We Stumbled Across a Perfect "Donor" Car for My Project Saab 900!

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[@AutoAutopsy]

Quite sad to see this at our yards, but the parts are all going to good use! Another member has grabbed the SPG kit for his convertible, and I will be grabbing the transmission and related parts this weekend assuming all goes well!

[@unicorn_vhixx]

The most difficult thing for you to accomplish will be installing the shift linkage properly..it's not like most cars because the throws are curved not straight you will see good luck

[@seaking2290]

I need those front seats. Mine were swapped out for 9000 Aeros. No way to get down there, though. Too bad.

[@verjnuarmu]

People sell those panel kits for around 1000$. Very very desiarable

[@robludwigsen7831]

Bro, get the springs..front and rear. Dont forget to make sure you have bump stops on the rear. They fall off..they are good to have because they protect your springs from sagging.

[@Ronnycoop1]

Make an offer on the whole car please. You will regret it if you don't. The spg trim, the low mile engine, the manual gearbox omg!

[@AutoAutopsy]

Unfortunately you can’t buy whole cars here at the yards. I would love to though

[@routzhan]

@@AutoAutopsy Then take each piece apart until its completely gone.

[@TheBTG88]

1987-1991 SPGs - A bit more power, lower, stiffer springs, body kit, all 3 doors w/ 5-speed. Options that were sometimes ordered from factory/dealer - rear exterior vent covers, whale tail, rear window louvers, extra gauges. Love my 1991 SPG.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Nice! Sounds sweet

[@barneymiller795]

You should grab the ECU out of the SPG, YOU CAN MOUNT IT IN YOUR STOCK 900 TURBO FOR AN EXTRA 10 TO 15 HORSEPOWER DEPENDING ON THE YEAR OF YOUR 900 TURBO.

[@AutoAutopsy]

👍🏼🙌🏼

[@kelleredward6153]

What you call the “deep dish” are the 16 inch super Aeros (which as far as I am aware were never sold new on the 900, and were introduced on the 9000 aero in 1993). Those are the correct 15 inch Aeros for the 900. More appropriate for your car in my humble opinion! Love this series as an owner of two 900 turbos.

[@AutoAutopsy]

:)

[@paulskopic5844]

Those cams looked real clean which means the previous owner was good about changing the oil. You probably should have taken the relays as they can be quite expensive. Good find overall.

[@AutoAutopsy]

thanks! it's a shame i wish i could have just bought the whole thing

[@arranthomson3004]

You need to go back and get the Aero body kit, front , middle and rear sections I paid a little fortune to get them of eBay for my 900

[@AutoAutopsy]

Someone else already took it. It’s going to good use

[@MassiveTrackHunter]

Btw...look up t5 conversion for Classic 900. Makes the engine run like it is a decade newer, and I believe THAT ecu can be flashed with a tune. If you opt to keep the older setup, check out Swedish Dynamics, a great place to hop up that 900 sensibly.

[@AutoAutopsy]

🙌🏼👍🏼

[@SaabAholic]

Yep. I upgraded my APC with Swedish Dynamics. Way more HP! I also upgraded to a 3.0 Bar and bigger injectors. 1992 Saab 900 Convertible.

[@MassiveTrackHunter]

@@SaabAholicyep. My 89 left me grinning every time it tried to kill me, fighting ridiculous alternating torquesteer to keep it between the lines. I never drove a car that was as insane as my SPG, Viggen included(although I bet a stock diff on a st3 vig would be pretty similar. Mine has a quaiffe, and the rescue kit, so it is pretty manageable.) A tuned Classic is a very raw experience. lol.... Were you able to run the stock clutch? I noticed mine slipping and replaced it since it was so ridiculously easy to do, and then noticed even the new oem slipping a bit. Sold it before I could upgrade that bit.

[@SaabAholic]

@@MassiveTrackHunter When I bought it, there had been a bunch of work done to it before, including a new clutch. Not sure if it’s stock or ? I don’t drive it real hard but I have accelerated real hard a few times and everything seems Rick solid.

[@MassiveTrackHunter]

@@SaabAholic Very cool. How do you like that sudden doubling of power around 3800RPM? A bit unnerving the first time, but very addictive.

