The SAAB made the 220km trip home without any real issues. With a fresh battery and 10lts of fuel it tried very hard to start but it wouldn’t keep running so I decided to tow it and see what happened. After about 600m it kicked into life but it refused to idle.

The car drove very well up to 80 km/hr but travelling  faster caused a very bad vibration in the rear end. This was probably caused by flat spots on the tyres from sitting for so long, I will investigate this next week. The interior has leather trim that is in very good nick for a 21 year old car and overall the car is in better than expected condition.

The other interesting point is that the car was a private import into Australia in 1997. I am keen to trace the cars history because it is unusual for a 10 year old car to be imported unless it is unique in some way. In the hear future I will replace all vacuum lines hoping this will fix the idle problem then check the rear tyres and replace them if necissary.

Long term I want the SAAB for everyday use so it is more important to make the car reliable than to make it pretty. It will probably be 12 months before I have the time and money to get it registered but I am really looking forward to putting it on the road.