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Giving away my parents' dead cars: 1994 960, 1984 240 (on hold), 1984 Saab 900 Turbo

Howdy. I'm posting this in RWD and not the ads section as it's for free cars, I need 'em gone fast, and I'm not making any money off them. I hope that's okay.

Email me at atomicthumbs@gmail.com to contact me.

Images of all three cars are here: http://imgur.com/a/uBJZv (note that the 960 is now in a parking spot on the street)

My mom's set a hard deadline to get them out of here (the previous one didn't take effect due to a death in the family), so if they're not gone by Saturday, they're going to the crusher.

I'd rather save the cars than have a little money at this point. Tell me what you're going to do with them, and as long as it's not "I'm going to take them to Pick-n-pull" they're yours. I'd prefer they go to someone who'd revive them in some capacity.

You'll need a trailer and winch for each of these, though the 960 has been towed into a parking spot on the street and is no longer next to the 240.


1994 960 sedan:
You have to change the timing belt. My dad did not. I haven't opened the engine to see how bad the damage is, as I lack tools; my dad was heading downhill, very close to home, when the engine stopped, and I towed him the last couple hundred feet.

It has around 219k miles.

The exterior is in good shape, with some paint damage. The interior is in fair shape; better than the 240's. The heater core began leaking long ago and was bypassed.

It was never in any accidents, and the body is straight. The Nivomats are shot. The rest of the car functioned alright, until the timing belt went.


1984 Saab 900 Turbo sedan:
This is a Hail Mary. This car died in 1998 when the transmission broke, as Saabs do. It has the SOHC turbo engine. It sat since 1998. I don't know if it can be rolled. It comes with the front bumper, which I can put in the cargo area.

The interior can be sat in, and may be tolerable if vacuumed. It had a tarp over it. The dent in the trunk hood came from a branch that fell on it; the car hasn't been in any accidents.

If I had the time, money, a place to store it, and lacked sanity, I'd put some crazy engine in it, make it rear-wheel drive, and turn it into a LeMons car. I have none of those things except my sanity. Please save it.


1984 240 GL sedan (currently on hold for a gentleman from Sacramento, but let me know if you're interested and I'll call you if it falls through):
This thing "runs". It has the quad sealed beam front end, which is (as we all know) the best one (as long as you ignore the GT, flathood, etc.) The engine makes a clanky sound, which may or may not go away with oil. I got it to run with a new AMM, provided by another Turbobricker. The brakes do not work (all the fluid is gone). The air conditioning does not work. The power steering does not work. The fuel pump does not work unless you jump the relay connection with a copper wire; I tried both old and new relays and neither function.

It has 195,513 miles on it. As far as I know the odometer has always functioned, but I can't guarantee it.

The two best things I can say about the interior are 1. it exists and 2. most of the stuff on the cloth seats that would rub off on your clothes has already done so.

There is a rusty spot by the right-hand C pillar weld, but it should come off with a grinder or a needlegun, as this has been a California car. The paint is largely in surprisingly good condition, the body is straight (no accidents), and so on.

If I had the time, money, and a place to store it, I'd tear the interior out, put a 5.0L engine and a T56 in it, and make it sound like an old Fox body Mustang. I have none of those things.







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