[@yegorsolin4044]

It is very interesting to watch when you go to the showdowns and look for the necessary spare parts! Good video! Thank you! 👍🏻

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks!

[@hamonrye7415]

Sometimes it baffles me how some cars end up in the junk yards... I was at my local yard last weekend and many cars in there were driven by high schoolers. There was a early 2000s toyota camry (I believe) obviously driven by an older person as there wasnt even 100K on the oil change sticker, Very clean interior not a stain anywhere. It did have a notice of abandonment, so most likely someone dumped it somewhere and left it. Almost makes you want to try to set something up with the yards to save them before they get the "junk title".....

[@AutoAutopsy]

Yeah it’s a shame. This SPG looks like it was abandoned

[@MassiveTrackHunter]

You should definitely do a manual swap. I believe you can mod and install either a stage1 or 9-5 clutch? The manual can handle more power. Grab... -The APC module by the radiator. -The engine computer in the driver wheelwell. -THE TRANSMISSION, as good manual casings are getting rare. -All airflow items, very valuable. -Tail lights, if they are in good shape. -Ignition interlock console mechanism including switch, for when your reverse interlock is needed during the manual swap. -Rear decklid, since most are moldy and ruined by window leaks. -Headlights and foglamps. -Rims, very rare now. -ABS pump and sensors, only on 92-94, rare to find replacement parts. Too bad you can't just buy the whole thing and use it for parts and the manual conversion. Ultra rare bird and under 100k?? I am dying....

[@AutoAutopsy]

I know it’s so sad! Thanks for list. I’m going back this weekend to grab lots more parts off of it 🙌🏼

[@MassiveTrackHunter]

even the front fenders are useful since a lot of them rust out up here.

[@Saabjock]

My wife's 87 needs a trans. Wish I was closer. I'd have taken that and the entire body kit. It is extremely rare to see a complete body kit intact on a junked car. Something is usually missing from a crunched bumper, fender or side panel.

[@ThePrissy11]

You: SPG died a sad death. Lucas: like its owner. Lucas is a funny dude!😆 Congrats on that amazing junkyard find. Great vid. Thanks for posting. P.S. Isn’t that your fixed Audi hanging in your driveway?

[@AutoAutopsy]

Hahaha 🤣 yep! It’s back. I plan on doing a video soon giving an update and all that was fixed on it

[@giorgio.]

My heart sank seeing such a clean engine being left to rot without a valve cover! :(

[@AutoAutopsy]

Yeah it’s quite sad!

[@RADThird1]

Good find! Lots of useful stuff there. The dash cover is a great get. I couldn't see what shape the headliner was in. They go bad on all classic 900's eventually. I believe that you can still get kits to repair them, but I'd be tempted to pull that one out and take it to a shop and have it done right.

[@AutoAutopsy]

I think it had some rips but I’ll have to double check

[@CarlLevine]

@@AutoAutopsy You'd want that headliner as well as all the pillar trims and seat belts. Do a passive belt delete - they never work right,

[@m.akbart3840]

Ahhh, never gets old, watching vids on a 900 Turbo.

[@AutoAutopsy]

:)))

[@robludwigsen7831]

Get the reflector triangle and case from the trunk, rare accessory

[@AutoAutopsy]

hm i didn't see it

[@saabwitha2.3turbo81]

So heartbreaking to se that it’s in a scrapyard. It doesn’t even look broken. All the part looks to be on the car and it’s in a very good shape. I wonder why he scrapped it :(

[@saabwitha2.3turbo81]

I legit think you should buy the whole car and try to repair it.

[@AutoAutopsy]

I would have loved to have bought the whole thing but unfortunately it’s hard to do that here. I’m guessing it sat for years based on how it looked :(

[@patrickmoodabe9728]

Ohhhh….. I’ve tracked down Saab Jesus!!! In his natural habitat. 👏👏👏👏👏💪💪

[@AutoAutopsy]

😬😬

[@thackerybrown2860]

Very good fortune for you. Sad to see an SPG leave the road like that, but at least it will help another 900 carry on

[@AutoAutopsy]

Agreed :(

[@MassiveTrackHunter]

Check out the deep dish 9000 aero rims, NOT the super aero, but the regular ones. Mine were aluminum faced with the outer rim lip painted medium gray. Pretty sure I PM'd or emailed you a pic of it. Look wicked on that car.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Yeah they do look good.

