EpochNZ

Show me your Swedish bits.....

Admittedly via Britain but its the thought that counts.  Bill at SaaBits is an all round GC and will be getting much more of my money.

Was asked when it was going in.  I replied "When the outside temperature gets over 20...."

As I'm an old cunt Im waiting for it to get lighter and warmer....

Pics

Outside work this morning......My significantly better half is smitten, wanted to swap the Teutonic Hatch for it.

Spotted in behind @Carsnz123 place of employment...

13 minutes ago, Steelies said:

Turbocharged lichen 

Offer money!

Episode 104:  Loading up on dem carbs....

So after a weekend of migraines and feeling shitty I decided that some progress is better than none (no shit, Sherlock) so decided to get all down and funky on the carb.  After a pre-emptive raid on @h4nd's toolkit I dodged the rain showers to wrestle off my prize.....Strombergs finest (175CD for those following along at home).

This afternoons trick was to get it in bits ready for a bit of a clean (come in @Mr Vapour, I've got a job for you!)....and much to my surprise it looks like, despite having sat in a paddock for the last 10 years, the scrotes who were the last owners had the decency to at least get the carb overhauled before parking her.  As such, the float bowl, butterfly and diaphragm all look in seriously good nick.  Sure, the outside is a tad, crusty, be we know how to fix that, dont we?

Right, now my eyes are out on stalks again (with attendant headache) so its drugs and back to bed....still, its progress init?

A good friend is trying to sell me an 88 vtr250......good/bad/indifferent?

Apparently he got 2 in a deal, decent goer plus parts bike....but the parts bike now goes great with minimal parts and reg on hold.

High road on the Otago Peninsula to Portobello is a good'un, as are the Karitane coast road and the Waitati-Port Chalmers rd.

4 minutes ago, RUNAMUCK said:

Depends where your going.

flying chch to Aux, security check. Flying chch to Blenheim sweet as Bro,  pile on in.

Not quite, if I fly Chc-Welly on an Airbus, I get security check.  Do the same trip on an ATR, nothing.

And thats why I always fly regional if I have the choice.

Yep, even finding the inner and outer sills are available is another weight off my mind.

5 hours ago, Nominal said:

How bad can it be - I mean, the doors are still attached........

Was going for Baja Spec...install a roll cage and go off road...

NZTA shows 10 currently registered, who knows how many are hiding in garages or under hedges....

Well, things took a major turn for the worse tonight......

But first, Look!  A Flying Saab!!

With help from @Carsnz123, Agnetha was dragged out to what he refers to as his "Wednesday Night Barry Evening".....and boy, there was much swooning as she was lowered off the trailer and onto the hoist.  "Look, thats a Triumph engine in there, but they put it in backwards!" they all exclaimed, chuffed with their cleverness.  Everyone was taken with her shapely lines and stunning good looks....

And then things started to fall apart....literally.  A bit of gentle prodding around the undergubbins caused large holes to appear where there should be none.  Most unnerving was the area I always suspected was going to be questionable, the bit around the right side transmission tunnel.  The Barry's all shock their heads, declared her "stuffed" and gently drfited away....

So thats where we are.  Things were much worse than originally intended and although theoretically things could be repaired, it would take a shed load of time and money to correct and at the moment I have little of both.

I see my options as:

- Pass her onto another  OS member who will love and cherish her for a 5-10 year overhaul

- Put her on TM as a parts car

- Get the motor going and thrash her around the paddock before giving her a viking funeral

- Put her in dry storage and hope the prices appreciate enough in the next 20 years that she might actually be worth doing.

I have to admit that just lately Ive been wondering if I should part with her anyway and get something that would really get my juices going.......this looks like the impetus to do just that.

For the full disturbing and shocking images taken in true Police Crime Scene Grimy colour, I invite @Carsnz123 to post the pics he took....just dont show the children.

Link to Facebook page?

Clean forgot about it to be honest, but would have been keen for a sharnfest.....maybe a reminder on here a week before?

Pinzgauer for Wagnats?

I'm trying to fight the urge to go in and survey all the Skodas to see if a single example could be frankensteined from all the hulks.

@Triumphant worth a look?  Or are they all too far gone now?  I was last in there a year ago pulling out the Saaaaab.

39 minutes ago, moparmuppet said:

Looks like you have been enjoying a good southern break. I reckon we mainlanders tend to wheel our old steeds out a fair bit more than the N.I. does. That or there are just more surviving as we only have 1/4 the N.I. population. You have captured a bloody grouse cross-section. Cheers for the effort.

Agree with that, a lot more older steel on the roads down here...noticed it as soon as we moved south last year.

Workmates Chariot de jour.....lent from his Dad apparently so he left the Lotus 7 in the garage.

The skodas still need to be sorted through....