Got me a 99-turbo!

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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby DeLorean » Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:23 pm

here we are... Got it running!

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I posted some more details on foundourownroad some of which I already posted here, but it's pretty neat, runs good!

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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby Neil_G » Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:18 am

Hi DeLorean

Is that a leather interior trimmed in the turbo style?

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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby DeLorean » Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:01 am

No, it's perforated black vinyl, on probably 79 or 80 900 seats. The car had this when I got it, so someone did this pre 1984. It's actually a really complete job, everything but the trunk pan is black. After a quick Armour wipedown to get the mustyness off of the seats, they look nice, sit nice, and the car has AC, so they will stay. The material seems like it's probably of reasonable quality, unlike the stock 99-turbo seats, which when you actually sit in them, seem to go to shit real fast... I figured it was just age, but apparently not. This car has 60K on it, and is "effectively" 6 years old- the seats went bad BEFORE 1984.
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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby Geoff » Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:36 pm

Wow, what a sex machine!
Those front seats would be from an '80 99 or 900. They both changed to the pop-up head rests in '80.
The kind of dirty that doesn't wash off :eyebrows:

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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby DeLorean » Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:17 pm

Geoff wrote:Wow, what a sex machine!


Just wait till it has a charge cooler :-O
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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby Luke » Mon Oct 15, 2012 8:39 am

Damn, that looks great, can't believe you got that running after 25 years. What a find.

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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby caspar » Fri Jun 15, 2018 4:22 am

[quote="DeLorean"]got some pics today for the antique tag.

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does this car have spacers?

Can some tell me the dimensions of the shelby wheels? They look different that the standaard EU Saab minilite wheels

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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby Crazyswede » Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:22 am

Nice. take care of it....that one just sold on BAT for $27.5k....albeit a low mileage super clean example....but Saabs have been pulling pretty good values on BAT lately.
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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby Geoff » Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:08 pm

Probably no spacers for the wheels.
The Shelby wheels are 15" x 5.5" 40mm offset
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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby Crazyswede » Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:15 pm

caspar wrote:
DeLorean wrote:got some pics today for the antique tag.




does this car have spacers?

Can some tell me the dimensions of the shelby wheels? They look different that the standaard EU Saab minilite wheels


The Shelby 8 spokes are arguably one of the strongest if not the strongest 15" wheels made for the earlier bolt pattern on the Saabs. They rarely bend and tend to crack if they fail. Also they have gotten popular with the MG owners because they fit their cars nicely and are a fraction of the price of new minilites.
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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby caspar » Tue Sep 04, 2018 3:11 am

thanks. Does any body have a set for sale?

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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby Crazyswede » Tue Sep 04, 2018 8:17 am

You just need to keep your eyes open for them as they pop up every once in a while. I had a lot for a while and then sold all of them and now I am back up to several sets. Currently not interested in selling any though.
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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby Crazyswede » Tue Sep 04, 2018 8:18 am

Whenever I see a 99 turbo part of me wants it...then the other part of me says not until you have a huge garage to store all of these things.
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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby caspar » Wed Sep 05, 2018 1:57 am

@crazysweede..i think you bought the loti just missed. ( seanK). I ended up buying his 99T :king: Now gathering parts

Let me know when you consider selling.

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Re: Got me a 99-turbo!

Postby Crazyswede » Wed Sep 05, 2018 9:04 am

Last shelbies I bought were over 2 years ago I think :)
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