[@cinrambrad]

I really like the junk yard series videos, thanks.......

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks 🙌🏼

[@alcoholicvdgambler]

Convert it into t5 after you swap everything. It makes a big difference as far as driveability. It takes some investment in parts though. Look into Modern classic saab for this. You don't even need to modify the car after t5 to have fun.

[@AutoAutopsy]

interesting; thank you. lots to consider for sure!

[@JoesGoldenGarage]

Dude you have lucked up on this deal. What a find especially finding the wheels

[@AutoAutopsy]

Yeah I’m very lucky!

[@raffe65]

Take the Cruice control if yours dont have it. Not dificult to mount when you take out the gauge cluster.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Not a bad idea. Thanks!!

[@hakanhellgren]

In my world i should switch to the manual gearbox. It´s so much more fun to drive than the slower 3 speed auto gearbox. My father has been a SAAB owner since 1969 and i have driven most of them. Myself has only had one SAAB 99 back in the days (manual) and it was so funny to drive.

[@AutoAutopsy]

nice

[@irontoolgoddess]

A question for Lucas. My rocker cover, took it all off cleaned, and polished all the pretty bright fins, did the polish, and coat of wax, but a few months later it's all oxidized. Maybe he's found something to stop that oxidizing?

[@AutoAutopsy]

The valve cover? I don't think you're supposed to use normal wax on it. i'm guessing the heat probably caused the oxidization; i could be wrong though!

[@ftby59mikeD]

Those 3 spokes were a score!😁👍...did you say how much it all cost?

[@AutoAutopsy]

It was about $270 for that whole haul!

[@ehrenwebber6817]

The spg panels are worth more then everything you got. They are super hard to find with mounting hardware and rails. I just paid $1100

[@AutoAutopsy]

Someone else got them for their car. Meh. It’s not always about making money! Didn’t have the knowledge to remove them without breaking them at the time I went either

[@vladgladkov237]

Thank for video sad saab story

[@AutoAutopsy]

:(

[@barneymiller795]

Is Arizona one of those states where you can buy a junked car out of the junkyard? If so I might need to go pick up at SPG?

[@AutoAutopsy]

Unfortunately you cannot buy whole cars

[@per-hakansvahn8044]

In my humble opinion you should buy the whole 900 salvage car as a donor. That body kit - the aero kit as it’s called over here Sweden is super cool. (The trim level of this was actually called the 900 aeroover here in Sweden). I had two different 900 turbos - one 1982 8 valve and later replaced by an 1986 turbo 16. None of them where the aero version witch I always regretted in those days. The aero versions also had the leather interior. I have no experience of the automatic gearbox but I do know from hard earned experience that the manual five speed was very “sensitive” - especially with the turbo 16 version.

[@AutoAutopsy]

I would have loved to…But unfortunately that’s not usually possible at yards here :(

[@per-hakansvahn8044]

@@AutoAutopsy Thank you for the response. I will surely follow the progression of your 900. Brilliant car in its era.

[@stefanopeiris2118]

Do you think anything about the 2010 Saab 93X? Found one with 82K miles for 12K and I’m thinking about picking it up.

[@AutoAutopsy]

I do not know a ton but that seems steep pricewise!

[@stefanopeiris2118]

@@AutoAutopsy agreed, found a 2008 Saab 93 2.0T wagon with 120K miles instead. Got the dealership down to 6K + fees and taxes.

[@RetrocarStyle]

Sucks to see a SPG in the yard..looks to be in good condition....the "140 mph " gauge cluster is quite rare and only came in the 91 models....u got some rare stuff. U should go back and get the entire SPG body panels and bumpers.

[@AutoAutopsy]

The panels are since long gone but I got A LOT of valuable stuff off of it for my car

[@RetrocarStyle]

@@AutoAutopsy I'm hoping to see a manual swap....u can get that engine and gearbox from the car without the control arm spring tool....DM me and ill let you know what. U need to do...if ur going that route. I have pulled a GM45714 in the junk yard for my 900 build without specialty tools.....LMK

[@jesus6964]

How much did you spend at the junkyard? Just curious.

