Double digit?

With no hyphen? :lol:

 

Exactly.

 

Wow, not many man. Most of those guys don't even post. Zach is the only one that posts. That new couple has a few 99's.. Paul has a 99.. thats about it. haha. I think Burnsside has a v4 but he's trying to stay retired from top poster.

 

Oh yeah, I figured that there weren't too many of us on here, I just figured I'd give a shout out to the few. Moonracer's got a very nice 96. Don't get me wrong, I love my C900 too, though I don't have any real experience with any Saabs newer than that.

 

i've got a couple 99's. i had a longnose 2-stroke for my first car also.

 

I miss my '73 99L that I sold last summer, it was carbed 4-door, just didn't have room for 3 cars here:

I also had a '76 99 EMS in college, it succumbed to rust and broken piston ring, it was a big headache, I still have the Incas though:

I've have a few V4s, I've still have not owned a two-stroke SAAB, though I have a locked-up longnose stroker engine sitting in my parents basement.

It seems like there are a few of you in Iowa with some neat VSAABs!

 

Thats awesome. I've never owned anything older than a 99. I'd have to do some ebrake/shifter modifications just to drive one, and I'd probably have to spend a little more time around my dad working on it. So for now, laziness prevails!

 

Why the shifter/e-brake mods? Are you too tall? I know a guy who's about 6'5 and the shifter in a 96 hits his knee when it's in 4th gear so he sold it.

 

yeah we like to play with old ones when you hit our area.

it's getting to the point anymore though it seems easier to find V4's and 2-strokes than 99's. damn 99s ran so good that most of them were drove into the ground here so i've kind of moved to them.

ill always have a spot for the old 2-strokes and V4's though.

 

Yeah, a lot of people have said before that the 99 is the forgotten Saab and I think there is some truth to that. I was hoping that I could keep a 96, 99, and 900 in my stable as they are all such great cars in their own way. But where I live here there's no off street parking so having that many cars was unmanageable, and not to mention that I was going to have to ship my 99 from Massachusetts to Kentucky (I left it up there with my folks when I moved a few years ago during which time the brake MC crapped out).

The 95/96 V4 is undoubtedly my favorite SAAB model and it is therefore essential that I have one to drive. In the event that I ever come across another 99 I do have some good bits squirreled away such as an EMS steering rack and a virtually brand new windshield. I'd love to find an early ('69-'71) stainless steel-bumpered 99 and transplant a B-motor into it, I know where there's a '69 for sale cheap...

 

Finally got the internet working here again. I still have my V-4 and when I get you the pictures of it I send you some links to my other VSAABs that I have sold. 67 2-stroke, 64 Wagon, 70 wagon, I also picked up a 74 Sonnet this fall that needs a clutch,

 

Shoutin' back!

 

I've got a 1973 Sonett III - #22 off the line in 73 .... Has the small bumpers and chrome mirrors.....

It needs its fair share of work though

 

I've got a 1973 Sonett III - #22 off the line in 73 .... Has the small bumpers and chrome mirrors.....

It needs its fair share of work though

Hey, same here. I've got the small bumpers and chrome mirrors too, except mines #154. Mine needs work too, though I plan on getting it in good enough shape to put it on the road this spring.

 

i'm kinda new to the 2 digit game, but i'm getting there!

so far ive got the 73 EMS

two near identical, horrendously rusty cardinal red 78 99t parts cars:

and Delorean's old grey 78 99t with 500k+ original miles. (dont have a pic of that one)

i'd really like to find a 95 wagon someday, one of my favorite vsaabs. for now though ive got my hands ffull :lol:

Paul

 

My ultimate dream Saab would have to be a 93B... That or a Sonett II... I would settle for any 2 stroke though... I don't care that they are painfully slow, they are just too cool.

The clouds of smoke, smell, sound of the 2 stroke, and coloumn shifting is where it's at. It's just like no other car on the road.

 

When I was 18 some guy in my town actually gave me 1960 93F with a blown motor and some other extra spare parts, he stopped by one day when he saw my '68 95 in the driveway. On the 93 the body panels were in great shape but the pan and rockers were all rusted out. It was too overwhelming a project so I soon passed it on to someone else (not before snagging the GT-850 Nardi wood steering wheel). Sometimes I still regret getting rid of it because it's highly unlikely I'll ever have another.

And yes, column shifting is where it's at!

 

Gotta love them! Just look at that face, and he'll be even cuter once he's painted!

 

heres a pic of the parts cars we got just for 99's. most of them are GL's but there are a couple EMS's and a L.

