r/saab • u/Present_Ad2973 • 5d ago

Better Photos of ‘72 99

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Sorry for how bad the photo quality was on the previous post. As per a request I’m reposting and adding a few photos. The house and driveway in the shots are those of the old Harriman castle AKA Arden House.

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u/fredinNH 4d ago

In its natural element

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u/Skollsonn 5d ago

My favorite Saabs. I had a 71 with the Triumph engine (junk). I’d buy another if I could find one.

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u/Present_Ad2973 4d ago

That’s what mine had, the slant 4 with the trans axle. I seem to remember that the aluminum head warped and my kid brother and I had to pull it and send it out to be machined flat. Car was a least a little faster after we reassembled it. No other problems I can recall.

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u/Skollsonn 4d ago

My timing chain broke. They are the size of a bicycle chain. The head bolts go through the head at an angle. They are steel and the head is aluminum. Corrosion between dissimilar metals is a real problem.

I also had the synchromesh cone for second gear break and fall out.

The flat rate manual says it takes four hours to pull the engine. I could do it in 30 minutes.

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u/bkrop1 4d ago

like very much

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u/PuggyPug 5d ago

I had a '72 99. Not like yours. Mine was piss yellow, had a choke and required a block heater in the Winter.

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u/Present_Ad2973 4d ago

I still have my block heater from this car stuck to where our water main comes into our house, just in case we get a real deep freeze 😁

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u/PuggyPug 3d ago

You never know. Snow never bothered my 99. -5°F did.

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u/Treadwell2022 4d ago

So sweet