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Around 1992 Aaron's Dad (Russell) purchased a Saab Sonett III's and over the course of the next several years Aaron had found several more Sonett III that his Dad purchased and Aaron brought back to Iowa. In 2005 or so Aarons Parents moved to Arizona and the Sonett's were passed down to Aaron. Since then Aaron has been in the slow process of finding and purchasing the original motor parts and accessories needed to restore these Sonett's to their original form.

The Sonett's range from years 1970-1974. The name 'Sonett' is derived from a exclamation in Swedish by Rolf Mellde; "Sa natt den ar", not from the sonnet type of poetry. 

In the 1970's Saab redesigned the Sonett, and named the new version Sonett III.
The hinged rear window glass itself became the hatch to the rear luggage department. The engine compartment however was accessed via a small, matt-black panel in the top of the front section. For extensive work the entire front section had to be unbolted and removed.  Due to demands from the US market, the Sonett III had a floor shifter instead of the column shifter as used in previous models. It also, came with optional dealer installed air conditioning, also a request from the US market.

In 'quirky' Saab fashion, the pop-up headlights were operated by means of manually operated levers. In 1973, the car received the Saab self-repairing bumpers. The Sonett III had the indicator '97' in the chassis number and used the same Ford V4 engine as before, with 1500 cc in the 1970 & 1971, and a 1700 cc in later versions, in order to handle the new US emissions control. Both engines gave 65hp. The Sonett III made 0-100 km/hr in 13s and due to a 'longer' differential gear ration, had a top speed of
165 km/h.  Production was ended in 1974 due to stricter automobile emissions control in the USA.  A total of 10,219 Saab 97 (Sonett II & III) were made.

  Aaron continues to enjoy working on all varieties of automobiles in his free time.  Aaron along with his wife Cynthia and their children Justin and Michael enjoy family time and outings.  We are looking forward to meeting all the club members and beginning a new experience, and truly look forward to all the good times that are coming our way.

                                                Aaron & Cynthia
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Aaron caught the fever...going to car shows without a car is no fun....he purchased this almost mint 1965 Chrysler Newport.  Found out these things have a BIG.... gas tank.  A real cruiser.

Finally his 1972 Saab Sonnett was done and what a head turner and plenty of questions about "what is it?".  This little car is totally fun to drive.