So I bought a bullnose stroker

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So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby V4_guy » Thu May 10, 2012 7:20 pm

I didn't get out of bed today thinking I'd be buying a 1964 Saab 96 but one came along on the vSAAB mailing list I'm on. At $200 it was too good of a deal to pass up, I'll be picking up and towing it back with my 9000 on the way to Carlisle next weekend.

Here are the specifics from the ad:
I'm selling my 1964 bullnose stroker - but it has to move FAST from Alexandria Virginia. I'm shipping out to be an Air Force Jag in about two weeks- and I can't take it with me.

I started working on the car in 2007- with absolutely zero success, so instead I went to law school and left it on jack stands in my garage.

The good:
1. It's a bullnose
2. It's a stroker
3. This car is in very good un-restored condition. A barn find last registered in 73. (until I registered it in 07)
4. It has 16,000 on the odometer- and I think its true based on the very good condition of the interior.
5. It's light blue, but has a lot of white rust stopper sprayed over the body.
6. I have all of the chrome, hubcaps, extra whether stripping, and many parts I accumulated. You can have everything.
7. It ran and drove when I bought it in 2007. I tooled around for a few days before I started working on it.

The bad:
1. first, I don't have tires on the wheels. If you need tires to tow it, I can get whatever you want, but you'll have to add that to the price. I had the wheels shot and primed, but didn't replace the discarded tires.
2. The seats will need re-upholstering. They are in great shape- but dry and crumbling. The only wear is in the drivers seat, but the cloth and foam just deteriorated when I got in and out a few times.
3. There is some rust through in the floor- not bad though. One small spot in the trunk and one seam in the passenger space about nine inches long and about one inch wide.
4. The water-pump/generator was leaking a bit. I have a replacement that should be good. I have a total of three water pump/generators now. I guess started a saab part collection.
5. I broke the brake line to the front passenger side while trying to put on the fancy dancy stainless brake hoses. I couldn't find somebody that knew how to make me a double flare fitting, so there's still no brake line... That was what convinced me to get a new hobby...

Thats the deal. Please come get this saab; I really want it to go to a good home and I hate the idea of sending it to a junk yard. I initially was hoping chip in Richmond would take it, but he's too busy. Please consider putting this beautiful car back on the road. It just takes someone with a little more know-how than me and a lot of elbow grease.


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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby sjones » Thu May 10, 2012 8:10 pm

congratulations, a good deal and I'm sure it will be a very fun project.

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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby DrewP » Thu May 10, 2012 9:20 pm

Sweeeeet. I'm jealous.
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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby SwedeSport » Fri May 11, 2012 11:05 am

Are you gonna drag it onto the show field at Carlisle?
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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby V4_guy » Fri May 11, 2012 12:00 pm

SwedeSport wrote:Are you gonna drag it onto the show field at Carlisle?


I sure am, might even see if I can get it running while I'm there. :thumbsup:

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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby SwedeSport » Fri May 11, 2012 12:10 pm

Or sell it at a profit!
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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby Edward » Mon May 21, 2012 3:27 am

Hell of a deal! I wish one would pop up in Texas at a bargain price.

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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby Geoff » Mon May 21, 2012 6:37 am

You should have it by now... pictures?
The kind of dirty that doesn't wash off :eyebrows:

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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby V4_guy » Mon May 21, 2012 8:19 am

Geoff wrote:You should have it by now... pictures?


Here's one I took on the way home yesterday:

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The seller gave me all of the paperwork and based on the old registrations it has an honest to goodness 15,700 miles on it, all of the lenses which were taken off the car look brand new and the pedal pads are barely worn. The interior is almost perfect except for the cloth inserts on the seats and door panels which are brittle from age. I'll get more pics once I start wrenching on it.

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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby Geoff » Mon May 21, 2012 9:10 am

Best $200 car ever!
The kind of dirty that doesn't wash off :eyebrows:

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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby Crazyswede » Mon May 21, 2012 9:29 am

Congratulations John, and you suck :lol:
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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby sjones » Mon May 21, 2012 10:32 am

This is going to be an awesome story, please keep us up to date on the progress.

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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby V4_guy » Wed May 23, 2012 1:11 pm

I cleaned it out last night, here are more pics.

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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby DrewP » Wed May 23, 2012 2:54 pm

That is so cool. What do you plan to do with it? Get it back together and drive it, or go nuts on a resto, vintage race car, what?
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Re: So I bought a bullnose stroker

Postby V4_guy » Wed May 23, 2012 4:05 pm

DrewP wrote:That is so cool. What do you plan to do with it? Get it back together and drive it, or go nuts on a resto, vintage race car, what?


The plan now is to get it back together this summer and drive it just as it is. I may want to do a nice restoration at some point but now I don't have the money/space/time/desire for such an undertaking. This car took me totally by surprise, I wasn't looking for another project but at $200 I couldn't pass it up.

I do need to put some seat belts in it, it didn't have that option!


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