Category: Saab 96 Sedan 1964

The side panels are starting to look ok: I realised that we really need to do the final fitting of the doors and fenders before I spray the overcoat on the car. It will take some time, so I’m not all that confident that I will have time to spray the car this summer. We’ll… Continue reading Part 44. Prepare for paint continued

Putty time! Putty on. Putty off. Putty on. Putty off. Putty on. Putty… Smoothing out the welded areas. Surface pitting here… I don’t know which is worst; sanding or welding…. At the moment I think it’s sanding. 🙂 – – – We are planning on getting the car on it’s wheels next weekend, so all… Continue reading Part 43. Preparing for paint

The underside of the car is now ready for corrosion protection. Everything has been painted: A can of Dinitrol “Corrosion protection for vehicle underbody” and a suitable spraygun. I see Black! Black! 😉 The great thing about painting the underbody a light colour is obvious. You see immediately if you miss a spot when spraying… Continue reading Part 42. Underside corrosion protection

As you may remember I currently have two right hand side doors that should be made into one… The stroker door has had the skin removed and the green V4 door is going to donate one. But the sroker door also has some rust issues to deal with: So it is not just the matter… Continue reading Part 41. Fixing the doors – continued

All welding on the body is now done! The final pieces that went on: Stone guard on the left hand side. And the right. The two piece mounting bracket and the bottom half of the stone guard were practically corroded away, so they have been fabricated from sheet metal. The top section of the back… Continue reading Part 40. Body completed

Proggress:

During the winter the parts for the original motor of the car (the origial 1964 bullnose motor, not the longnose motor I’m actually going to use in the car) has been restored also. It looked so nice I decided to take more pictures than usual 🙂 Here goes:

Getting ready to clean and paint the underside of the car: Honestly. It is a lot safer than it looks 😉 (Yes it is properly supported and the center of gravity is actually on the roof side, so no danger of falling over). – – – – – – – – – – – –… Continue reading Part 37. Cleaning the underside

Fixing the waterpump-generator-combo. The waterpump-generator-system of the bullnose is now fixed even though it will not be used on the car (as it will have the 1966 engine with separate waterpump and alternator). The best parts from two or three combos were used to make one that works fully. Also some new parts like bearings… Continue reading Part 36. Generator-waterpump combo

Today we finally finished welding the passenger side of the car. Just a few pieces left. First I cut off the rusted side panel bottom section. Fitting a patch for the beam: Patched! There will be three layers of sheetmetal at places, so no need for 100% welds. On to making a new bottom for… Continue reading Part 34. More work on side panels