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green96v4 V4 Mad
Canada 737 Posts | Posted - 08 May 2014 : 16:02:56
| Hi All
New poster to this forum, although have been a SAAB owner for over 20 years, (my 1971 Tyrol Green 96 was my first car, came off the road in 1994 as the dreaded tin worm had won the battle and my intentions were to restore it to show condition - family, house renovations and emigration to Canada got in the way a little!!)
I am finally getting back into what has probably been the longest restoration in history, but I need some help. I should have taken more photos as I was taking it apart, as I'm starting to piece things back together, but I get lost with the order of when things go in, the route they take etc, etc.
Under the dash and the bulkhead are the areas I'm working on, if anyone has images under their dashboard and steering column wiring I would greatly appreciate a post/pm.
Thanks Matt
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UK_Sub V4 Guru
United Kingdom 2555 Posts | Posted - 08 May 2014 : 16:10:09
| That looks fantastic - got any more photos to drool over? | |
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Zagato V4 Mad
United Kingdom 811 Posts | Posted - 08 May 2014 : 16:12:34
| Superb Matt, love the colour... sorry cannot be of help with re-wiring pictures as car is away at present.
Chris
1977 96L Opal Green
| Edited by - Zagato on 08 May 2014 16:13:16 | |
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James Ranaldi V4 Guru
United Kingdom 1475 Posts | Posted - 08 May 2014 : 16:44:17
| Welcome aboard green96v4.
Looks like you are doing a great job, your car looks wonderful
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Sim V4 Beginner
United Kingdom 52 Posts | Posted - 08 May 2014 : 17:52:32
| wow. I can only dream of a finish like that. Quality job!
quite new to all this myself, but I found the wiring diagrams in the reproduction Haynes manual are shockingly bad quality, so we are slowly recreating our own versions.. | |
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green96v4 V4 Mad
Canada 737 Posts | Posted - 08 May 2014 : 18:08:02
| Thanks for the nice words guys, here goes with the upload of a bunch of images!
Some more info on the restoration: My father rebuilt the engine, (motor trader in Oxford for over 40 years, but engine rebuilds were always his happy place!) Chris Partington (sp) did the gearbox to final specs Welding was done by a specialist in Wales (Gary Wilkie (sp)) Paint prep was my labour! Paint by my fathers Sprayer Wiring loom by AutoSparks (great guys to work with, they didn't have pattern for the back half of the car, so I sent them mine and they've copied it for their masterfile) Highgate supplied a lot of the parts over the years before they closed up, eBay now fills in the blanks! I've added little upgrades, but trying to keep it as close to original as possible (LL wooden steering wheel, braided brake hoses, stainless caliper pistons and handbrake levers, hopefully jetex exhaust when money permits)
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Dirtbiker V4 Guru
United Kingdom 1060 Posts | Posted - 08 May 2014 : 21:22:11
| Hi Matt,
That looks fantastic - great work! My 72 car is the same colour and was almost my first car. Looks shabby compared to yours though.
What do you need to know under the dash - is your wiring loom a direct copy of the original?
Is the car now out in Canada?
Look forward to more pics.
Cheers
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green96v4 V4 Mad
Canada 737 Posts | Posted - 08 May 2014 : 21:31:20
| Hi Dirtbiker
Yes loom is a direct copy (there are some minor differences as Autosparks "off the shelf" loom was for a 1975 model, but it's close enough and working with them to get the extra bits we covered it all. (great bunch to work with)
Car is in Canada now, we shipped it in a container with our furniture, CDN Customs inspected the car, damaged a bunch of paint (covered on insurance) and left Contraband diagnostic equipment in the boot, so quite the adventure getting over here!
I could use an image of where the loom travels - I think I have it (after much experimenting but it's little things like does it go in front or behind the grey card panels, where does it zip tie to the bar under the dash (I remember cutting one off to get the old loom out)
I'll post an image of where I'm at with the interior tonight, planning to go and tinker with it now!
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green96v4 V4 Mad
Canada 737 Posts | Posted - 09 May 2014 : 16:24:32
| as promised some shots of the interior and where I'm up to, guess the wires may make more sense when the dash/instruments are in place
I've already seen from one of Dirtbiker's shots where the top bracket for the dash fixes, so that's good!
and another of a more complete engine bay
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Woody V4 Guru
United Kingdom 2758 Posts | Posted - 10 May 2014 : 14:13:22
| OUTSTANDING !! So much attention to detail, this looks like a time warp with all the components looking like new off shelf. I didn't think to take photos of the dash wiring, mine being off a 72 model and transferred en-bloc to the "Troll" with minor mods. Some photos below if they help...
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green96v4 V4 Mad
Canada 737 Posts | Posted - 10 May 2014 : 14:58:22
| Thanks Woody, exactly what I needed!!!
thanks for the kind words too, makes some of the slow grind worthwhile | |
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green96v4 V4 Mad
Canada 737 Posts | Posted - 16 May 2014 : 16:40:21
| Just got my refurbished radiator back from a repair specialist (I was just going to repaint it, but had some of the veins fall apart - when I took it in he pressure tested it and showed me a tiny perforation, so I'm glad I didn't cut corners!
Expansion tank still needs fixing properly, but you get the idea
Long weekend here in Canada so I'll be attempting the dashboard and wiring!!!!!! | |
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green96v4 V4 Mad
Canada 737 Posts | Posted - 20 May 2014 : 16:14:37
| and the dash in, still a couple of black earth wires I can't figure out (and the Haynes Manual is just adding to the confusion!!)
Les Leston wooden wheel was rescued from a rotting barn find, I'll need to figure out a horn wire as it's a different boss design (standard wheel has the constant contact, but this one doesn't)
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Zagato V4 Mad
United Kingdom 811 Posts | Posted - 20 May 2014 : 19:34:44
| Just gets better Matt, good period to do the resto when you could still get the parts!
Have you got any 'before' pictures...
1977 96L Opal Green
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beta V4 Fanatic
Ireland 278 Posts | Posted - 20 May 2014 : 21:19:16
| Looks top class...I think most of our cars (mine anyway) would look shabby beside that 96.
Hope you are so busy that you haven't been writing down your project costs - just enjoy it and make sure no one finds the final bill lying around!! | |
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green96v4 V4 Mad
Canada 737 Posts | Posted - 21 May 2014 : 16:31:23
| Hi Zagato - thanks for the kind words, here's the "before" images (beta - I have bills for most of the material/services bought, but I think I could probably get a Porsche with what I've spend over the years!!!)
I've tried to find before/during/after images so you can see how bad things were when it came off the road
Bodyshell before it went to Gary Wilkie in Wales
In northern France in 1991
Close ups of Engine and Carb
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