<![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @PaulE: 900's have to be the second-easiest Saabs to work on. First easiest being the entire 93-through-96 models, moreso.

Pity this doesn't have the Euro-spec headlamps.
Too bad it's not a Turbo either, although 99 Turbos are harder to find than left-handed screwdrivers.

lws1984

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Beautiful 5-door - love those opera windows & soccerballs!

JonathanS

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Nice 5-door 99; they're getting to be very scarce, anywhere. For that matter, decent classic 900s are getting scarce, fast. At least if the water pump gears strip, one can transplant a 900 drivetrain "easily" enough.

PaulE

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @POLAЯ: Yes!! I shall express my featuses!!

JantheMan

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @NotACoolGuy: The DOTS car that he was referring to wasn't even an ng900 anyway. It was an '85 900 which had more or less the same platform as this 99.

Uncle Trash

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> I've always secretly loved SAABs for the last few decades.
2 years ago I bought my first one, a '99 9-3 2 door Viggen, for my wife.
Now we both have the SAAB bug. I'm now looking for a SPG for my garage or even thinking about getting a new SportCombi and garaging the Viggen. One thing for sure is that I will have this Saab and hopefully another for years to come.

fooler

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @FLB: Saturn/Opel my ass. Why don't people get the difference between platform sharing and badge engineering? Christ. The 9-2x was a Subaru. THAT'S badge engineering. The 9-3 is NOT an Opel or a Saturn. It's an Epsilon. Big difference.

Anyway, the 4/5-door 99s always looked a little weird to me, with that stubby nose and odd rear window. Same with the 4/5 door 900s, only without the stubby nose. Anyway, this is a pretty cool car. Maybe the next one will be a turbo!

Heck, take some pics of the 90's ones, they look exactly the same as the 80's ones, other than the angle of the nose.

NotACoolGuy

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Needs the little horns from Saabs Gone Wild race team.

NovaloadMissesPolar

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> These things will run pretty well even without oil, a female friend of mine had a '76 and that dipstick had just a drop at the end when I checked it. The pedal arrangement is quite interesting, they're centered like someone installed them one step too far on the right.

TurboBrick

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Needs more rub strips.

HansStuckJr

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Look at that front overhang! It's what Audi is just getting around to today.

JackMaz

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @JanTheEcobooster...if Odin will: Fotbollsfälgar! That's the Word of the Day!

Murilee Martin

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @brandegee: That badge must've been added later, because they didn't start appearing on cars until '85. Could've been stuck on there yesterday.

Uncle Trash

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @PeteJayhawk: No, no, no, no, I'm calling bitches, Saabs!

Fear not citizen JayHawk, for I loves my Saabs and I loves my bitches!

POLAЯ

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Great find! Not sure what's more sad, that this is probably more fun to drive than my '01 9-3, or that griffin badge on the hood is intact, whereas on both badges on my car, the paint has literally fallen off.

@graverobber: Fortunately, the B motor was built in Sweden, not Liverpool, so it didn't fall apart right away.

brandegee

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Aaahhh... At last, a DOTS Saab that's an actual SAAB and not a pseudo-Saturn/Opel...

Thank you, Murilee!

FLB

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> I always thought these Saabs looked like if the workers forgot to look at their Ikea building instructions when they were assembling the car and used a mismatch of components.

sos10

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @POLAЯ: You're calling SAABs bitches?

Pete Gaines

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @JanTheEcobooster...if Odin will: Uttrycka till ditt fostrar!

POLAЯ

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Nice catch on the 5-door. Now, go for the 2-door EMS.

thatguy01

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @graverobber: Yes indeedy. Belts at the firewall, clutch in front. Slant 4 setup.

Uncle Trash

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @POLAЯ: Ord!@graverobber: Ja!

JantheMan

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Now that's fugly in a good way. I really like the wrap-around windscreen on these SAABs. These had the bass-ackwards Triumph TR-7 motor in them didn't they?

graverobber- It says Loud Pipes Save Lives

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Jag fick 99 problem men en Saab aint ett!

POLAЯ

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Wow, this is nice. I think I've seen one SAAB 99 in person ever, and I am pretty sure it was dead.

Older SAABs are horrifyingly dorky, but in an endearing way.

Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> @AustinMiniMan: "dorky chic" is the perfect description of these.

FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Yes!

Yes yes yes yes yes yes!!!

Thank you.

Uncle Trash

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Sweet find ant it is far from boring....look at it. It has the "fotbollsfälgar" (soccer rims) The color must be rare also.....Brilliant...

JantheMan

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> Sweet ride, I thought it had a turbo but apparently its got fuel injection instead.

franzouse

]]> <![CDATA[1978 Saab 99GLE]]> I've always loved the look of the windshields and grills on those... it's like "dorky chic".

AustinMiniMan

]]>