 

Wow, if only I could find myself a field full of 95/96s.

 

oh if I had a picture off to the right is a small group of 5. a rusted in 2 sonnet III a couple 96's and a V4 wagon.

 

I've talked to Rick Woolfe before, he's out in the Pacific Northwest somewhere, he has a junkyard of nothing but 95/96's, maybe some Sonetts. Somewhere around 100 cars in all IIRC.

 

the only way to collect saab's...mass quantites. that way you can find those parts that are made out of unobtaineum.

 

Very true, unfortunately I live in a city neighborhood with no off-street parking so I'm limited to just a couple of cars for now. During the winter I leave the 96 parked in my mother-in-law's driveway.

Speaking of two-digit Saabs, I got to drive an '84 99 recently, the only one in USA. Another Saab enthusiast near me owns it, he was considering selling it:

 

man those late run 99's look good. hah just noticed the car doesn't have the chrome around the air vent on the side.

 

Yeah, I think they deleted those in '83. It was a really interesting experience, a combination of a 99 and a 900. It has a carbed H-motor.

 

That '84 99 is pure seks....

 

Good luck getting parts from Rick. He hardly answers his phone and stays very secluded. A couple of our club members have gone out there to get cars and its a real pain in the ass because you have to move 20+ rusty hulks to get to the car you want.

93F's are kind of a sour deal because they don't have suicide doors. The 93B's still do =)

We had a 1960 93F awhile ago that my dad traded to some guy or something. I protested to the end but finally he got rid of it. We found it in a barn and it had no rust. Sometimes having too many cars gets to him and he gets rid of ones he shouldn't.

 

It was nearly 10 years ago that I talked to Rick, he seemed like a pretty nice guy. I no longer have any of his contact info and I'm way too far away to get anything from him in a practical manner.

Personally I think the 93F is a pretty neat SAAB as it's basically the transition model between the 93 and the 96, one year only. Sure, it has the front hinged doors but they are actually unique and will not interchange with a 96. I probably should have kept the car but like I said it was pretty rusty, such is the case with most old SAABs you'll find in Massachusetts. I would have also have had to find a good motor for it.

One of these days I'd really like to get a 95 or 96 from up your way, a friend of mine from Vermont recently bought a rustfree 99 5-door from Washington or Oregon.

 

If only I had many thousands of dollars and places to keep old rusty saabs, this one only has 11k miles and its like 30 minutes from my house:shock:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Saab...hood-11K-Miles_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6438QQihZ018QQitemZ280083752357QQrdZ1

 

The odometer rolled on that one. It's got 111k miles.

 

Come over and bring a car trailer! I've been saying it for months. We've got twenty fucking seven cars and need to get them out of here!

 

you know i'd be over there in a heartbeat, but theres one issue:
http://maps.yahoo.com/index.php#mvt...2=gig+harbor,+wa&q1=Plymouth+PA+18651&trf=0&lon=-99.272461&lat=44.308127&mag=14

2839miles and 39 hours worth of driving....each way....

Paul

 

haha someone might want to let the seller know that. its a good thing I dont have money for this sort of thing

 

Still a good deal. There are some years if you had 10k to blow you couldn't find a good one of those.

 

Yeah, in spite of the rusty rockers that would need to be replaced, it's still a nice looking car. Decent looking interior for a car of that vintage.

 

Jon... We should drive down to Sonora sometime and see if that Sonett III is still sitting in pieces... Then you could have another local V4 to work on.

 

Tim, remember this one?

Pretty much 95% rustfree, sitting out in front of a Louisville junkyard. Evidently it was put into storage in '78.

More pics here: http://www.imagecave.com/albums.asp?album=Junkyard_Sonett

 

I was grocery shopping tonight and was approached by a fellow who asked if I knew anyone interested in a 67 two stroke. He's getting back in touch with me Saturday. Said he needs room for another purchase he's thinking about. Might just get a two stroke back again.

 

Nice! Was it a 95 or a 96? I've still never driven a stroker before...

 

it's a 96 I know the car. It's not too bad very minimal rust I'm working on getting you the pictures of my V-SAAB fleet. It's good to have some more VSAABers here

 

I'm happy about that too, I was born the last year they made the 96 (1980) but vintage SAABs are my first love, though I have warmed up to C900s in recent years...

 

Alot of you guys wern't here to see my sweden thread. We met the ultimate vSaaber. He had the bottom floor of a parking garage rented out:

Here is my original thread about the trip:

http://www.saablink.net/forum/showthread.php?t=11916