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| Car Of The Day: September 17, 2010; Majorette '83 Saab 900 Turbo | |
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| NoirGuru | Sep 17 2010, 01:00 AM Post #1 |
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The All Original Gentleman
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![]() Today's car of the day is Majorette's 1983 Saab 900 Turbo. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_900 ![]() Just picked this one up today actually. A local diecast shop received a laundry basket full of random toys, of which about twenty or so models were Majorettes. Picking up fourteen Majorettes for my collection, this one was one of the ones with the most paint remaining on it. A bit of Sharpies here and there, and this 900 looks refreshed. ![]()
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| james_autos | Sep 17 2010, 02:45 AM Post #2 |
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Minivan
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I've got one which I resprayed grey. It's one of my favourite Majorette castings from the era. The 900 was the last true Saab before they all became a bit GM. |
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| craftymore | Sep 17 2010, 08:43 AM Post #3 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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What other majorettes did you buy Jermaine? |
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| Swifty | Sep 17 2010, 10:11 AM Post #4 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Exactly what was on my mind! And nice to see a Saab featured as COTD! Not many Saab castings out there to run! |
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| NoirGuru | Sep 17 2010, 11:20 AM Post #5 |
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The All Original Gentleman
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I've got lots of pictures to post still. I'll be posting a set of Majorettes, a trade result that's been long overdue, and possibly the trade/OBO thing. So behind! |
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| WoloMan | Sep 17 2010, 03:18 PM Post #6 |
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Wow...I've never seen a Saab in diecast before--and I even like the color. I learned to drive on a non-turbo model very similar to this one. I also took my driver's license test on that car, which had a manual trans. I aced the test, which included having to parallel-park on a slight incline--everything was smooth as silk and no stalls. Most teenagers wouldn't dream of taking the test on a manual, so I think I got extra points for that. Several of the cars I've owned/still own are manuals, including my daily driver...it's just more fun!Thanks for the great memory.
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| Swifty | Sep 17 2010, 09:51 PM Post #7 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Here's a Matchbox '86 9000:
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| Sak | Sep 18 2010, 09:03 AM Post #8 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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The one Swifty pictured here would be out of a UK children's Christmas issue, circa 1989, which had a yellow Sterling and a green Vauxhall Cavalier, too. Next show I'm attending (who the heck knows when that'll be), I'm gonna try to find this one. The common issue of this Saab 9000 was red metallic, but there was also a racing or rally livery, as well. |
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| JustDavid | Sep 18 2010, 07:44 PM Post #9 |
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Very cool casting! I have this version as well as the silver. |
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| Sak | Sep 20 2010, 04:30 PM Post #10 |
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Ezekiel 25:17
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I have the silver 900. I tried removing the tampo, but it simply would not come off, no matter what I did. So (we're talking late '90s here) I painted over it in Testor's silver. I'm mulling over a complete redo. |
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| Dean-o-mite | Sep 22 2010, 07:21 PM Post #11 |
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I have 5 variations on the Saab, all with "Turbo" tampo on the doors.![]() ![]() Two black Saabs, with interior variation: ![]() ![]() The fifth version, I do not have a pic of yet, but is a medium metallic blue color. Dean |
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| Swifty | Sep 22 2010, 10:37 PM Post #12 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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I've never seen the black one, and I'm not sure if I've seen the blue one or not. Black looks nice on this casting! |
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Most teenagers wouldn't dream of taking the test on a manual, so I think I got extra points for that. Several of the cars I've owned/still own are manuals, including my daily driver...it's just more fun!







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