Swedish Meet Ball - October 2025

David: The Swedish Meet-Ball is a small local show hosted by Jim Lucht, whose cars you may have seen in a previous entry. The Meet-Ball specializes in classic Saabs and Volvos, but all Swedish cars are welcome from any generation. Daniel and I attended with our classic Saabs, and met up with some friends and made some new ones. It was a lovely way to spend a beautiful afternoon, with good company, laughs, and classic Swedish cars. 

Above: 1974 Saab Sonett III

Now Rhode Island has a "Sonett" Sonett! If you recall from past Swedish car show entries, there's a red 1967 Sonett II with a Massachusetts registration touting a similar plate. 

Above: A Closer Look at the Sonett

The iconic Saab "Sport and Rally" steering wheel is a period correct piece, but is original to a Saab 96 interestingly. It fit right into this Sonett though, and looks fantastic, tieing the whole car together.

Above: 1969 Volvo 145 S

What a rare sight! 

Above: Close-Ups of the 145

I'm a really big fan of that shift knob. 

Above: The Lineup

Left to right: 1993 Saab 900 S, 1978 Saab 99 EMS, 1972 Saab Sonett III, 1969 Volvo 145s, 1989 Volvo 240 DL, 1992 Volvo 940 Turbo, and 1978 Volvo 242 GT.

Above: 1996 Volvo 850 R

This 850 R featured a manual transmission swap from its original automatic. 850 R's were not available with manual transmissions in the US, making this 850 one of a kind. 

Above: A Kei truck appears!

Special delivery! Wait, that's not Swedish! Who cares! It's a Kei truck, and its here at the Swedish Meet Ball. A Kei truck is welcome anywhere with its happy vibes.

Above: Jim's 1978 Volvo 242 GT

Jim's classic legend. Ever since photographing it way back in 2020, I'd always wanted to see the car again. Fortunately, I got to, about five years later! We had the pleasure of sitting inside it too!

Above: Some handsome tri-spoke'd Saabs

Left to right: 9000 Aero, 1990 900 Turbo Convertible, 1993 900 Turbo, and Daniel's 1993 900 S.

Above: 1990 Saab 900 Turbo Convertible

This classic Swede drove all the way down from New Hampshire to join us!

Above: Jake's 1993 Saab 900 Turbo 

This car is kind of a legend on ONEC at this point.

Above: 2004 Saab 9-5 Wagon "Aero Clone"

Dubbed an Aero clone by Jim, this 9-5 started life as an Arc trim car, one below the Aero. It was rear ended, and repaired by Jim, who installed an Aero liftgate in place of the original. 

Above: 1990 Volvo 240 DL

A clean customized example.