shaved antenna

pre paint engine bay

fresh motor

pre paint rain gutter clean up

somewhat built up motor

a-arms with new bushings and coated

 

awesome build you have going on here. Is there motor and trans just an oem rebuild? Do you plan on upping the power at all?

 

Can't wait to see this all done!
Keep up the good work

 

that paint is beautiful. who did the work?

 

Been following this on SC for a while. Awesome stuff!

 

That is one sexy beast...

 

One of my favorite Saab colors--good choice. I assume since you did the paint yourself and it came out so nice that you are an autobody tech?

Subscribed. :th_MySaab900Like:

 

minus the drive train rebuild stuff by scanwest I have done all the work myself. I just turned 22 in April and I work at a small body shop since I was 16 im a college student and ill graduate next fall in environmental biology. For power adders once everything gets broken in Ill do a 3.0 for, red tops, and mild tune i want this to be my dd so i can heavily modify my t-x

 

Beautiful car so far, gonna have to keep an eye on this thread. Love to see it all done, someday I wanna take my time and restore a older 900. What Saabs where that color used on? Was it used on old 900's? I really never scene any that color.

 

It's called mineral green I believe, it was used on the 9-3SS.

 

Excellent project, nice work.

 

Bout time you brought this project over here

 

its called lime metallic yellow! i have only seen them stock on newer verts

 

I see about 2 of those a year here. I think Nick T has a 9-3 in that color. (Or it belongs to someone in his family.)

 

i think it stands out better on the c900

 

Never really liked that color, but it looks great on that car! Very clean build! Cant wait to see it put back together!

 

Im loving the Saab link support for my c900

 

shit's "serious", when you see a pic like this.

 

That picture was from early September come a long way since then!

 

then lets see some more recent pics? :th_dblthumb2:

 

i wish i could work on it right now, im at school during the week. i did order front calipers and pads and brake lines today though. i'll buy some slotted rotors tomorrow, when they arrive i can get the front completely done rather than the front and rear half done.

 

Fantastic work. There is another build on here (except its a 99) with some fancy paint work and I've said it before, but it's great to see the time and effort (well, and money too) going into classic saabs.

Great work - I'm looking forward to keeping up with your progress and quite curious as to what will be done with the interior.

 

excellent!

 

the interior is the last thing on my mid right now, i really want to score some 9000 aero front seats, or just get some racing seats and get them covered to look somewhat original. I ordered front and rear slotted rotors today, front brake lines, front calipers and pads. just need to buy rear brake lines and calipers/pads and figure out how to connect the brake lines coming from the 87' body to the 90' axle. remaining parts list is a red top (i relocated the battery to the back) downpipe and muffler/exhaust, intercooler and piping (i have something drawn up to put a front mount w/o cutting tow hooks or anything on the core support. various vacuum lines and couplers and lots of assembly!

 

Excellent build, good work. Previously owned a 87 and 89 SPG myself. Subscribed.

 

thanks! i bought a few items/tools today including the clutch ring spacer tool so i can get the pressure plate compressed and get the clutch installed. also bought the right socket and new seals for the timing chain tensioner so i can re-install that for my piece of mind. i wont work on the car until next weekend when i come home from school, hopefully my brake parts arrive and tools i ordered so i can get more done and give you guys some more pictures.

 

I'm guessing you won't be worrying about control-arm attachment rust for a looooong while.

Awesome job, every inch.