Must be getting old

[EMD]

Quite fancy a Saab 99  Pop had one when i was in me teens ... built like tanks 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Quite fancy a Saab 99  Pop had one when i was in me teens ... built like tanks 

That reminds me of 'test drives' with my father when I was a kid.

Cars I can recall.

Saab 99 from the early seventies.

Toyota Celica in 1972 complete with Star trek seats.

Triumph Stag.

BMW 2002.

Alfa 1750 GTV

He didn't buy any of them.

[STEMO]

That one's a lovely colour.

[biggriffin]

That one's a lovely colour.

Grolley green.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

That one's a lovely colour.

Silky shadow greenish.

[STEMO]

That one's a lovely colour.

Silky shadow greenish.

Precisely.

[2boxerdogs]

Those alloys would be a pain to keep clean.

[STEMO]

Those alloys would be a pain to keep clean.

I wouldn't bother cleaning them, I'd change them. Fickin orrible.

[ted_one]

Thought Saabs were made from reject Vauxhall bits

[Andy H]

Thought Saabs were made from reject Vauxhall bits

Not from that era they weren't.
They used a cast off Triumph Dolomite engine (and before that the Ford V4 coarse hair engine  )

[citroenguy]

Thought Saabs were made from reject Vauxhall bits

OI 
SAABs were  "premium" Vauxhalls 

[TheBoy]

Thought Saabs were made from reject Vauxhall bits

OI 
SAABs were  "premium" Vauxhalls 

Blimey, if they are "premium", Vauxhalls must be really bad

[henryd]

Thought Saabs were made from reject Vauxhall bits

Not from that era they weren't.
They used a cast off Triumph Dolomite engine (and before that the Ford V4 coarse hair engine  )

Although it worked ok for them

[Andy H]

Thought Saabs were made from reject Vauxhall bits

Not from that era they weren't.
They used a cast off Triumph Dolomite engine (and before that the Ford V4 coarse hair engine  )

Although it worked ok for them

The Dolomite Sprint engine can't have been too shoddy - 24 valves and overhead cams in an era when other parts of BL were still making Inlet over exhaust engines. I don't know how many changes SAAB made to it when they used it in the SAAB turbo  the only negatives I remember from the time were that the front of the engine ended up against the bulkhead and they had a reputation for eating head gaskets.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Thought Saabs were made from reject Vauxhall bits

Not from that era they weren't.
They used a cast off Triumph Dolomite engine (and before that the Ford V4 coarse hair engine  )

Although it worked ok for them

The Dolomite Sprint engine can't have been too shoddy - 24 valves and overhead cams in an era when other parts of BL were still making Inlet over exhaust engines. I don't know how many changes SAAB made to it when they used it in the SAAB turbo  the only negatives I remember from the time were that the front of the engine ended up against the bulkhead and they had a reputation for eating head gaskets.

Sixteen....unless 6 valves per cylinder.