[@AutoAutopsy]

I went back 3 times to this specific car and got A LOT of parts. Probably around $500

[@jonasuebel9125]

Rescue it and rebuild it👍😃

[@AutoAutopsy]

Unfortunately you can’t buy whole cars from the yard

[@broeheemed32]

What?! I can't believe you didn't poach that SPG rear spoiler.

[@AutoAutopsy]

It’s the same as the one that’s on my car currently 😅

[@vladgladkov237]

Rare car

[@AutoAutopsy]

definitely

[@michaelm1965]

Please consider removing the ECU, APC box, 2.8 bar fuel regulator, distributor and injectors. I almost forgot, definitely remove the steering rack. These are getting very scarce.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Thanks 👍🏼

[@Lamster66]

You went about that the wrong way you should have been asking how much to tow the whole car away that way you've got everything you need as the SPG must have been running fine for the guy to have crashed it.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Yeah :/ unfortunately you can’t buy the cars whole most of the time

[@Pr0fess0rx29]

SPG with under 100,000 miles with a decent interior. Wow. You guys should have offered the yard $4,000 for the whole car. No way they would have turned that down. Those things are going for huge money on BAT now.

[@Pr0fess0rx29]

@Seba Tarth Ah ok, maybe you're right and it depends on the state. I know some people who have bought whole cars from junkyards and were able to get them properly titled and put back on the road. Each states laws are different I suppose.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Yeah, like Seba said. Trust me, I wish I could have bought the whole thing!!! Sucks I couldn’t :(

[@liljazzysmusicappreciation3807]

$270 for your haul....what did they want for entire car.....what exactly was wrong with that SPG??

[@AutoAutopsy]

I don’t know but you can’t buy whole cars from the yards unfortunately

[@laurat1129]

@@AutoAutopsy Is that b/c it has a salvage title? Sad.

[@AutoAutopsy]

@@laurat1129 no I believe it’s because they just aren’t legally allowed to sell cars

[@davevq]

That hood damage looks like some fruitloop dingus tried to open the hood the conventional way.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Lmfao yeah I think so too. SMH. They clearly didn’t care. There’s damage on the radiator support too, courtesy of a big pry bar 🥴

[@Comrade420_]

I am a simple saab enthusiast, i see auto autopsy junkyard content, i clicc

[@AutoAutopsy]

😌

[@Saabjock]

You'd be better served taking that whole car. Those are way up in price....even salvaged ones.

[@AutoAutopsy]

The yards aren’t legally allowed to sell cars, unfortunately

[@adamroberge1201]

Is that Kia a rental car

[@AutoAutopsy]

Lol yep I had it while my S3 was in the shop

[@dmcars147]

Based on recent SPG sales, this car shouldn't be at the junk yard. Seems like that was a lost opportunity.

[@AutoAutopsy]

100% agree. It’s a shame

[@VioleNFaN]

Easily 2000$ in parts on that car if it was in Sweden. May concern to pull some parts off it and sell to Sweden...

[@AutoAutopsy]

Yeah lots of goodies for sure.

[@intrepid5684]

If you had the space I would have purchased the entire vehicle.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Would have loved to! Unfortunately they aren’t allowed to sell cars in most cases :(

[@chevysaab1]

too bad this car was not saved, could have you bought the whole car ?

[@AutoAutopsy]

Unfortunately not :(

[@laurat1129]

If only the SPG could tell the story... my guess is the owner passed away.😞

[@AutoAutopsy]

Yeah I bet :( and it sat for years as a result :/

[@philwright1480]

Honestly I had to stop watching - can't believe a rust free 900 Turbo with under 100k miles is sitting in a scrapyard. This would be worth saving and shipping to Europe where theres a strong demand for them.

[@AutoAutopsy]

you cannot buy cars whole from yards here; it's sad but it's the reality!

[@rasmusbengtsson2787]

I whould take the hole car so Nice to have a car with No rust . And it does not lock far gone at all so whould be easy to save that one 🥹

[@AutoAutopsy]

yeah; it's a shame that you can't buy whole cars at the yards here.