EpochNZ's 1973 Saab 99

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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...."

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Me to @h4nd:  "Im at home in an empty house smashing chinese takeaways!"

H4Nd: "Excellent!  Time for Saab!!"

Me:  : (UUUmmmmmmmmmmmmm).......Yeah, yeah........"

I worked out tonight that back in 1968, a Swedish engineer said "I know!  Ven za stupid englisher swine goes to take of ze handbrake cable, I'll put a sharp as fuck bracket in ze vay!!  Wundabar!!"  (Why the Swedish engineer was speaking Commando Comic german I'm not sure...)

So after much head scratching, exertion, time under the car getting rained on by swedish under coatings and general all round good times, I got to this:

Which left me with this:

Getting the handbrake cable out caused a bit of grief for about half an hour and the Haynes manual was no bloody use ("2. Remove the Hand Brake Cable...."  WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M TRYING TO DO, FUCKTARD!!!) .  Anyway, I'll be able to get this onto the workbench to disassemble and generally zush up a bit, luckily most of the bits you see here are available as spares for pretty cheap.

Right, next goal is to get the wishbones, shock and spring off and gain access to the main diseased bit ready for hacking and welding.

For those who might be interested, I'm starting a "Give a Little" page to fund a barrel of heavy duty handwash, shares in a company that produces anti-rust primer and to purchase the 40 CD box set of "How to Swear fluently in Swedish....in under 2 weeks!".  Any donations will be gratefully received.

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Turned a Swedish Bombshell into a toothless old crone...Part of the plan while we're all under house arrest to strip the engine bay ready for a cleanup and paint.

 

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This mornings haul....

This afternoons mission is to pull out the Haynes to find out where the screws are to unmount the Blower and the Braking system.  This entire car seems to be built with self tapping Philips head screws, I've been able to do it all without changing screwdrivers.

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Wide mouth Frog getting some love.  More preventative than final finish.

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Splashed some paint around and removed the bumper....

Next job is to clean, mask up and prime the right hand side of the engine bay.