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Must be getting old
« on: 02 October 2016, 11:58:12 »
Quite fancy a Saab 99  :-[ Pop had one when i was in me teens ... built like tanks  :)

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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #1 on: 02 October 2016, 12:08:53 »
Quote from: EMD on 02 October 2016, 11:58:12
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.
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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #2 on: 02 October 2016, 12:45:14 »
That one's a lovely colour.
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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #3 on: 02 October 2016, 13:00:32 »
Quote from: STEMO on 02 October 2016, 12:45:14
That one's a lovely colour.

Grolley green.
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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #4 on: 02 October 2016, 14:29:35 »
Quote from: STEMO on 02 October 2016, 12:45:14
That one's a lovely colour.

Silky shadow greenish. :)
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« Reply #5 on: 02 October 2016, 14:30:21 »
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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #6 on: 02 October 2016, 14:42:20 »
Those alloys would be a pain to keep clean.
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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #7 on: 02 October 2016, 14:50:22 »
Quote from: Tilbo on 02 October 2016, 14:42:20
Those alloys would be a pain to keep clean.
I wouldn't bother cleaning them, I'd change them. Fickin orrible.
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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #8 on: 02 October 2016, 16:34:31 »
Thought Saabs were made from reject Vauxhall bits :)
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« Reply #9 on: 02 October 2016, 17:43:37 »
Quote from: nitro on 02 October 2016, 16:34:31
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  ;))
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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #10 on: 02 October 2016, 17:55:42 »
Quote from: nitro on 02 October 2016, 16:34:31
Thought Saabs were made from reject Vauxhall bits :)
OI  :D
SAABs were  :-[ "premium" Vauxhalls  :y
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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #11 on: 02 October 2016, 18:16:39 »
Quote from: citroenguy on 02 October 2016, 17:55:42
Quote from: nitro on 02 October 2016, 16:34:31
Thought Saabs were made from reject Vauxhall bits :)
OI  :D
SAABs were  :-[ "premium" Vauxhalls  :y
Blimey, if they are "premium", Vauxhalls must be really bad ;D
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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #12 on: 02 October 2016, 18:18:52 »
Quote from: Andy H on 02 October 2016, 17:43:37
Quote from: nitro on 02 October 2016, 16:34:31
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 ::)
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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #13 on: 02 October 2016, 19:11:26 »
Quote from: henryd on 02 October 2016, 18:18:52
Quote from: Andy H on 02 October 2016, 17:43:37
Quote from: nitro on 02 October 2016, 16:34:31
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.
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Re: Must be getting old
« Reply #14 on: 02 October 2016, 19:36:44 »
Quote from: Andy H on 02 October 2016, 19:11:26
Quote from: henryd on 02 October 2016, 18:18:52
Quote from: Andy H on 02 October 2016, 17:43:37
Quote from: nitro on 02 October 2016, 16:34:31
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. :)
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