Behind The Scenes: We Just Bought The World’s Coolest (Or Kookiest) Classic Convertible!
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There is just something strange yet so attractive about SAAB’s, they have such a character that I love them
“What is this, 30 or 40 years old? It’s a 92, I suck at math”
“Yeah, it’s more than 35 years old”
You BOTH suck at math! 😆
I laughed when I heard them say this one. So funny. Glad you mentioned it!
That's 28 years old for those of you in Rio Linda.
Owned SAABs on four occasions, a model 96 while in college, bought a 99 in Minnesota and drove it to Alaska, later an early 900 and last a Sonnet V-4. Loved them all.
My saab saved my life in a car accident a few years ago. Wish I could find another one because I had so much fun with it
Hopefully you don’t do your own books if you think 1992 was 35-40 years ago
Well it will be at some point. They are just ahead of their day
So cool! My grandparents were diehard Saab people from the late 70s on. I grew up in old 900 coupes and sedans. There’s really nothing like them. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for this one.
I sure wanted one of these back in the happy 80s. Very nice and cool car.
Last week I was driving my white 91 900S convertible top down on the mean streets of Littleton when a young lady honked behind me in an exact duplicate of the car you bought- 91 white turbo. We chatted at the stop light. She had 200K and I had 167K. Just getting broke in. Awesome build quality on these cars. Old SAABs rule!
I guess only old farts and young ladies like the Borg Warner 3 speed slushbox in heavy traffic!
I lived in Boston 1987-91. Saabs were basically the coolest car you could drive if you lived in Boston at that time. My buddy’s Dad had a red 900 convertible and I still remember passing him on the highway to Maine one weekend and he was driving with the top down in the rain and was staying dry (he said later). I ended up with a 9000, which was probably better than the 900, but no nearly as cool. One of my college roommates got a black 900 with tan leather (he had a great post-college job) and that car attracted more attention on the Cape than any other car. The best one, though, was my buddy in Boston who had a 900 SPG. That car was, as they say in Boston, a pissah! Talk about torque steer! Man, that was a fun car to borrow. You should find one of those! It’s too bad Saab didn’t survive.
Yes! Love my '06 9-3 wagon, Saabs are so cool omg
Saab's have always been my favorite car. I had 3 of them while growing up Saab was my 1st car and I kept buying another and another. Good cars
If only Saab was still about. Their cars were really nice and very safe. Could've been great competition to Volvo. Some Swedish competition.
So true
Cars are going out of style. If Saab was still around it would be a crossover by now.
It is now India vs.
China! Swedes compete for Summer tourist festivals. :)
The last Saab 9-5 was a sweet car. Kinda got cancelled tho after a couple years when GM sold out
Nice guys I hope you guys enjoy it 😁
I also grew up on/in SAABs and very cool you got one... the automatic is (can be) a dog but still cool.
Our first one was (also in Boulder) a 73 99LE sedan and up front there including a couple 900 Turbos
Automatic in SAAB was never a thing in Europe. So they did not put any energy in making automatics, so yes their automatic is not that great many would say terrible.
Many old Volvo Socialists in Boulder. You will have to pry their vintage Swedish vehicles from their cold dead hands!
The steering wheel needs a plastic bushing replaced and both front seats are heated but only the driver's seat is variable. If you guys are in SW CO we should get together, I'm a semi-retired Saab mechanic so I can help you out with those issues. I parted out 3 900's last month including a vert.
Now I’m really missing my red 1987 Saab 900 automatic. It was my first car and I just loved it even though it was slow. Moved to FL and no one knew how to work on it! I was the only one in town with a Saab. Sold it for a Honda. Yuck.
Unfortunately, that will eventually happen with all classic cars :(
Saab was big on saftey. Thats why they put the key in the middle. Back then lots of people got leg dmg in a crash becasue of the key.
Is this to be offroaded against the beetle?
