Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:38:00 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: Turbo badges
in article Q43Vd.207352$B8.73825nospamnews.blueyonder.co.uk, Al at alistairdorenospamo.com wrote on 01/03/2005 19:08: > > "chris" <werwenospamcom> wrote in message > news:KE9Ud.4683$Fl2.3786nospamfe4-gui.ntli.net... >> >> "Grunff" <grunffnospam.com> wrote in message >> news:388939F5kge2nU1nospamvidual.net... >>> Richard Sutherland-Smith wrote: >>>> Do 900 LPTs in the UK have a "Turbo" badge on the radiator grill? >>>> I know 9000 LPTs don't, but I have seen some advertised on eBay and am >>>> not sure if the owner's description is correct. >>> >>> >>> It is very incosistent. Most don't, but some do. I've never figured out >>> whether this is because they were originally supplied with them, or >>> whether they were put on afterwards. >> >> I've seen a few - usually on a plain (non-chrome) grille. >> >> If it's described as a 900S it should be an LPT. > > Nope, > My 900S doesn't have a turbo, OK so it's a NG900S, but it clearly states > 900s on the boot lid and the reg document. The OG 900S models were LPTs and did not feature a "turbo" badge on the grille. That said, it is not impossible to see an LPT with a "turbo" badge, given owner additions over the years. That said, the convertible 900S turbo (commemorative edition of 1993 for the UK) *might* have had the badge. Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/