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, Thu, 5 Jul 2012 09:05:45
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True. Sometimes I wish I could just relive childhood over and over. Man, there were some cool Saabs in the driveway then. And some cool Bugattis from time to time too. Pete (my dad's cousin with the Bugattis) had a ton of other stuff in the basement too. Old '50s and '60s Mazerattis, Jags, a Lambrighini Miura, and a bunch of other cool stuff. He used to tell me I could take one to prom if I started studying to be a neurosurgeon. He was the first to teach me to fly aerobatics as well. We used to try and catch the astonished looks on the faces of skiers at Killington when we pulled out of a loop only a few hundred feet above their heads. You get in trouble for that kind of thing now. Back in the '80s he had tracked down and located the fabled Bugatti airplane and donated it to the Experimental Aircraft Association when the Smithsonian couldn't restore it to his satisfaction. After that, he was a VIP wherever he went. So I would tag along with him all over the place and meet all these incredible people in the aviation world. Sometimes it was like tagging along with The Great Gatsby.
Anyway, as far as vacuum hoses, if you can bend them in your hand and see cracks, replace them. I would find a nice set of black silicone ones to match (or you can just use the cheap rubber ones from Napa). The big airflow hoses should be fine - no need to replace those unless they are real bad.
One thing you can do is find tasteful original Saab accessories. If it were me, I would stick in some Saab logo aux gauges, under-seat Saab trash can, speakers with tweeters, rubber trunk mat, rubber floor mats, and (heaven forbid) rear decor panel or whale tail, that kind of thing just to season it a little with some cool spices. Just remember that tracking down original Saab accessories is like Pizzaro's men trying to track down El Dorado - the lost city of gold. You will eventually find yourself in Eugene, Oregon having taken a 22 hour bus ride next to some of the weirdest people EVER just to lowball some opd lady for a certain Saab that has been sitting in a barn for years just to get the Saab logo fog light covers and then sell the car.
...That's my final warning.
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, Tue, 3 Jul 2012 14:27:14, Tue, 3 Jul 2012 16:52:05
, Tue, 3 Jul 2012 16:19:35, Tue, 3 Jul 2012 21:31:56, Wed, 4 Jul 2012 11:20:32, Wed, 4 Jul 2012 11:52:12, Thu, 5 Jul 2012 09:05:45
, Sat, 7 Jul 2012 06:46:27, Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:33:46, Sat, 7 Jul 2012 13:56:36, Sat, 7 Jul 2012 08:10:51
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