Sad day. Have placed for sale add for my C900 Conv

Or alternatively.....

A Jag? Shurely shome mishtake!?

;D ;D ;D

You say you've got to sell your car.

What is a C900conv ?

TwincamGTi: It is a Saab 900 Turbo 16V convertible. C900 means not the later NG or GM Cavalier/Vectra based version, but the proper Saab one that first appeared in 1979.
ImpManiac: I thought good ones were getting rare now. I love rear engined cars. Had the 120L Estelle, my dad had an oval window swing axle beetle that he sold in the 70's for £50 because my mum got sick in it. The next owner trashed it in 2 weeks. A Fiat 126 would be cool, but a bit slow for the Mway, and a little basic.
NickB: Jag would be great, I love them, my mum had a 60's S-Type she used for weddings but I need a bit smaller. I definatley was considering Golf 2 or 3 TDs.

Yes, it is a real kick in the nuts. If I had room/money it would be stored and repaired while I bought a real example of bangernomics to get about. But I don't even have a garage, never mind storage.
I would have minded a little bit scruffy, as it lives outside on the street, and it tends to stop cars getting/broken into/vandalised,but I didn't want structral work, went through that with the Estelle, and was curse word off with finding bits that I needed to get sorted by my mate Mick the drunken welder. Thank god he was 50% cheaper than the proper Classis restorer place near by.
A porker 924/Early 944 might be an idea, but then being street parked and being P-badged might be just too much for some semi educated little scrote with too much time and no talent.

Cheers meatballturbo

I know the 900.
Didn't know they rotted though

Genrally they take time. Swedish steel is very thick and strong.
The convertibles had a different screen surround to hardtops.
Reason I know there is some rot is, I noticed some paint flaking and what looked like surface rust.
Also the passenger side mirror on the stub of door pillar is bent inwards a little. As there was no frame to pull on to spring it back, I thought I could use a cold chisel to sit between the windscreen surround and the mirror mount and spring back that way. When I pulled on the chisel it sank into the screen surround.

The majority of the metal there is solid, even where it sank, but it just has patches that are a little past bubbling. Hardly rotten, but needing attention. If I hadn't pushed it in, it would still probably be the same in 5 years time.

My last 900 had a little inner rear arch rust, I had it patched. Some lose their entire inner arches. Most have rusty door bottoms, this one has near perfect door bottoms. I was stunned.

Hmm, this one has 214k on the clock.
but the bottom end was rebuilt, and as it was apart the headgasket was replaced, had a second hand box, and recon turbo fitted.

Problem with them is, a 99 is now valuable, but a 900, even a rare mint Carlsson, with 200k on it is worth no more than £2k, but a convertible is worth upto £4k. Make it lower mileage and it is worth upto £7k from a dealer/trader. And it isn't just trying it on, I've seen them fetch that money. It is mad. Someone who can weld/do body work is going to get a bargain as it only needs a slight patch. And Saab specialists will do a whole roof fitted for about £800, or you can buy it from the US, import it for about £250, and spend a weekend doing it yourself.

Someone with more time and ability is goign to get themselves the car I should have had. Shame really, but it deserves a better owner, it runs like a sewing machine. An F1 sewing machine.

Shame you have to sell your Saab. I have a lot of respect for the real ones. I had a 4-speed GLS, some 12 years ago, and I really couldn't fault it.

Ebay always brings up cheap >92 900 Saabs, surely its worth investing your pennies on another, albeit a hatchback. Either that or Volvo 240. If fuel costs or parts are the problem, I'd go for a late eighties VW, Passats are really cheap and unloved. You could go the J route, a same era bluebird/carina/626 estate will not let you down.

Like I've said, I feel really in pain over this.
Have to admit, wouldn't mind a Volvo 12* series 2 door.

But I have to be realistic, enough small Hatches are now retro enough, and some even have semi modern Diesel engines so are cheap to fuel. Missus is always nagging that the Estelle was too big, the Celica was borderline for the room you got. At least me old 900 hatch had acres of storage space, the boot on a convertible is full before you use it, once you put the hard roof cover in, in it's storage bag. So i can't even say it is practical for it's size, even if it is safe and fun.

740 turbo ;D same sort of age same origin.....built like a tank engine will last for ever....up the boost and your almost on 200bhp