Saab

Nick and I went and picked up the Saab this morning that I agreed to buy the other day. Always interesting seeing a car you have already agreed to buy but at £300 its not that big of an investment. The seller had a little trouble starting the engine, as the battery was dead, but with some jump leads it started, and the engine sounds pretty good. Driving it back home the engine was smooth and powerful when the turbo kicked in, just what we want! The gearbox on it was pretty poor though, difficult to get into each gear and impossible to get in reverse, but I knew that when i bought it. Battery is not much use either, not enough power to restart the engine when I got home. Here is a pic of it:

We also bought a few bits an pieces yesterday so we are now ready to start work on the sierra, the main item we needed was some axle stands to put the car on while we take the transmission out, and a 41mm socket to get the drive shafts out. Should be starting work today or tomorrow, though its a little weather dependant as its raining a lot at the moment and we will be taking the sierra apart outside in front of Nick's garage.

Looking forward to getting cracking on the real work!