Well we went to see it at 1.30pm, it was a bit of a trek in the pi55ing rain i can tell you!!,i said to my father that it would be rather amusing if it turned out to be a Carlsson as the old gent that was selling it on behalf of his late Brother-in-law really didnt know much about the car other than the age and some of the history behind it.
Sure enough when we entered the road i knew it was a Carlsson!!!, the reason that people hadn't snapped it up was that it was incorrectly advertised as a 900 5 door T16 and everyone that phoned the old chap wasnt interested in a 9000 turbo (obviously the chap didnt mention the word Carlsson!).
It needs a few bits and pieces doing as it has stood for 6 months!, the fuel pump is very noisey and the car is misfiring under anything more than a touch on the throttle, ive ordered a new one from ECP, the ABS light comes on when the car gets upto speed so i would hazard a guess that one on the speed sensors is dirty (i have good knowledge of Bosch ABS systems after having to fault find my missus's BMW system!), and the brakes need a good going over as the pedal is very dead.
As mentioned previously the chap really didnt know what he was selling and just wanted it rid of as he was getting complaints from his neighbours and when i went through the list of problems to be fixed we agreed on a price of £250!!!!.
The body and engine are in very good condition and the paint just needs some tlc, very sweet gearchange, good tyres all round -Yoko's on the rear and Michelins on the front.
It has 3 owners and 125,000 miles with stamps upto 90,000 and the last service was at 125,000 and the car has hardly moved since.
No real rust to speak of, and best of all 6 months tax and seven months mot left!
My old man's a very happy chappy!!!
Another Saab to add to the family!!
Cheers Pete.
