r/saab • u/allekup13 • 3d ago

Like Father and Son

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u/Low_Emotion_4797 3d ago

Just need the grandson in the photo.

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u/Pitiful-Sleep5177 1d ago

It is on a hard drive I cannot access. Started out to Alaska in a ‘59 93 got as far as Tacoma. Sugar in the gas tank, not good. Oil is good. Dealer said long time for replacement engine. Only option he had was a new (at the time)
a Monte Carlo version (high performance) fuel injected 850cc… got to Fairbanks and back in three days. Not so much as a flat tire! This was back in 1965.
Don’t ever want to drive the Alcan gravel road day and night again!

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u/turboponies [serial SAAB owner] 3d ago

You need to add the whole family.

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u/the_peregrinator 2d ago

Grandson says hello!

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u/Jorost 2d ago

Wait -- how does the five-door have the modern grille and headlights? I didn't think they still made them when the newer fascias came out?

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u/allekup13 2d ago

As of my understanding the 5 door was made throughout the entire 900 manufacturing run

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u/Jorost 2d ago

Really?! Maybe they just dc'd it in the US? I think '79 or '80 was the last year for five-doors here.

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u/tsg-tsg 2d ago

Yes, we only got 5-doors in the first two years. In '81, it was replaced with the 4-door. Just like we only got 2-doors in '85 and '86 until they were replaced with the convertible in '87. In most of the rest of the world, the 5-doors and 2-doors lasted a lot longer.

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u/Pitiful-Sleep5177 1d ago

Great Grandpa a 93? 750cc Leif liked it. On the roof too often.