Greeeeennn!!!!

[DrewP]

I mentioned a while back there's a gal that brings her green on green '79 900 EMS to the shop, she was in this week and I snapped some photos.

326,xxx miles, still going strong.

[Mezzanine]

Hello Green! That is one awesome, unmolested example! My 99t had +300k when the previous owner blew it to bits after overheating... B-motor for the win!
You guys take good care of that old 900, you hear?

[DrewP]

It don't need taken care of! It never breaks!

The FIAMM air horn stopped working for a while.... I sprayed some WD-40 into the little vane pump chamber.... and now they work again....

[Geoff]

A friend of my parents bought one of those new and had it when I was younger. I think he got rid of it right before I got my license. I always thought it was a neat car. (he now has a '99 9-3)

[Steven]

Wow that's great!
I've been searching all over the web for one of these. I have almost the exact same one. This one has more logos and trim than mine...but it's the closest one to mine I've seen!

Green pride! =P

[Jordan]

Whoa, really early car there.

This one is at my shop now. It's fairly awesome.

[spgftw]

Whoa- flashback. As I mentioned over in Drew's project thread, my very first car was a blue 79 EMS. Here's it's twin, 24 years later!

[DrewP]

I was gonna ask you if that one was yours or if you were doing some work to it, or what?

[SalemSaab]

I always assumed the fuse-box position on my friend's 1981 900 Turbo was due to the H-motor, but looks like it is a 900 thing instead (my 1979 99 has it on the passenger side).
Quite a bit more fuses too, guess that's 900 luxury
Totally different gauges as well. I guess rather than model-year uniformity, it was out-with-the-old, in with the 900.

awesome color though .. so deliciously 70's.

[RadioFlyer]

What's the official name of that color? Looks like Avocado.

[DrewP]

The car actually does not have the paint code plaque on the left side inner fender like where I'm used to seeing it.

Anyone else with a '79 900 know if the paint code plate is in a different spot?

[SwedeSport]

Some 900s had another paint code sticker under the trunk floor.

[RadioFlyer]

My 1980 900 does not have a paint code anywhere. But... I do have a local import auto paint store with records that go way back. This is a cell phone pic of the 1980 Saab paint codes catalogue. Looks like maybe Acacia Green Metallic? Right on the bottom next to my Aquamarine Blue Metallic.

[DrewP]

Very possible, I can't see much detail on the Jade Green, they look very similar, but mine is definitely metallic.

[Geoff]

It's Acacia Green, a common color on early C900Ts (and '79 and '80 99 turbos, want!).

I've always thought the Marble White was a nice color when fresh and shiny. I almost bought a 5dr900 turbo with that color but got a 2dr 99 in Chamotte beige instead (which looks nothing like the Chamotte in the color chart above...)