As you track down specific types of old cars, you start noticing the nuances that, while overlooked by the casual enthusiast, are visible to someone who specializes in a certain marque or even model. Call them anoraks, call them nerds, call them bores, or call them founts of knowledge, it’s hard not to pick some of those things up yourself. No doubt most enthusiasts have heard of split window Corvettes or split window Beetles, but did you know there’s a split window Volvo wagon? Check out this 1969 Volvo 145S for sale for $4500 in Portland, OR.
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Split Window Wagon – 1969 Volvo 145S
May 27, 2014Texas Troll – 1973 Saab 96
April 2, 2014For Saab lovers, the 96 is a great choice – it’s significantly updated from the original 92, yet you can clearly see the ties back to the original design. And it’s common enough and recent enough that it’s both affordable and driveable. Nonetheless, it’s rare to find one in the lower four figures, so it’s happy occasion whenever one pops up. In this case, it’s a final (in North America) year car, so it should benefit from all the production improvements over the model’s 13-year production span (which continued to 1980 elsewhere). You can find this 1973 Saab 96 for sale for $3000 in Austin, TX.
No Autotragic – 1983 Saab 900 Sedan
March 29, 2014So often, basic car survivors are saddled with an automatic transmission. And there’s something about an automatic in a basic car that goes against the simple purity of the concept. It’s like asking for a glass of wine in a dive bar – you know what they’ll have is not going to be that great anyways, plus the bartender’s going to look at you funny. So that’s why it’s great to see that the original buyer of this car had the good sense to just order a beer. Okay, so a Saab 900 is not quite like a dive bar. But it’s refreshing to see a surviving base 900 in such excellent shape, and with a 5-speed manual. Check out this 1983 Saab 900 sedan for sale for $1395 in Redwood City, CA.