Be careful your mechanic doesn't pull a Seinfeld. Make sure you do not leave golf clubs in it.
Sick! Long live SAAB🐍
Glad to see this.. I had a turbo coupe too... One of the most underrated cars pre-GM.
As a Finn, there is a sweet spot for us for these 900 convertibles. They were all built by a Finnish coachbuilder in Finland, and the entire convertible design was done by the same Finnish company, Valmet Automotove, Finand.
I have always loved the Saab 900 convertible. cant wait to see it do Hells Revenge!
This is awesome!!!!
Absolutely love Saab Would love to buy. I had one but lost it because transmission oil leak actually oil gusher broke down in St George No money went to salvage yard Still brings tears to my eyes
Go with a 3” down pipe and you will get rid of a lot of the lag. Swapping in a 5 speed is a straightforward project.
Turbo lag + a three speed automatic with a tall first gear makes it a slug off the line. My 1981 900 turbo had the automatic transmission go bad. My biggest regret was not replacing it with a 5 speed
I worked at Saab ana, in Akalla.Sweden. When the absolute first, number one 900 convertible appeard, at my work. It was built in Sweden, converted to a convertible in Finland, the rear spoiler was in wood, because the tools to make the spoiler was not made yet. It was Pearl White with a black top, and a red leather interior. This car was for testning and the pressrelease. And it had the 170hp turbo intercooler 16valve. All convertibles, was after that made in Finland. All Saab produced in Finland had little better rust proofing, than the cars made in Sweden. They were wery proud to build Saab in Finland.
my father had this same car with a manual when I was in high school in the early 90s. I got to drive it a few times and it was special.
What an incredible deal you've got for the 900 Convertible, I absolutely love Saab for their different looks, Performance and so much ahead technology, I wish they would still on the market, I will look forward to see them back with us.... Just so unique cars in deed.
The SPG convertible in grey was the ultimate incarnation. Still damn sexy today.
Great deal, guys! To repair the steering you need a small black ring, part number 32021990. Costs $4.74 and still available.
FYI, your passenger seat IS heated, it just works from a thermostat, not a control on the dash so you won't feel it turn on until winter, if it still works. After three decades the wires can fatigue and break, but it's easy to go in there and patch them back together.
That looks like a drivable Classic. I’ll be following your restoration and maybe shopping for one too.
hope you have fun with that car. use to have a sabb 93 form 2001 and i loved that car it had 185 horespower
Has that big center in the steering wheel for the airbags...I remember those early airbags in the steering wheels...cool 92'.😃
Beware! That first gen airbag can hurt! But better than loosing all your front teeth when you crash your 66 Mustang! Dude, it was the early nineties and you just wanted to run from the automatic door belts required by the government for passive restraint! Hard for the young folks to understand these days.
Had a 900s manual liftback from 89-91.
Love that, much like Citroen, Saab couldn't care less what other carmakers did. A 6-footer can sleep under the stars in the totally flat cargo area. A Swedish outfit even made a camper that slides into the back once you remove the liftback☺.
Have Dad and his older pals show off the cargo hauling capability of the Saab 900 convertible by loading up gear ( huge 80's stereo, records, band instruments, sporting equipment, 80's clothing, waterbed, etc.) And move across campus or town to a new post graduate man cave. If they succeed in the challenge they get to keep their old stuff!
That generation of the Saab 900 was one of my most favorite cars of all time! Its looks were probably polarising, but I was certainly on the side that absolutely loved it.
Good to see Roman and Nathan in the same video, seems like it’s been a while! Also, did you mention the “black panel” switch on the dashboard? another airplane cockpit-like feature...
The Saab 900's were cool cars. Seinfeld always drove Saabs. My sister only dated guys with Saabs.
The fuel gauge is a very mysterious thing for sure. How long can you go on Reserve?
David Bauer there’s about a gallon when the light comes on.
