Saab Club Australia (Victoria) Concours Pics

[sab]

Just got home from a great day spent at our local Concours for the Saab Club of Australia Victoria Branch. We hold the State Concours every two years, with the National concours held the alt years We had about 15 cars present for judging, which is probably down a bit on previous years, but not down in the enthusiasm shown by members and their cars. Some great cars there!

I had my 2002 9-3 Aero there, as well as my 1988 900 Aero which has just had a brand NEW crate 16V Turbo engine installed (I literally picked it up on Friday after being at my mechanics for a few weeks). I now have to run-in the new engine – in a 22 year old car! Amazing!). Although I am having some cold start over-rich issues which need ironing out (maybe a subject for another thread here).

The weather was fantastic with about a top temp of 22˚C. Was a little worried yesterday as we had drizzle for most of the morning, cutting into the cleaning available time spent on the cars!

Yours truly won the C900 Class (woohoo!) in my 1988 900 Aero, and the TurboX won the best car on the day.

Some pics can be found on my Flickr: Sabs Pics on Flickr

And here are a few shots I took…














Enjoy!

[nordwulf]

Congrats on the win! It looks like it was a great event. Great pictures and thanks for sharing.

I sure hope there will be a 2-door hatchback Saab again. Those lines are just beautiful from every angle.

[sab]

Cheers guys! It is always a fun event and quite competitive… must be so hard for the judges as all cars looked superb! Very nice to win another trophy for the Silver Sled too… pretty clean and straight looking for a 22 year old car!

sab

[Shazam]

Wow, great looking car! Is that red reflector surround that the license plate sits in a Australian thing?

[sab]

Cheers Shazam! It is called a Rear Decor Panel and are pretty hard to find. They weren't sold that often in Australia and I ended up buying mine from the UK on ebay a few years back. They can go for up to US$400+, but I managed to snag this for only GBP40! Bargain!

steve