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Oh, and this emerged from under the lichen....

Waterblaster and scrubbing made short work of the lichen today and Agnetha now looks 76.2% better. Once the water drains out of her I'll attack the interior with the vacuum. In other news, the hypothesis that th elast owner was a 60yr old male with walk shorts, sock and roman sandels with the uncanny knack of being able to quote the Saab Owners Manual verbatim were disproved when I climbed into the boot from the cabin and did some archeology: And speaking of owners manuals......a chance find by @Carsnz123 at the Vintage Car Club. We are guessing it could well be for this very car, how many other 1973 99L's made it to Christchurch?

Gee, all the Saaaab sharns are coming out now. /Southland way of pronouncing Saab If i really want to be seen as a heretic I prefer the shape of the 99 at the back rather than the coupe rear end of the 900.

Digging around inside this evening before tea.....Dash is in really good condition As are the passengers ashtrays... I'll do a gif soon of how the swedish seatbelts work....totally arse about face.

Ooooo, ugly....

Still only a 2 door regrettably, I'm sure if it was a 3 door @Threeonthetree would have moved hell and high water to take it home with him as hand luggage after his last visit!! Yep, there are a few questions to be answered underneath at the back but most of it gives a resounding and satisfying THUNK when hit. The doors will need some work at the bottom as well but I've heard they can be a straight 900 swap. I've seen pics of a '73 EMS on Aztecs (see the Euro car thread) and its in the back of my mind for a wheel upgrade. Might be a bit hard to get a set out of Europe though, time will tell. Drop by when you are down for Nats for a squiz if you like. Oh, and thats a standing invite for all Natsters.

Plan is definitely getting it back on the road....initially as stock as possible then to start throwing in some mods (lowered, engine, possibly turbo). Now that its firmly ensconced in my driveway I'll begin a rego hunt (its quite obviously dead) but the last Wof sticker was early 2000's. The engine is a weird arse slanted inline 4 shared with the Triumph Dolomite. @Threeonthetree or @Carsnz123would be able to describe it better, I'm just the schmuck who laid down the readies to get it out of the paddock!

Its like the Julia Roberts of cars.....From some angles its absolutely gorgeous, then the next time you glance up it looks a bit fugly.

Yep, I have no idea what I've done either....any posts pointing that out will be immediately deleted and the miscreants bombarded with youtube links to Abbas greatest hits.

(Discussion thread here) Because I'm either having a midlife crisis or pregnant (results will confirm soon), I found I was missing have a pile of rust taking up my driveway..... So in return for Beer and cupcakes (2 for 1 deal), @Carsnz123 helped me grab this from the Marshlands Graveyard and dropped it in suburban Woolston. Of course, it was no were near that easy.....especially as every single item of mechanised shifting gear was declared "stuffed". So in reality the job involved lots of strops, winches, sore backs and swearing. As Trainee Saab Barry I failed at the critical moment in being able to recall obscure facts......it wasnt until @Carsnz123 said "It feels like its in gear" that I recalled the Saab will only allow the key to be removed when its left in reverse....at least we now know the clutch works! Initial plan is to have bit of a tidy up and find out what the tale of the tape is. I need to ascertain what the underside looks like as well as get someone to fix the locks so we can actually start the beast!

But thats typical Union rhetoric, The RMTU magazines could have come straight out of the 50's with calls of physical violence against "Scabs"....

Gingernuts at track speed.....

What are they arguing about KK?

Finished while watching the Taxi Racing....highly recommended.

Something like this?

Fucking epic.....

The tragics? No, all large displacement dudes....but even they realise how much of an adventure this would be.

I mentioned this to some motorcycle tragics at work...their eyes rolled back and to a man they said "That would be so cool....." Expect lots of interest.

I always pine after this when ever I drive past......a rotting baja, but the panels should still be good. (That blob on the right)

This is on the to-do list for when my youngest daughter needs a car.....so I'm keen to see how you get on. Finding a half-decent Dub maybe half the fight though.

Sled dogs...

I used to be a train nerd, then worked for the company...it gets beaten out of you pretty quick when its the daily slog.

NNNEEERRRRDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good score!

Beautiful machines....when I worked at Turners doing IT back in the late 90's I grabbed one off the Dealer Auction floor, picked up the missus and took it down to Mission Bay for lunch.