MORE WHEELS AND NEW OLD-STOCK FRONT BUMPER...... AND THE EARLY 900 'VERT I SPENT TWO YEARS RESTORING......THEN SOLD IT :thumbsdown: :bawl: How did you end up owning a LHD vert in the UK ? Nice collection of 7J wheels ! THE 900 'VERT WAS AN EARLY 1987 MODEL WITH FRONT HANDBRAKE,IT WAS IMPORTED(SOMEB...

LEARNING TO DRIVE THE 99 AFTER RALLYING THE 96,WAS SORT OF A LEARNING CURVE.....YOU NOW HAVE TO USE THE CLUTCH,BRAKE AND ACCELERATE ALL AT THE SAME TIME... MY YOUNGER BROTHER WAS ALREADY MASTERING THIS...... HERE THE PICTURE OF THE MINI,I AM NAVIGATING WHILST KID BROTHER DEMONSTRATES THERE IS ONLY O...

SOME OF THE COMPETITION,WHICH RUNS IN 'MODIFIED PRODUCTION' CLASS......SPRINTS AND HILLCLIMBS...... THE QUATTRO IS JUST AWESOME ACCELERATION.... I WAS ALLOWED TO RUN THE WHITE 99 EMS RALLY CAR (IN THIS CLASS 1600CC TO 2000CC),WHICH ALLOWS MUCH MORE WORK IN LIGHTENING THE CAR,AND ENGINE TUNING.....,B...

SO HERE ARE SOME SHOTS OF 'COMPETITIVE DRIVING' IN THE CAR......FROM SPRINTS AND HILLCLIMBS IN THE UK OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS..... I RUN THE CAR IN 'ROADGOING CLASS' WHICH BASICALLY ALLOWS YOU TO RUN WITHOUT A ROLLCAGE,YOU CAN REMOVE THE CARPETS AND FIT A COMPETITION DRIVERS/AND OR PASSENGERS SEAT I...

MORE WHEELS AND NEW OLD-STOCK FRONT BUMPER......

AND THE EARLY 900 'VERT I SPENT TWO YEARS RESTORING......THEN SOLD IT

AN ENJOYABLE WEEKEND AWAY,MEANS LEAVING THE MISSUS AT HOME,TAKING YOUR RALLY CAR INSTEAD,A TENT,BEER&BBQ........TALKING 'CAR CRAP' ALL DAY TO THE OTHER ANORAKS WHOM DON'T OWN SAABS,BUT HAVE CHEVETTE HSR&LANCIA STRATOS WANDERING AROUND THE TOWN ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON,MEANS YOU ARE MEETING UP W...

YOU GUYS ARE ALL SAABNUTS.... FIRST PICTURE,NOTE THE 'B' SERIES GETTING BUILT ON THE BENCH.... SECOND PHOTO,JUST ANOTHER SET OF RONAL MINILITES,JUST PAINTED..... THIRD PHOTO,THE GARAGE WHERE I BUILT THE 99T CLARION........YEP IT WAS THIS FULL OF STUFF THEN AS WELL,HERE I AM REPAIRING THE DOOR ON MY ...

Geoff wrote:-

- Stig Blomqvist signed the sun visor in your EMS
- You take scrap polycarbonate, aluminum, and stainless steel sheets home from work because you know you'll have a use for them
- You have a picture of Eric Carlsson grabbing your girlfriend's boob

GUILTY ON 3 COUNTS........

HELLO SHAN.
PM ME YOUR E-MAIL& I WILL SEND SOME HIGH RES PICTURES

HERE YOU GO GEOFF, THE WATER INJECTION CONTROL BOX WHICH WAS BASICALLY A RELAY AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE SWITCH,TO CUT IN AT A GIVEN BOOST PRESSURE......SUPPLYING WATER DIRECTED THROUGH A NOZZLE TOWARD THE TURBINE, ALL ELECTRICS CONTAINED WITHIN THE GREY PLASTIC COVER IN PHOTO. A DUMP-VALVE ALSO CAME W...

A FEW PHOTOS,RUNNING THE 99 TURBO AT 'CADWELL PARK' TRACKDAY IN THE UK, 1 OCT 2011......HERE IT IS KNOWN AS THE 'MINI-NURBURGRING'.......OVER 2 MILES LONG,WITH HUGE CHANGES IN TRACK ELEVATION. THIS WAS TO BE A BIG TEST FOR THE CAR,AS IT WAS BUILT FOR DOING SPRINTS&HILLCLIMBS,AROUND 1 MILE IN LEN...

HELLO GUYS,THANKS FOR THE WELCOME, GEOFF,WE NEVER HAD POWER STEERING ON THE 99'S IN THE UK,IT IS POSSIBLE TO CUT DOWN A C900 RACK AND MAKE IT FIT,WITH SOME FABRICATION ON THE 99 SHELL.......OR 'SONETT'( HE LIVES 40 KM FROM ME) ON HERE, HAS MADE AN ELECTRIC ONE FROM GM PARTS BIN....... FORGOT TO MENT...

YEAR 2009 MINI SOLD EXPORTED TO BELGIUM!.......

CONTINUE RACING THE 99 TURBO

YEAR 2011,BROTHER BUYS A 'NEW PROJECT' (PICTURED BELOW)TO RACE AGAINST THE SAAB...... BUT NEEDS A LOT OF WORK,STOOD FOR TEN YEARS IN A GARAGE..


SOME MORE PHOTOS OF MY COLLECTION........

Hello Birdie Glad you could make it ! I take it you have lost a good few hours reading through the forum :lol: Mark PERHAPS I SHOULD MENTION 'SWEEDSPEEDUK' PRESS-GANGED ME INTO JOINING SAABRALLY.COM........ :thumbsup: SO I HAVE AT THE MOMENT.... '83 900GLS 5DR AUTO CONVERTED TO 16V INJ MANUAL TRANS...

OK GUYS,I HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE CAR NOW FOR TWO YEARS IN SPRINTS AND HILLCLIMBS IN THE UK.......IN 'ROAD-GOING' CLASS SO FAR,SO GOOD........SUFFERING FROM ENGINE KNOCK@180 BHP 200LB/FT TORQUE @1 BAR BOOST. EVEN OCTANE BOOSTER COULD NOT CONTROL THIS& I DON'T LIKE WATER INJECTION.......SO COLD STA...