Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:01:25 -0400 From: Malt_Hound <""Malt_Hound\"nospamm-me not*yahoo.com"> Subject: Re: SAAB LOGO History (Addition)
Paul Halliday wrote: > in article MPG.1d87ba1e75c7ea9e98b376nospam.individual.net, NeedforSwede2 at > carl.robsonnospamcing-czechs.com wrote on 06/09/2005 15:38: > > >>In article <BF39CAE0.15A77%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk>, pjghnospamyonder.co.uk >>says... >> >>>1984 marked the end of the earlier C900 models, like the EMS and GL variants >>>(certainly in most markets, although Australia did continue this badging >>>much later), and the SAAB 99 was put to rest, so SAAB may well have >>>introduced the "new" phase of C900s with the SAAB/Scania (Griffin) bonnet >>>badge in 1984. >>> >> >>My very early 1984 C900 T16S had the Saab Scania griffin Roundel. >>Do't know about matt/polished because it had bleached out many years >>before. > > > The blue plastic covered coloured part can simply detach, leaving a > silver/polished effect. My first (also silver) C900 has this :) > > Welcome back to SAABing, BTW! > > Paul > > Vart tog v”gen v”gen? > SAAB : Nothing on earth comes close > Not to appear argumentative (though I have occasionally been accused of such previously) I don't think the blue (and red and silver) colored part is plastic. It seems to be some sort of thick paint or porcelean over the silver substrate that we all drive around with. I only say this because I have caught a few in a state of semi-decay (before all of the colored part has completely abandoned ship) and it seems to have chipped/cracked and vacated. -- -Fred W Toys for sale, Hey get your toys here: <http://users.adelphia.net/~fredwills/>
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