BAT Auctions

[Crazyswede]

Just watched a 1978 99 turbo auction end with a price of $27,500.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1978-saab-99-5/

[DrewP]

An hour ago it was sitting at ~$13k. Pretty amazing.

[Geoff]

I bet I could drum up some proper headlights for the new owner for 10% of the purchase price.

[Crazyswede]

Same here.

[hutch]

Holy crap, I'm shocked it went that high!

My boss used to own 99's and 900s back in the heyday and was following that auction while I was trying to convince him to bid on it, thats some serious money for that car!!

[squaab99t]

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[Crazyswede]

I am happy it sold for so much. Gives hope that the value of our old cars is increasing.

[Geoff]

I don't know... part of me says that it's neat that some of these cars are selling for big $. The other part of me says that if market prices get driven up many of the long-time enthusiasts get driven out of the market or feel like they can't drive the cars they already have because they're suddenly worth too much.

[DrewP]

Good thing we all have rusty dented ones to use for drivers!