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3 hours ago, avengertiger said:

love this car,headrests are awesome those seats look relatively straight forward to clean up.What pcd are the wheels by the way?

A Rough measure has the PCD at 115mm.  According to the manual it came stock with a set of 115/15s but its now sporting some 165/15s which were standard for the EMS and slightly gruntier L models.

After a week of dodging hail showers in the evenings while working half in/half out of the Saab I finally found some good weather today.....so decided to take the seats out for shits and giggles.  It has at least let me get eyes on some more of the floor but I'm not any closer to getting the key barrel out.  Damn Scandinavians....

Seat mechanisms are all still good as are the frames, so hopefully it will be case of Motor Upholstery for Dummies and we will be good to go.

Gotta love those headrests.

Che Guevara tee shirt being gainfully employed to mop up water under the carpet....which is an excellent use as he was (to quote Eddie Izzard) a mass murdering fuck head.

This thread needs a video of that trap in action...

Outside on the street last night.

Everyone has one car that really defines their teenage years, and for me its this....Mitsi Lancer GL.  My BFF had a red one and we took it everywhere, even did a road trip of the south island with our girlfriends in it.  Great memories.....would love to own one.

Shit day at work today, concluding with a visit to my desk by the CEO.  Immediate Boss (GC) stood up for me but still Cack.

Got home and attacked the Passenger Door Doorcard to work at getting the lock barrel.  Got this far before being driven inside by Mosquitos and thirst.

Not as bad as it could be I suppose but something will have to happen to the bottom and the outer skin (one of the few places to have a hole in the body).  Once I've arranged a weatherproof cover the door will come off for some work.  Tomorrow nights job will be getting the barrel out (if I can work out how).

Oh, and another win was finding the full Saab 99 Parts Manual on an Irish Saab site (I know, go figure).

Time for beer.

18 minutes ago, tortron said:

so is this thing not totally rust fucked under that moss? AMAZING

what about the glass?

Glass is good as well.

Underneath?  Well, that could be another story.

19 minutes ago, Mistral said:

Very nice !! You do actually see these occasionally on the road up here in Auckland,  one even turned up at the  Takanini  pica part a couple of years back

Sure, tell me that now... 

Would love a set of those Aztecs....

3 minutes ago, kiwi808 said:

I’m so jealous of your Saab’s awesomeness.

Hold that jealousy until it actually moves under its own power...at the moment its just a Driveway Ornament.

Once its running I'll bring it down to Dunners one holiday to an OS meet and it will be free rides for all.

10 minutes ago, kiwi808 said:

Have you tried giving it a bit of a cut and polish?

Not yet....Lichen removal first, then the fancy stuff.

2 minutes ago, Carsnz123 said:

Fixed. You'll probably get lichen growing on your fence now after waterbalsting the car off. From memory the engine is 9.0:1 so a bar or so of boost should make it a little more lively. 

I was going to post a photo of a piece of lichen on my thumb but thought better of it.

Its no issue anyway, most of it ended up on the next door neighbours camper van.

You join the growing chorus...so far @Carsnz123 and @yoeddynz have pleaded for the same.

I might try and drive it around in its current patina for a while before a respray.  Due to being psychologically scarred as a child (our family Marina was this green) I dont think I could live with it in this colour for ever.  Plus @Carsnz123 looked at it today and declared it needed to be lower.

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....

27 minutes ago, yoeddynz said:

Oh swoon. I saw this there but never realised it was a three door. Not until the way back to Nelson did @avengertiger tell me it was three door and apart from the boot floor quite solid.

Cool cars. I was very close to buying a mint 99 turbo, complete with aztec mags, when in the UK. Only 800squid and road legal. Along with the fulvia I walked away from not buying it still rates as one of my biggest fails in car purchase life

Really happy to see this rescued. Top blokes both of yas for dragging it out. 

Watching with keen interest

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.

20 minutes ago, Goat said:

This is neat!

Any rego history? You planning to get back on the road?

Are these v4?

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.

Saw the sweetest 2 tone beetle in the Riccarton Mall carpark this week......was in a car full of family so couldnt stop for a pic.

/Buggritt

Petone.....

Looks suspiciously like Reitvelds....