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Re: 1986 convertibe question Posted by Larry West [Email]  (#1140)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Larry West) on Mon, 8 Dec 2008 10:56:01
In Reply to: 1986 convertibe question, Salbones, Sun, 7 Dec 2008 14:00:29 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
You have a genuine, production 1986 Saab 900 turbo convertible with an Automatic transmission. That's what the VIN tag says. It doesn't matter what anyone else says.
Your car is NOT a "conversion". It was built from the ground up as a Saab Convertible, at the then Saab-Valmet plant in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The Convertibles were designed off of the 2 door Saab 900 (with trunk, not hatch). But when they built your car, they didn't build a 2-door, then chop it up, it was built as a convertible.
Saab originally had little idea that the Convertible would prove as popular as it did. They figured on 500 to 1,000 total production, but, in the end, tens of thousands of the Classic Convertibles were built from 1986 through 1993.
I owned CV # 207 for seven years, 2000-2007. I enjoyed the car quite a lot. All of the 1986 CVs (CV is Saab's code for the Convertible) received the same grille, lights and bumpers as every other 1986 model year Saab 900... Which was changed, of course, for the 1987 model year.
As for value, I don't even try to place a value on them. Yes, the 1986 cars are rare, but that's not so important, since buyers for them are almost as rare. I paid $2,500 for mine, and sold it for $2,000. It isn't in the best of shape, but it is driveable, and there is no serious rust on it.
Best of luck to you!
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