One more for those knowledgeable in all matters of classic SAAB. I'll be looking at an '80 99 Turbo (2-door, black - just what the doctor ordered) in a couple of days. Supposedly the car is in good condition and the pictures seem to confirm this, even discounting that all cars and bikes look better in pictures than they do in reality.
Car has a rebuilt 4-speed 'box, but it also comes with 5-speeder from a 99GL. Appearantly the current owner of the car was planning to have this 'box fitted eventually. I can see this making a bit of sense from both a fuel consumption and possibly performance point of view (quieter and higher cruise speed) but this raises two questions:
- Am I going to be slaughtered at the next SAAB meeting for committing sacrilege?
- Does this make sense at all or is this just a good way to blow the gearbox into kingdom come?
TIA,
Timo