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Category: Saab 99 Turbo 1978

Hatch corrosion repair

Hatch corrosion repair

Tommi Järvinen 17.1.2018, 16:18 Saab 99 Turbo 1978Leave a comment

There was some corrosion issues with the “good” trunk hatch also. After removing all the accessories it was clear some welding needed to be done around the window frame. It’s one of the usual spots to rust. The shrinker/stetcher tool was used to make the repair pieces curve a little …

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Saab 99 Turbo Part 16 – Metal prep & Primer

Saab 99 Turbo Part 16 – Metal prep & Primer

Tommi Järvinen 11.11.2017, 20:18 Saab 99 Turbo 19783 Comments

We are finally at the Metal prep & Primer stage with the Turbo. We used a standard 2k Epoxy primer. Basecoat will be water based color and over that some clearcoat. This will be the first time for me spraying metallics or water base color so I’m looking forward to …

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Saab 99 Turbo part 15 – Driver side door repair

Saab 99 Turbo part 15 – Driver side door repair

Tommi Järvinen 5.11.2017, 01:08 Saab 99 Turbo 1978One Comment

The corrosion issues on this car are everywhere. Both of the doors were basically not salvageable. Just rotten. I did get a few spare doors that looked pretty good. Unfortunately they were not that good after the paint was stripped… The passenger side door didn’t need that much work but …

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Saab 99 Turbo part 14 – Time for some primer

Saab 99 Turbo part 14 – Time for some primer

Tommi Järvinen 11.7.2017, 20:24 Saab 99 Turbo 1978Leave a comment

A few photos on getting some primer on some of the suspension components and other stuff. We needed to make new fuel tank belts since the old ones were rotten and decided to use slightly thicker material for them. All the components were thoroughly cleaned using electrolysis and mechanical cleaning …

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Saab 99 Turbo Part 13 – Alternator and Starter Motor Restoration

Saab 99 Turbo Part 13 – Alternator and Starter Motor Restoration

Tommi Järvinen 1.5.2017, 22:19 Saab 99 Turbo 1978Leave a comment

I restored the alternator and starter motor. Pretty straightforward job other than the pulley and fan on the alternator being pretty stuck. Mostly just a bit of cleanup, glass bead blasting and new paint. I also replaced the old nuts and washers with new shiny ones. I still need to …

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Saab 99 Turbo part 12 – Learning To Use Auto Body Solder

Saab 99 Turbo part 12 – Learning To Use Auto Body Solder

Tommi Järvinen 18.4.2017, 21:28 Saab 99 Turbo 1978One Comment

I have seen body solder used in some custom car shows over the years, but have not tried it myself. It’s sometimes also called “lead loading” since in the golden age of Hot Rodding lead was used to fill and shape body panels. Epoxy fillers (“bondo”) were not really available …

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Saab 99 Turbo part 11 – restoring the brakes and suspension components

Saab 99 Turbo part 11 – restoring the brakes and suspension components

Tommi Järvinen 19.2.2017, 22:54 Saab 99 Turbo 19783 Comments

Brakes on the Saab 99 can be a bit tricky to fix these days. All the components can be found but probably not off-the-shelf at the local auto parts store. The Saab Club Sweden can help with some of the components, like seal kits. Also new dust shields are available …

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Saab 99 Turbo part 10- Corrosion repair almost done

Saab 99 Turbo part 10- Corrosion repair almost done

Tommi Järvinen 12.12.2016, 00:29 Saab 99 Turbo 19784 Comments

The corrosion repair on the 99 Turbo is finally almost done. Basically what’s left to do is fixing the driver side door. The “good” doors I had turned out to be not so good… The passenger side door needed just a few patches but the driver side door needs to …

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Saab 99 Turbo part 9 – front section welding

Saab 99 Turbo part 9 – front section welding

Tommi Järvinen 3.10.2016, 19:41 Saab 99 Turbo 19783 Comments

The Saab 99 Turbo is proceeding once again – welding as usual… I had a busy summer and the project was pretty much on hold for a few months. At the moment it looks like I will not be able to put too many hours on the car but the …

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Using Shrinker/Stretcher to repair Saab 99 brake dust shields

Using Shrinker/Stretcher to repair Saab 99 brake dust shields

Tommi Järvinen 8.4.2016, 17:28 Saab 99 Turbo 1978Leave a comment

I bought a Shrinker Stretcher machine. I have seen them used on some Youtube channels and they looked pretty handy. They seem to help a lot in making tighter curves and radiuses. The English Wheel is handy also, but the Shrinker Stretcher seems to speed up some operations a lot. …

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