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Nick,
With any car this age values can vary greatly. My advice from experience would be to buy the best possible example you can afford up front. I purchased a 69 96 from the desert southwest three years ago for $5200. The car is completely original down to the paint, and is in excellent original condition inside and out. ( it was a real find!) You could say that I spent a lot of money for this car. I haven't put that much money into the car since the purchase. On the other hand, I purchased a BMW for a real bargain price (in just average condition) and have spent between 10 and 15 thousand to get a car that I could probably sell for about $4000 if I'm lucky. The BMW was my first old car experience.
In general, buy the best you can and avoid a potential money pit (unless your handy with a wrench). I can't really comment on the car you are looking at, but the interior is the least of your worries if there is rust issues in the areas that you can't easily see or the car is in need of major mechanical or electrical work. If you proceed further with the 96, find a person with some knowledge either mechanically, or especially with Saabs, and have him/her check the car over. Give them a few bucks for their trouble and sleep better at night.
Parts for these cars don't seem to be too unreasonable, price wise. If the car runs well, its probably worth $2000 dollars easy. Stroker or v4? how's the transmission? recent parts or fixes? Any service records or receipts for parts for recent work? I would pay extra if the car has some kind of history or paper trail.
Just my 2 cents, Best wishes,
Randy
posted by 67.172.2...
, Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:22:39, Sat, 1 Jan 2005 10:00:03
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