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It started with a 77EMS, my second car and first Saab. My mechanic buddy convinced me to buy a Saab, and I tried to blow it up every chance I got. It took me a few years, but redlining one hot day and popping the clutch eventually blew the motor.....James Bond smoke screen out the tail pipe!
...on to the 74EMS(picture), which I drove every day from about 1988 to 1994. It got placed on blocks in the garage awaiting a restoration for 6 years, but it never got finished. Rust took its body, but its soul still lives. The interior and fuel injection parts are in my current garage queen - 73EMS. I absolutely loved that 74, and as it sat on blocks, I longed for the day when I could drive it again. That's what drove my passion when I restored the 73, cus these cars are a blast to drive.
Others I have owned and/or driven - 71 99E 4dr, 73EMS in copper coral, 74LE(my mechanic buddy's first Saab, which was really fast and tight), 77GLE(I think it was a 5dr), 78GLE - never cared for the automatic, but loved the interior, 76GL - which was converted from auto to manual with power steering < unbelievably fast car, 75EMS which I restored a few years back, but never grew attached to it enough to keep it. There were a few more, but my memory is fading. At least a dozen were purchased, driven to the shop, then eventually parted out.
BTW Larry, I think your 76 was laguna blue. A fine example of carolina blue is linked.
posted by 76.189.12...
carolina blue
Posts in this Thread:
- Your favorite 99s?, Larry West
, Thu, 5 Aug 2010 12:24:30- Re: Your favorite 99s?, Steve Mac, Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:21:30
- So far my first is my favorite!, DrewP, Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:02:38
- Re: Your favorite 99s?, Gary Stottler
, Sun, 8 Aug 2010 14:19:07 - Re: Your favorite 99s?, Daniel Burkert, Sat, 7 Aug 2010 09:49:13
- I found my new favorite, Scott Brown
, Fri, 6 Aug 2010 18:56:48 - Re: Your favorite 99s?, Richard Cooper, Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:57:00
- Re: Your favorite 99s?, JesseP, Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:20:43
- Body styles..., Larry West
, Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:23:38 - Re: Your favorite 99s?, DougM
, Thu, 5 Aug 2010 16:10:23 <-- Viewing This Message - Re: Your favorite 99s?, 900 Aero
, Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:56:55 - Re: Your favorite 99s?, boot_sequence
, Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:25:18
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