@@DrRock2009 Factory fresh and tuned that was the case. Give it 30 years, or in this case 35 to 40, and the freshness and accuracy can diminish. The overall script placement on the gage is odd. My light comes on at around an eighth of a tank so I estimate around two gallons. The new 9 3 Jerry used in the episode in got better gas mileage and they were on the highway, making for a thrill a New York minute coaster ride! So many quirks make old Saabs thrilling!
Love it !!
My father used to drive exclusively Saabs in the 80s. He was (and still is) a real estate developer :P
I owned two Saabs and have always liked the brand. Had a 9-3 convertible, last one before GM got involved and a 9-3 Aero post GM involvement. They were always fun to drive and always felt sporty at any speed. I noticed Nathan's Saab shirt in a previous video and was hoping there would be a Saab connection coming soon. Cool car, have fun improving it from its current condtion.
9-3 is based on an Opel chassi. Opel was owned by GM at the time so it was the one of the first car on the way down.
Awesome car
Yes I had one of these. A great dependable car. Make sure you wear your tweed jacket while driving it.
And add me to your list.
I had a 1990 Saab 900 convertible. It was a such a fun car.
Saab is excellence defined. I know a fella with a 900 turbo convertible which is really well maintained. He has a £7 million bank account. Go figure. No lambo, beamer or porsche. Just pure class.
Too bad it’s an automatic. Takes a lot of the fun out of driving it. Saab and Volvo both had inter cooled turbos in the 80s and 90s that were a blast to drive. I was a big fan of the Volvo 740 intercooled turbo cause it had rwd. Turbo lag was horrible but when it kicked in was a blast. People really don’t realize how quick they were for the time. I know the 740 was quicker than the bmw 3 series cars and a few Porsche models for a few years.
Saab reverse lockout on the manual was another quirk they missed out on..
@@danh655 yep. one of the stories about that is, In cold Swedish winters you did not want to use the handbrake it was very common that the drumbrakes would freeze up. So for Saftey you should allways park with a gear in. The best gear for not rolling down the hill was the reverse. There is another story that it was somehow so nobody would steal the car like an extra stearning wheel lock. But I do not know about that. SAAB allways did what they thought was the best engineerd solution, they did not care about what customer wanted and design was allways secondary to the best engineering solution. The hood was one of thoose. That style of hood had lower chance to open when driving and casuing a crash. So SAAB made it not caring if customer wanted it, if it was practial, if it made ecomomical sense or if it would make a good looking design.
Love the Rush shirt Nathan
Nathan just went up a notch with that Rush T. And he was already pretty high up there...
Developed by SAAB in Trollhättan but the Cab was built by Valmet in Nystad, Finland. Valmet also produced Talbot Horizon (Plymouth in the US) and later Porsche and nowadays Mercedes A-class and GLC.
The slant-4 was originally bought from Triumph (BL) that used it in their Dolomite and TR7
SAAB still builds aircrafts and computers for ESA's Ariane rockets (SAAB space was sold to RUAG a few years ago)
I drive a -03 Saab 9-5 2.0t Estate as my daily driver. It does have a lot of GM in it, but it is still quirky compared to other cars, and I love it!
I saw this one on Craig's List! It was on last year for $5k, but 2.5 was more like it!
No phone, no infotainment, no cup holder, no OBD, not a single luxury. Like Robinson Crusoe, it's as primitive as can be! A millennial was looking at mine in the garage at work. I showed him my sat nav by pulling the vintage Pierson Map Book from the door pocket. OBD, I grabbed the torx scew driver, put it to my ear and bent down to the hood. He liked the retro clam shell styling and the script fonts and colors on the dashboard display. The car was the same age as he was. Should always own a car from the year you were born.
When your Dad says it had a lot of High Tech you know you are in big trouble! :)
My dad has a 88 saab convertible it is a fun car to ride in.
It is so kooky I bet it would look good in yellow with three spoke wheels!
