Saab 900 Turbo Commander | Its Just A Bit Of Surface Rust... Or Is It?

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

I worked for Saab/Scania in the 80s, the company cars were all 900 Turbos which made me very happy...good luck bringing this one back to life!

[@DavidKenyon-hi3ts]

dave from northumberland uk i recently bought an induction heater fantastic especialy for exaust bolts and nuts i used to run a saab 900 at one point we had 4 in the family super cars of quality never to be seen again merry christmas to you and all your family

[@SeasideGarage]

Thank you! The induction heater is on the wish list..! :)

[@1873Winchester]

@@SeasideGarage I improvised a bolt heater using a TIG torch on low power, works very well.

[@RussEdgar445y7tlfj]

At Seaside Garage, the day following Christmas is box-sectioning day. Nice work!.

[@SeasideGarage]

haha exactly!

[@kimegekjr5971]

Damn you are a busy youtuber. I appreciate your many videos.

[@SeasideGarage]

Happy to hear that! :D

[@TheBTG88]

I’ve driven Saabs for 41 years and counting. The build quality is outstanding.

[@SeasideGarage]

it really is.... !

[@billyporter2195]

I think this one may be the exception 😂 (as with all late 20c. Euro cars)

[@dodgydruid]

I be mobile again, after extensive work including a full fuel system rebuild and some other awkward jobs, my Reliant Robin MK2 van is back and running like a champ... so very pleased with the old girl and a joy to drive round these twisty turny rural lanes :D

[@twocvbloke]

The rust saga is like those TV ads where they peddle cheap products that have sudden "But wait! There's more!" extras, finding rust in all the places that needs repairing... :P

[@richardsmith8938]

Seaside and rust go together like gin and tonic 😂

[@TheStobb50]

All the best for the New Year for you and your family

[@anothersaab]

as always, such an absolute delight watching you take care of this is Commander. You are the best!

[@Blaahvalz]

I love this project - always been a huge fan of Saabs. The Commander stickers on the sides are so delightfully 80s and the color itself really suits the car!

[@dandandan389]

Love the Saab, such a cool car

[@Ugloke]

Happy New Year 😀

[@fhwolthuis]

I really hope you will succeed in getting this Saab back on the road ❤

[@idrisddraig2]

I would cut hole to fit your repair panel rather than cutiing it down fit the hole, looks to be in better condition.

[@SeasideGarage]

thats the plan :)

[@shaunhardie6077]

You'll soon have the SAAB back on the road again 👍😎. Happy New Year to you and your family, looking forward to more excellent content in 2025.

[@Lodberg67]

Godt nytår 🙂👍

[@ShaunMurray63]

Great to see the Saab back , rust is a bugger isn't it but you will sort it out I have no doubt . Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and yours .

[@SeasideGarage]

Thank you Shaun!

[@broomad]

Merry Christmas 😀

[@SeasideGarage]

Same to you!

[@theblackhand6485]

Julfest. The Jutlanders call it Julfest.

[@StefanKarlsson-r8f]

You should invest in a metal-nut-cracker, with that you remove the stubborn nuts in a jiffy😁

[@KirksAudioSanctum]

7:50 I am not trying to make you suck eggs. Whenever I used to do work like that. I would spray WD40 and get a wire brush to clean the threads. Looking at the amount of underseal it seems like it would be clogged up my friend. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Have a fantastic new year.

[@VOLVO1234]

Saab ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@j.1294]

Tak for videoen. Ud fra min observation er det vejsalt, der bruges i Danmark, desværre meget aggressivt.

[@glynnbaldwin5543]

What was that spray at 1:41? Does it dissolve old underseal?

[@cx.silver.bullet]

I would throw away this shock absorber just to take revenge 😂

[@oodiddy9778]

saab 900 doors are point blank shotgun proof . i had a friend that bought one over 30 years ago with strange little dents in the door monthts later he was told the story of how it happend.

[@SeasideGarage]

:O Now I need a shotgun! that should be tested!

[@oodiddy9778]

@@SeasideGarage thats definitly got to be the next video.

[@theblackhand6485]

Next: Welding. Viewers discretion adviced: please prepare yourself as the car will be on fire 🔥

[@Efiertieh]

Saaben er tilbage!!!! Min favorit :)). Hvad brugte du for et middel til at fjerne den gamle "rust beskyttelse" ?

[@theblackhand6485]

There is a kind of existence called WD40 or another brand penetrating oil. And you shouldn’t use a grip clamp tool on any thread! Better to brush rust of and use a penetrating oil, then wait so it penetrates, and use a second nut to relieve the stuck one. ...but it probably would have come off with just WD40. Next: Welding. Viewers discretion adviced: please prepare yourself as the car will be on fire 🔥

[@sonovoxx]

Quick question - I like your compact car lift... do you have a make and model that I could check out?

[@SeasideGarage]

Its a Ravaglioli .. can't remember more than that... but it's great!

[@sonovoxx]

@SeasideGarage thank you! I'll find it! 👏👏👏💪

[@larssvensson3875]

I ended up buying the repair panel for mine. Rather bad fit, had to cut some reliefs and convince it to fit with a sledgehammer...

[@SeasideGarage]

That was actually what I was concerned of.... Happy I found a good donor part! :D

[@SeasideGarage]

But am I right about the missing "patch" on the repair panel? is the material thicker around the hole? On the original one its 2 pieces of 2 mm! 4 mm thick! :O

[@larssvensson3875]

@@SeasideGarage You're right, it's bloody thick. Didn't measure it but 4mm could be right where the reinforcement piece is.

[@larssvensson3875]

@@SeasideGarage I've still got the unused repair panel for the other side. Could examine it tomorrow if I remember.

[@AndreasAndersson-ve4jx]

My parents always had Saabs & the steel was always crappy... Dad put aluminium tape on the brown rust holes on our white Saab 95 -64. Said it would outlast the car, he was probably right. I don't know why Sweden with it"s huge Iron/Steel industry only have managed to produce half-decent steel quality. Some lack of ambition or knowledge.... SSAB has some very impressive webpages about their Swedish automotive steel. But every nut&bolt was always rusted stuck on every Saab/Volvo i owned.. In Sweden, there were stories about VERY dissappointed british customers who drove their almost new, but rusty cars back to the import port and incinersted them in the parkin lot...

[@idrisddraig2]

Any 1 hour job is one broken bolt away from a 3 day nightmare.....

[@SeasideGarage]

Oui

[@stansmolin1870]

Saaaaaab!

[@sonovoxx]

I had so much trouble getting the shocks off my vehicle earlier this year, and it's only 22 years old! Hateful job. In my case, as I was replacing the shocks, new rubbers came with the new ones!

[@projectartichoke]

Something _is_ rotten in Denmark. :)

[@SeasideGarage]

always!

[@foamyflightmaster9385]

New year's resolution fix the Saab, or at least do some welding

[@16jan1986]

Huhaa from my old white 4 door which you saw at netto this is going to be a huge job.......Saab of that year will have rust hiding behind the smallest bubles in the under coating and yours are much worse than mine ever was

[@16jan1986]

If you want Saab parts i am still a member of the Swedish Saab club and have access to their spare part shop

[@1973dule]

Don't own one myself yet but induction heaters are apparently the tool for rusted nuts&bolts kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIXWgXymmKitnas

[@SeasideGarage]

I want one! but they are pricey! :D

[@1973dule]

@@SeasideGarage Same :D

[@romanbarth9686]

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