MAJORETTE restomod: 284 Saab Turbo

[@thomasjendestrom4240]

That restoration took me back to the 1980s. That's how it looked here in Sweden. You either had a Saab Turbo or a Volvo Turbo. The result was absolutely wonderful and gave me inspiration for my old Majorette Sandals. Keep up your wonderful videos. It's always fun to check in on Friday.

[@andreaszausch6329]

Really sad that Saab doesn't exist anymore. Nice restoration 👍

[@matthewkeable1919]

These Majorettes always look so much better with the base painted body colour exactly what I do when giving them a makeover. Wheels really set it off nicely.

[@johnkelley9877]

Great work Jason! I like the new wheels and the repainting. It looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing this.

[@justinbray2773]

Awesome restoration on this diecast

[@1975Loeven]

Sweet! I bought one identical in the local toy store as a kid in the early 80's.

[@joakimhjelm-svennesen8984]

As always what a beautiful restomod!! I was afraid you went with a different color. But luckily you chose black. It suits the car and I just like (most) cars in the black color. I cannot stress this enough… this was the era of some of the best Majorette cars. The working suspension and the stamped details in the body and the windows not to forget the small molded items in the trunk/ boot. And some had lensed headlights with great detail in the headlights

[@BrianMcKnight68]

Well done! The wheels look great. Good choice

[@johnrodriguez489]

Awsome Restoration

[@keithzatkalik5805]

Once again you did an amazing job 👏

[@jchayes7325]

Another beautiful restoration their Jason keep up the good work have a good one and God bless my friend

[@Bamsebrakar2011]

In the late seventies/ early eighties, a 900 Turbo was really one of the hottest cars on the road.

[@steppoify]

Jason, you did a spot on restoration of the Saab! Congrats!!

[@chrisevaggelou8473]

I am a big fan of the wide wheels that came on some majorette casting. But i have to say you are a master restore. The wheel you have chosen make it look realistic.

[@jaydsdiecastgarage]

very nice custom work

[@bsantos791]

This is a great restomod.this is how you keep viewers up to the end of the videos.

[@thebigbowler]

My favorite one yet

[@markrobinson8865]

Great job 👍🏻

[@aitchworld4620]

This model really benefits from the addition of a chin spoiler. I always wondered why they didn't fit this model with the famous Majorette 3 spokes to mimic the Saab 3 spoke wheels. Great work on this though - I do like the wheels you have used.

[@austinvitoux]

Looks very similar to mine! You did a freaking excellent job!

[@zm321]

I had the '83 silver version when I was a kid. Nice work there. One thing I would have wanted to do is paint in the rear quarter windows in the back door, just a vertical black line in the right place on the glass is all that is needed.

[@paulmcnamara2908]

Think for scale I would have deleted the tow hook but otherwise think it looks awesome just the way it is matey! Top job! Those wheels really finish it beautifully! 😉👌

[@joeholloway1386]

Nice restoration, details and paint job 👌 👍

[@VincentLander]

There was also a slightly lengthened version of the 900 4-door saloon/sedan called the 900 CD, as well as a lengthened 5-door called the 900 Finlandia.

[@BD4V1S1]

As an owner of a black over tan 85 900 turbo, this is awesome! Great work. The car would have also had a stainless strip across the bumpers and belt line.

[@neetpbg4]

Awesome job!! Those Inca's look stunning, instead of shortening the axles I would probably add some spaces behind the wheels as they now look too far in. I have the silver (and green) version of these and will definately have a go at refurbing one. Cheers😊

[@ciaranburke3243]

Very nice one of my favourite cars of all time, wheels look cool looks to me like the front is to far back 🤔👍

[@davidparker8221]

Truly a great car in the real world. I particularly enjoy when you take a fairly good toy (in the quality of manfacture and in playworn condition) and take it closer to a realistic model state. I would like to see you acquire the skill and means to make some form of clear plastic casts or vacuum forms of tinted plastic windshields, but you took this toy into a major step up in quality. Having fun with your toys is way more important than my humble opinion!