Looking forward to Tommy's video about this very weird car
I love it 😍! I almost bought a 2005 Saab 9-3 as a daily, but was afraid of an old Turbo and of the part situation. Instead I bought a 2005 Volvo V70 2.4 5cylinder with 370,000km .
Hi Guys, and thanks for the video...
I just wanted to correct you a bit...
Bouth front seats are heated.
The switch controls bouth seats, but...there is a tention switch under the passenger seat.
That switch cut off the passenger seat heating if there is no one sitting in the seat.
At ones someone sitting in the passenger seat the heater also start in that seat.
I think moust of this Saabs have no functioning seat heaters.
The reason is the heating wires snap off in the seat bottoms.
And moust of them snap of where the heater wire passing the deep seams.
Even during the pandemic when I was moving my daughter out of the dorms, I saw a nice one in the CU faculty parking lot.
I was a die hard SAAB fan until GM ruined and killed them. I'd still love a classic 900! Did you know SAAB was built in Trollhättan, by Trolls?
By Tomtes riding Dalla Horses!
Nice car. And I like the white color.
Owned an 85 Turbo and 90 SPG. Miss them.
I had a '95 in the early 2000's and it had the back window problem and my steering wheel moved just like yours.
Steering wheel bushing- easy fix. The heated seat control will turn on the passenger seat - when it detects someone sitting on the seat. Technology baby!
Love SAAB so much owned a few they are great cars, one day I will own a 900! Just traded in my 2011 9-5 for a F54 clubman.
I would love to purchase your Saab at the end of the summer. Would make a great car in Alabama heat
Save our Colorado rust free cars! I sold my one owner, low mileage, rust free 97 F150 short bed and it immediately went to Alabama! The good ole boys were amazed it did not have a spec of rust! No interior mildew and it still had the original back sliding window seals that were notorious leakers. YEPPERS, when the Coloradans see the good ole boys a looking at our classics we know the sale will be made! :)
My neighbor had one of those when I was growing up I thought it was the oddest car ever
These are cool cars. GM Accessories but SAAB parts were expensive and hard to hotrod them. Lots of them on the road in Florida 30 years ago!
My Grandparents traded their Formula 400 Firebird for Saab 900 Turbo back in the early 80's. I was so sad and excited at the same time. Lol
Loving these cheap classics, Saab good choice👍 TFL do you reckon Citroen cactus 🌵 will be classic car in the future?
Never seen a steering wheel column play like that! The Mitsu turbo unit is smaller than the previous oil cooled Garret turbo unit so it spools up quicker...and they made the C900 between 1979 and 1993, so 14 years. Add in from the windscreen back it is basically a 99 which came out in 1967, so they made the same car for about 25 years...and everything in a Saab is functional, otherwise it wouldn’t be there....
Cameraman sounds like Darth Vader... struggling to get oxygen in the thin CO air 😂
It is the sheer beauty of the car: Take your Breath Away! I bet the dad has that cassette stored away too. Ready for the original Clarion in the Saab. If it breaks he has a back up Sony Walkman or an amazing Box requiring a dozen or so D Batteries. Bungee corded to the back seat blasting big eighties hits he will once again be top man on campus...even though it is empty. :(
My wife and I almost bought a 99 EMS in 1976 the year we were married. Brand new it would have taken every cent we had. We loved the car. Had to pass on it.
He came up!
With your Raybans and Members Only jacket you will surely be able to put up with a bit of turbo lag because by that time you will have already been transported back into the Big Eighties. If your SAAB konks out the only way back is through the hot tub time machine. But I think these guys will stay in Boulder during the Eighties just to relive the parties of their youth. Go Buffs!
Take it on the Ike
I used to own one. ‘85 though and 5 speed.
There is a ring that goes bad in the steering column....not too bad a fix....
SAAB 900 CABRIO: Snap your fingers and your dreams come true! The commercial on TH-cam is actually true! Reshoot with your Dad - I bet he even has an unstructured white linen jacket in the back of his closet. Miami Vice was soooooo cool!
