department that at the time mainly assembled helicopters manufactured in France After making a model in 1 10 scale they received the OK for production A first prototype was made at Fisksatra boatyard and the pre production prototypes at Marieholms Bruk The first prototypes were made without brakes but these were soon added 1 It was important to keep the weight down as the caravan would be used with automobiles with as little as 25 hp 19 kW like the 38 hp 28 kW two stroke Saab 96 Another reason to save weight was that Swedish regulation at the time allowed unrestricted speed with a caravan if the weight was low enough The SaabO included space enough for a family of four or five with bunk 1 It was designed with large low set windows so the driver of the towing vehicle could see through the caravan when looking in the rear view mirror 1 The interior consisted of two sofas a dining table galley sink and two wardrobes Liquified petroleum gas was used for cooking heating and lighting The design was made with two half shells of glass reinforced plastic GRP enclosing an insulation of folded cardboard At least 438 SaabOs were made Contents 1 Specifications 2 See also 3 External links 4 ReferencesSpecifications EditAt time of launch 1 Total length 3 60 metres 141 7 in Width 1 84 metres 72 4 in Height 2 10 metres 82 7 in Inner height 1 80 metres 70 9 in Weight 230 kg 507 lb Cost at launch 4950 SEKSee also EditToppolaExternal links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saabo Camper Ostgota SaabOtraffReferences Edit a b c d e The 1967 Saabo Saab USA Heritage Collection Saab History Retrieved 2016 08 16 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SaabO amp oldid 1042119343, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