[@lotharrenz4621]

looks great again, love what you did with details and the wheels. :) my last job at an auto shop gave me opportunity to work on these, even restore one (boy, once they start to rust they RUST! unfortunately you'll see only half of it until you start to repair it...), take another's engine apart that popped apart for unknown reasons, replaced one gearbox that lost a securing nut for unknown reasons... they actually are mostly die-hard, only plastic parts of course, will die over time. but they are also different in some regards indeed. :)

[@niklaswejedal463]

Very nice resto-mod - loving those Inka wheels! I have a Saab 900 from Majorette exactly like the one you started with! A few fact-corrections, though. The 99 = "Ninety-Nine", not "Nine-Nine". The model-names of the early Saab cars, (92, 93, 94, 95 and 96 ) were a contiuation of the numbering of the aircrafts Saab 90 and 91. (in 1985, the 99 name was replaced by 90, to make it fit better in the range with the 900 and the then new 9000 - also it got the rear-end of the 900 2-door sedan) The biggest reason for the existance of the 900 (being a substantially updated 99 Combi-Coupe´) was to meet new US safety rules, thereby forcing Saab to stretch the nose of the 99. To differentiate the new car, the name was changed to 900, partly because 100 was already taken by Audi and partly because a Saab should always have a modelname starting with the number 9. The original 900 body was replaced by a new, Opel Vectra-based one in 1994, which after the face-lift in 1998 got the name 9-3, to fit better with the then new 9-5 of 1997. Again, the name had to start with a nine, but now the last digit would indicate where in the range the car fitted. Saab was sold in 2010 by GM to Spyker (of all brands...) and finally died in late 2011.

[@adamv242]

That looks amazing! Only thing I would have done differently is maybe remove the goofy trailer hookup.

[@xr8rick]

Nice resto job. The wheels look perfect for it. The paint would look much smoother and shinier if you gave it a light wet-sand with 2000 and 3000 sandpaper then some mild car polish.

[@mikaelt3241]

Hej! That tennisraket might be a tribute to Björn Borg, a famous tennis player from Sweden. He was sponsored by SAAB when they launched the 900 Turbo.

[@DieCastRestos]

Very good point! Well spotted

[@tenchoangelov5603]

PERFECT LIKE ALWAYS ONLY COLOR TO ME IS BETTER YELLOW METALIC 👍😁😄

[@raverboyloki]

I have this car in my collection as well in it's original silver color. I like your refinishing of this classic. The only thing I would have done differently is possible choose another color for the car. While black looks amazing on the real SAAB 900, on this version it does not allow the great details of a Majorette to be shown as clearly. Matchbox made a SAAB 9000 for a while, you should redo one of those as well.

[@Jappmannen]

I have two of those but mine is in silver. One with "TURBO" in black at the sides and the other one is silver only. But both is in pretty bad shape so maybe i should resturate them too? I think the reason why there is a tennis racket in the trunk is because the Swedish tennis player Björn Borg was driving a Saab 900 Turbo just after they introduced them. It is a little subtle tribute to him.

[@Xxxxxx.5303]

🤗👍❤️👌

[@Sorted7]

Cool. But can’t u space the wheels out rather than shorten the axles?

[@falcondmp]

All those models have the same issue: no mirrors.. but nice work!

[@Hasdac]

Where can I get new rivets, decals and wheels from? I've got loads of cars that need sorting. Thanks

[@DieCastRestos]

I’ve listed the replacement screws for rivets that I use in the video. I buy them on eBay. Decals I either make myself or just search what you are looking for - someone will make them. Wheels I use Diecast Details, Creative One64 or again eBay

[@owenmorse3136]

Sorry not a fan of the black colour paint I think it would have been better in navy blue but good work as always.

[@esajuhanirintamaki965]

A two-tone paint in Saab 900 was available too. I suggest: if You have a chance to restomod more Saab 900's, what about metallic green top and silver below the window line? 16 valve AeroTurbo 3-door black body, with body trim set, and so on...? Any kind of Saab's specialities were called as "saabism". Jealous and pedal japanese (Tojoda) and russian car (Lada) drivers said: "Saabism is a sickness". They generally could not afford a 99 or 900. (I have had a pale green 99 4-door 1976 saloon with an automatic transmission.)

[@purplemoonproductions9269]

love the new music jase