One For Classic Car Fans.....

[Richard A Thackeray]

Wednesday 16th

MG Magnette

Masham
North Yorkshire

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Thursday 17th

SAAB 93

ALDI
(just off the A59)
Knaresborough
North Yorkshire

 

[Profpointy]

Thursday 17th

SAAB 93

ALDI
(just off the A59)
Knaresborough
North Yorkshire

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That's the same age as mine !

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Assuming it was the genuine article (and it sounded right) a 250 California drove past me today. One of 56 worldwide and probably worth ten million or so. I live near Bicester Heritage so we do get exotica driving through the village, but that broke the OMG scale

 

[Ian H]

Nottacar. But quite nicely done, if you like that kind of thing.

 

[Jameshow]

I've only seen a UK one but I was sure I remembered my GF of the time mentioned a smaller motor but with more power. She was 205 mad.

She wasn't a keeper then?!🤔🤣

 

[Drago]

She wasn't a keeper then?!🤔🤣

Sadly she dumped me fairly quickly.

 

[Gunk]

Thursday 17th

SAAB 93

ALDI
(just off the A59)
Knaresborough
North Yorkshire

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Is it a classic? I think it’s still in Old Banger territory

 

[biggs682]

Is it a classic? I think it’s still in Old Banger territory

Classic to me

 

[Gunk]

Classic to me

I had a proper 1983 three door Turbo back in the day, those 93’s are a pale imitation, a dressed up Vauxhall.

 

[Drago]

To be fair they're rather more than that.

SAAB were indeed supposed to simply drop restyled bodies onto GM products to save a few quid, but they went to such lengths completely re-engineering them instead the expense eventually sunk the firm.

Indeed, the one Biggs spotted is an 'NG', factory code 9400, model which is actually based on a massively updated version of the original 900 platform. It was the 2nd generation 9-3, factory code YS3F, of 2003 that shared its origins with the GM platform.

 

[biggs682]

I had a proper 1983 three door Turbo back in the day, those 93’s are a pale imitation, a dressed up Vauxhall.

Still a classic just like the two stroke ones my dad used to have when we were kids living outside Taunton all bought through Charlie Box ( might be wrong surname) who had a garage just past Wellington on the A38.

I owned a V4 96 for a while in my teens it was fantastic and great fun to drive they were proper cars not like these sanitised bloody things we have now.

 

[Drago]

I think it will certainly become a classic. A typically quirky vehicle from a defunct quirky and niche manufacturer, and last of the fully in house SAAB designs.

 

[raleighnut]

Is it a classic? I think it’s still in Old Banger territory

Not a SAAB 93 but rather a 9-3,

 

[biggs682]

I had a proper 1983 three door Turbo back in the day, those 93’s are a pale imitation, a dressed up Vauxhall.

Northampton based Turbo technics owner Geoff Kershaw was the man responsible for a lot of the original Saab adoption of a turbo on its engine and he still has the original 2 door Ems based one or did have the last time I saw him a couple of years ago.