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Saab Reunited...
So the short version of the story is that Facebook marketplace shoved an advert for a 1984 99 GL in my face the other week. Odd I thought, as there's not many 1984 red Saab 99s in Northern Ireland. Upon zooming in on the advert photos of the tax discs I was able to see it was indeed the very car that my late father bought brand new on his birthday in 1984 and that we grew up with for nearly 10 years as our family car.
Definitely a heart ruled head decision, and I was straight on the phone and managed to buy it unseen before another chap arrived at the sellers!
Looks like it's been driven for about a year after my Dad traded it in, and then has sat in a barn since 1994. Needs a bit of tlc again.
So the short version of the story is that Facebook marketplace shoved an advert for a 1984 99 GL in my face the other week. Odd I thought, as there's not many 1984 red Saab 99s in Northern Ireland. Upon zooming in on the advert photos of the tax discs I was able to see it was indeed the very car that my late father bought brand new on his birthday in 1984 and that we grew up with for nearly 10 years as our family car.
Definitely a heart ruled head decision, and I was straight on the phone and managed to buy it unseen before another chap arrived at the sellers!
Looks like it's been driven for about a year after my Dad traded it in, and then has sat in a barn since 1994. Needs a bit of tlc again.
Andy888 said:
Saab Reunited...
So the short version of the story is that Facebook marketplace shoved an advert for a 1984 99 GL in my face the other week. Odd I thought, as there's not many 1984 red Saab 99s in Northern Ireland. Upon zooming in on the advert photos of the tax discs I was able to see it was indeed the very car that my late father bought brand new on his birthday in 1984 and that we grew up with for nearly 10 years as our family car.
Definitely a heart ruled head decision, and I was straight on the phone and managed to buy it unseen before another chap arrived at the sellers!
Looks like it's been driven for about a year after my Dad traded it in, and then has sat in a barn since 1994. Needs a bit of tlc again.
This requires its own thread! So the short version of the story is that Facebook marketplace shoved an advert for a 1984 99 GL in my face the other week. Odd I thought, as there's not many 1984 red Saab 99s in Northern Ireland. Upon zooming in on the advert photos of the tax discs I was able to see it was indeed the very car that my late father bought brand new on his birthday in 1984 and that we grew up with for nearly 10 years as our family car.
Definitely a heart ruled head decision, and I was straight on the phone and managed to buy it unseen before another chap arrived at the sellers!
Looks like it's been driven for about a year after my Dad traded it in, and then has sat in a barn since 1994. Needs a bit of tlc again.
I'd never looked at SAAB's before until I randomly bought a 2007 9-3 V6 Sportwagon which I kept for nearly 2 years before selling on as I didn't need it anymore, we have since got a Volvo XC90 for family duties. But since then I have been noticing SAAB's more and more, just finished watching The OA on Netflix and one of the characters in season 2 has a SAAB 900 and its very cool. Also been watching wheeler dealers and there is a few on there.
I do fancy an older SAAB at some point.
Andy888 said:
Thanks for the positive comments on the 99. Have had a good poke round it and I'm chuffed to bits.
The other 9-3 and 9-5 on this page are also lovely. I'm definitely in a mood for a Saab daily again. Kind of regret selling my 9-3 Wagon a few years back.
Update with more on the 99 when you progress. Lovely you got it back. The other 9-3 and 9-5 on this page are also lovely. I'm definitely in a mood for a Saab daily again. Kind of regret selling my 9-3 Wagon a few years back.
Austin_Metro said:
Smitters said:
Those wheels!!Does that have the old style Saab interior?
And is there a back story to that purchase? I can’t believe there’s not, it’s a distinctively different motor. Top stuff!
I'd basically got bored of driving a T5 campervan as my daily (19mpg on a hilly school run) and wanted an alternative. I had a massively wide budget and brief:
• £0 to £15k
• 4+ seats
• Interesting
• Preferably auto
• Not ruinously expensive to run
• 1.8m wide
• Soft top
I did eyeball a 911 996 Tip Cab auction but that failed to reach reserve before my budget ran out. I went to see a BMW 135i in Cornwall that was described optimistically by the owner. It was a s
t heap, had a dash like a Christmas tree and was a massive waste of time and petrol. I was pleased to see that it had to drop from £6250 to £4500 before it shifted. Anyway, this came up within 60 miles (a new parameter after the Cornwall debacle) and I put a cheeky low bid in and won. £960!
The wheels were a necessary purchase in that one of the existing ones had a massive dent. The gold was less necessary, but I'm pleased none the less, especially as new all season tyres have improved the handling no end (over four completely different budget tyres on each corner).
I shall have to update my readers cars thread as I started it, but immediately fell behind. It's not been all plain sailing, with the main issues being a misfire, a pond in the boot and damp carpets and a drivers door which won't open from the inside. But, for £960 and a set of ciggie lighter seat heating pads, it's a brilliant bit of winter sunshine motoring.
You can get the centre dash displays off Ebay for £25-40 a unit. Some (like the radio) will need coding to the car with a Tech 2, but the others don't seem to.
Just make sure you buy the right ones and buy from someone professional, as they will have tested that it all works.
I got mine from RJT Autos. Well pleased, as were they when I pointed out that they could post all 3 bits I had ordered in the same box.
I changed all the faulty ones on mine and my wife's 1999 9-5s (with the lovely walnut dash) only a few weeks ago.
You pop the radio bit out first with a pair of radio removers from Halfords, and then lever out the other bits gently and unplug them.
Just make sure you buy the right ones and buy from someone professional, as they will have tested that it all works.
I got mine from RJT Autos. Well pleased, as were they when I pointed out that they could post all 3 bits I had ordered in the same box.
I changed all the faulty ones on mine and my wife's 1999 9-5s (with the lovely walnut dash) only a few weeks ago.
You pop the radio bit out first with a pair of radio removers from Halfords, and then lever out the other bits gently and unplug them.
jeremyh1 said:
Saabaholic said:
I absolutely bloody love it I have never forgotten doing a charity track day about 10 years ago at RAF Marham in 30+ degree heat. A gang of very friendly Saab owners were there, and the Saabs were mainly 9000s as I remember it, and they simply mullered my fairly low powered (a mere 240 bhp, but only 1060 kg) TVR.
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