I hope you're all having a relaxing weekend.
After a few blog posts in the morning, I got out into the garage with the young fella and we fitted some new interior bits to the MX-5. A little bit of bling and some better steering feel go a long long way. I did some shopping with the Mrs, took in some art, made some dinner and am now sitting down to a good game of football.
A perfect winter's day if you ask me. I hope your Saturday has been as nice.
To top my day off, I'll share these photos. They were found this morning on my Flickr feed and as soon as I saw them I figured they were prime candidates for feature here on the site.
There's just something incredibly special about the presence of the classic Saab 900, isn't there?
I'm full of admiration for those who dedicate themselves to owning these cars and maintaining them in tip-top condition like this. It's so important to Saab as a culture to have prime examples of these unique cars in people's garages.
I just wish I was better at keeping one myself.
This car's been on the site before. The owner calls himself Bennorz on Flickr and he's got a wonderful portfolio of images there.
Personaly I prefer the original orange indicators and A set of Super Aero rims always looks amazing.
Speaking of rims.. I like the Turbo X rims but I would so love for Saab to make 18 and 19" Super Aero´s again. They would look good on any modern Saab too.
Tom
SWade, glad you had an enjoyable day!
BTW, a scan of June vehicle sales in the U.S. seems to show a trend away from the 4-dr sedan. Maybe people are thinking they will have to live in their car by next year, but I think the 900 hatch cubic volume and ease of loading can make a comeback in the U.S.
Last Tuesday, the cashier at TJs had a 1984 Saab he could not afford to fix. Almost made him an offer on the spot, but thought maybe just go look for a 1987-92.
Which would be the best model and year 900 to seek out?
Best year? Well that´s easy... Last year of the respective versions.
None: Thanks :-)
I´m going to have an hour of fun tomorrow fitting Super Aeros on to a 9-3 and a 9-5 in PhotoShop. I´ll send the pics over to Swade and he´ll judge if to publish or not.
Cheers/Tom
That Flickr link is so worth checking out!
Thank you for the link, and nice job, Bennorz.
to be honest, the pics make it look nicer than it is. there is still some stuff left to fix before it will be truly in tip-top condition :>