Yet another yellow '73

[saabfan9]

[SwedeSport]

Looking real nice!

[Jordan]

What's with the turbo guage?

[saabfan9]

it was on the car when i got it..if it wasnt a cool factory unit it would be gone but it's hooked up to vaccum and i like it

[Jordan]

Haha, just wondering. Didn't know if you had any engine swap plans in the mix

[sjones]

Hook it up to the air intake.

[saabfan9]

wish i could get rid of this 4 spd and make the car a little more civil at higher spds

[sjones]

wish i could get rid of this 4 spd and make the car a little more civil at higher spds

hah hah! The 4 spd isn't that bad .. you don't have an autobahn there do you?

[Jordan]

Unfortunately , 5th gear is not an overdrive gear so the top ratio is the same 1:1. What are different are the primary (transfer) gears that you can change out to make the gearing longer. However '73 would have gear drive primaries and not chain drive ('77+) unless it was swapped out at some point.

[sjones]

Did you do these yourself? What sort paint and how did you apply it?

[saabfan9]

a buddy of mine did them for me.....

Here's the process for the badges---- I first soaked them in mineral spirits and then nylon brushed them to remove old grime, grease and double sided tape. Then a good cleaning with Blue Magic Metal Polish Cream. Then another soaking with mineral spirits to get the Blue Magic off the badges. Then prepped the badges for painting, for the "EMS" and "2.0" , I used a micromask liquid to cover the natural silver part. For the red EMS, I used a Rust-Oleum light grey primer, followed by 2 coats of gloss red Rust-Oleum paint. Let dry and then use an exacto knife to remove the micromask. Then "trim" and scrape any paint that bled onto the silver part of the badges. For the black 2.0 badge, a couple of coats of Krylon semi-flat black enamel were used, followed by removing the micromask. For the "99" badges, I had to paint the whole badge semi-flat black and then use a paper towel soaked in mineral spirits to wipe away the paint from the raised outer-edge of the numbers. Just wipe over the top of the badge to make sure you don't mar the paint on the recessed part where it is supposed to be black.

[saabfan9]

spent most of the weekend dicking around with the driveability...did get more of the interior cleaned/painted/installed.. (had to take a break from under the hood-my back can only go so long)

[saabfan9]

not a whole lot of work done lately life has gotten a little busy..i was working on the driveability it would break up under load i got that sorted and some interior work still have a way to go..working on getting the ride hieght figured out just sits too high for me and the best i can find is a 40mm drop..

[sjones]

Do you have any plans for chrome bumpers? It looks pretty mean as is.

[sweedspeeduk]

Looking well are those Triumph wheels ?