marlinspike
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Not sure whether this thread should be in here or the Brew Room. Admin, feel free to move it to another section if you wish.
It's with a heavy heart I post these pics. I bought my Saab 900 turbo 1993 18 months ago. It was given a full mot. Really I should have enjoyed it for a year and then started messing about with it. But, as I am sure many of you have done, one thing led to another and soon it was in a state of disrepair on the drive. We started some welding, got a replacement door etc., but didn't really get stuck in as we should have.
Anyway, fast forward to this summer and we started prodding about with the screwdriver and found a lot of rust that wasn't apparent. So, is this repairable? I have searched through the forum on 'sills' and seen what appears to be worse being repaired. We have the welding gear, and will take as long as it needs to do it. There is no question of paying a garage to do the work as these cars are worth very little even in good condition. I am inclined to have a bash as the worst that could happen is the car is scrapped anyway.
I guess my main concern is that some of this work is structural and safety is paramount. The car is a 3 door hatch. The photos are of the left (passenger) sill area, starting at the left rear wheel arch.
The corrosion was hidden underneath the large bodykit and under a fair bit of stonechip. To be fair, we paid very little for the car - probably less than it was worth in parts - so have no gripe with the garage.
I am assuming that is the seatbelt mount in the second picture, which is a bit that particularly worries me.
BillJ on here runs a company that provides Saab parts, including some sill bits, but I am not even sure which bits I need. I have pm'ed him to have a look.
At worst, it will be stripped for spares and scrapped, but I can at least say I have enjoyed doing bits on it and welding doors up etc. I could have bought a £1500 one that was just as bad underneath so I am not feeling too hard done by on the financial front, it's more the sadness that the job may be too big for us. You do get attached to these rusty old cars don't you?
It's with a heavy heart I post these pics. I bought my Saab 900 turbo 1993 18 months ago. It was given a full mot. Really I should have enjoyed it for a year and then started messing about with it. But, as I am sure many of you have done, one thing led to another and soon it was in a state of disrepair on the drive. We started some welding, got a replacement door etc., but didn't really get stuck in as we should have.
Anyway, fast forward to this summer and we started prodding about with the screwdriver and found a lot of rust that wasn't apparent. So, is this repairable? I have searched through the forum on 'sills' and seen what appears to be worse being repaired. We have the welding gear, and will take as long as it needs to do it. There is no question of paying a garage to do the work as these cars are worth very little even in good condition. I am inclined to have a bash as the worst that could happen is the car is scrapped anyway.
I guess my main concern is that some of this work is structural and safety is paramount. The car is a 3 door hatch. The photos are of the left (passenger) sill area, starting at the left rear wheel arch.
The corrosion was hidden underneath the large bodykit and under a fair bit of stonechip. To be fair, we paid very little for the car - probably less than it was worth in parts - so have no gripe with the garage.
I am assuming that is the seatbelt mount in the second picture, which is a bit that particularly worries me.
BillJ on here runs a company that provides Saab parts, including some sill bits, but I am not even sure which bits I need. I have pm'ed him to have a look.
At worst, it will be stripped for spares and scrapped, but I can at least say I have enjoyed doing bits on it and welding doors up etc. I could have bought a £1500 one that was just as bad underneath so I am not feeling too hard done by on the financial front, it's more the sadness that the job may be too big for us. You do get attached to these rusty old cars don't you?