Rust and Damage Repair Part:3

This is a long process, but is successfully coming to a close, with the truck door hoisted up with the ladder because the lift support arms are off, and ready to soon be replaced when they arrive in the mail.

Before I remove the cover of the trunk door.

After I remove the cover, to get a better look of the inside and to determine the rust areas and how to fix everything, plus to see how I will have to replace light bulbs or alter the lights in any way.

Looking through the eye of the rust hole, from the damaged part under the lip of the trunk door, the bulb and plastic cover clearly shows (no pun intended) that water seeps through the gaps here and builds up (doesn't drain) and is what caused the rust.

Please don't tell me this was a bad idea, but I will have to find out. I got a can of Great Stuff to fill the gaps of the trunk lid, to shed water and will act as a noise damper.

Sprayed the foam in the gaps of the trunk door, of course following the rules on the can.

See the foam quickly begin to expand in the gap, which is its main purpose.

Day later, the foam was done, and it was definitely trial and error, because it expanded over the lock, and was unable to unlock, so I had to sever the foam away from the lock.

The trunk opens and closes successfully, but here is one opening I never want open again, behind the liner of the trunk and speaker, is what I thought was drugs when I started this project, is what I learned it was all along, a plastic covered sponge to absorb water, or keep water out.

Seen here is the power antenna assembly, foam pad, and the hole I have to fix immediately.

I can fit my fist into it, with a glove on of course, or I would be a dead man.

Stay tuned for the rest of this repair.

I'm Only Fooling the People Who Don't Know a Saab from a Plymouth

Until I decide to get a new hood badge for the 900, I took the old one off, painted it black, the paint did not stick, so i cleaned the badge, scraped off the old flaking Saab logo, and restored a Plymouth badge and glued it all together to make for a rather confusing front fascia.

I needed a paper towel, aluminum foil, sharpies to color match, and the badges and silicone caulk.

I used the sharpie to smooth out the foil.

Bumpy side to smooth side, just takes some time.

Restored color the the blue part of the badge.

Formed the foil to the back of the emblem where the chrome came off when I took it off a minivan.

Siliconed it together.

Picture of it on the hood coming soon.

My Generation at the Chicago Auto Show

It may be a little too early for me to reminisce about when I was younger, when I just turned old enough to vote!, but isn't that why any guy buys an older car, because he was younger when the car was new, thus driving it now, makes him feel the age he was based on the year of the car. This post is based on year one of my life, and before that. Here is a little geographic bio of mine, I live in the Chicago Suburbs and love going to the auto show, any show involving cars for that matter. Here are some press pictures of the 1997 Chicago Auto Show, and because this is a Saab blog, all this information is relevant to my cause. If you read any other word I write, I am very self involved in learning about anything I do or what I am apart off, and referencing movies, people and historical events to my life to have a base of when and where I grew up, If that's not too much information at once, there is a little more, but lets get back to Saab's.

Look at this layout of the new model year, sedans, wagons, convertibles and a classic 96 in the center.

Here is the show in 1994, when the Saab 900 received a new look since 1978, in 1993, the new 1994 900 came out and lasted until 1998 when the 900/9000 cars where changed to the 9-3 and 9-5. Forever claiming the first generation the "classic" generation.

Saab 900's Spotted on Seinfeld

Throughout the 9 years of the Seinfeld series on television, there has been so many laughs and situations otherwise everyday people can run into. During most of this, cars were involved, Elaine driving a Ford Taurus, Georges Buick Regal and Skylark, the Pontiac GTO, his Dads Mercury Monarch, Jerrys Dads Cadillac Fleetwood, and most importantly Jerry's many black Saab 900 Convertibles.

Here are the results of a search of the many scenes where a Saab 900 was in, most pictures are in the same episode, but not in order below.

Jerry and George seen behind a new 1997 Saab 900

Kramer jumping on the car Jerry will buy.

Kramer backed into Jerrys car.

Stuck in traffic

Kramer and "that other guy" car salesman getting food but no gas, to see how long they can go with the slash below the E.

Newman and Kramer chasing Tony in Ohio on there way to Michigan for the bottle deposit.

At a funeral for Elaines made up assistant.

Driving

Jerrys dropping Elaine off before the Saab acts up, and Jerry sees there is all sorts of food stashed under the hood after letting Kramer and Newman borrow the car to go to Price Club.

Jerrys mechanic Tony tearing out of the garage.

More trafffic

Chasing down a former girlfriend.

Tony tears Jerry a new one telling him everything he is doing wrong to his car.

These are all the scenes in which a Saab 900 was used in the show.

Seinfeld Reference: Can't be Said Any Better than by Jerry

Jerry Seinfeld is a car guy, and has a particular interest in Saab, explained in Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and shown in numerous episodes of Seinfeld, and finally comes out in this clip, when taunting on lookers that "Black Saabs Rule!", before driving off.

Seinfeld Reference: Jerry's Car Gets Stolen

In this episode of Seinfeld, Jerry and George enter the apartment talking about how Jerry's car got stolen right outside his building, Jerry calls the number of his car phone, and the thief (voice- Larry David) confesses that he stole the car, and will not give it back.

Seinfeld Reference: Jerry Goes to His Mechanic

In this episode of Seinfeld, Jerry goes to his mechanic (Brad Garrett) to see what is wrong with his car, Tony the manic mechanic goes off on how Jerry abuse is explained as "wear and tear".

Later in the scene, after Elaine comes to get John F. Kennedy's golf clubs out of the trunk, Tony peels out of the garage in the Saab to later be chased down by Newman and Kramer in a mail truck in Ohio.