How do you locate such cool cars? I’m often as curious as to the process as much as the actual purchase.
HOURS on craigslist. That’s it!
Yes
@@TFLnow lets see a comment from TFL cars to. :D
Seconds on saabnet classifieds. Time capsules listed from $12k (auto) to $16k (standard).
Cool 😀
You guys need to incorporate the Paid in Full drop off scene. Put some BBS on it !
Lets see 1992 to 2020 is only 28 years,( bad math), but I like Saab's the older ones like this one was reliable like a tank, the ride was good, the turbo was fun to drive. I had two Saab's, drove them over 200K mills and the engines ware still strong
This is the ticket ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️✌️👍👍👍🔥🔥
It still has a cassette player 👍👍
I'm sure those guys have a secret stash of ABBA tapes in their closet !
Put the Saab on the dyno and the old man on the treadmill and see which one has lost the most "horses. " :)
I love Saab but that was dated back in 1992. The next gen after this was the sweet spot for Saabs
The Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru) four speed automatic transmission on the low pressure turbo was an improvement, but the build quality was influenced by GM. Yes, a more modern car but it lacked the character of the pure old SAABs. I owned a '99 9 3 for twenty years. Wrecked it and had it towed to my SAAB mechanic. Totaled, I then "upgraded" to a 91 white convertible sitting in his yard. Had experience with old slushbox 66 Mustang Convertible so this one was not a shock.
Now that is a true Saab hands down with its classic wipers on the headlights. Bummer that Saab is no longer. I'm looking forward to Tommy's episode on the 900.
Hey ah, what's that truck parked back there, a Tahoe maybe???
Pre GM Saabs are just so cool! I would love to find a manual. $2500 is a great deal! Fix it and keep it running for the next caretaker. Keep up with the great videos! Just one teeny winnie critique. Roman; please stop over using the word ”unique”. Thanks
The Geo metro convertible was way more kooky.
The front windshield on the convertible is not as curved as the sedan and coupe. A pizza box will fit nicely on top of the dashboard of a sedan/coupe.
Sweet deal ☄️☄️☄️👍👍👍👍
Will you be selling it on Cars and Bids?
I was born in 1992 and I guess I'm over 35 years old now.😢😥🤣😂
Great old cars. Love old Swedish Steel. I'm more of a Volvo guy myself. Some Saabs have the key in the column. Not the center console.
some of the rebaged Chevroelt SAABs or the Subaru rebaged saab don have it in the console. Saab 9000 was joint project with Lancia, Fiat and Alfa Romeo so I think they also had it in the column. Then if you go back on the old cars before they noticed the leg dmg in chrashes SAAB also had the key in the column. Dont remember all models but your correct.
@@KristoferOlsson I drive a Volvo XC90 with 180,000 miles now but I've had a 940,850,V70 XC AWD. I just think Volvo builds a better car.
@@kodiakradio7510 SAAB dont build cars anymore so yes indead Volvo build better cars. Im a Swede but I was never a SAAB or Volvo fan I used to go with German cars from the 70-90s (Opel, VW and Audis) Now I have changed to Japaneese cars. :( Im tired of having my cars in the shop.
@@kodiakradio7510 Volvo's are great cars but are like tanks. SAAB is generally more fun. Still would like a 240.
@@davidbauer1485 I agree with that.
I used to own a Saab 9000 turbo before I discovered Mercedes Benz. To this day I so miss it 😪 😢
I was born in 92 and I just turned 28. Somethings up
The Vail Colorado Police Dept used SAAB's for their cruisers in the 70's-80's
YUPPIES going skiing in the late 20th Century. It seemed the word rotated around the Vail - Boulder axis. Play punch Saab on the way back...ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch...are we out of the parking lot yet?
Beware, too much of this sort of thing and you might start to wish for the SPRING TIME IN SWEDEN version.
Old SPGs are getting very dear too!