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Day 399 – Saturday March 20

Blade3562 — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:32:41 +0000

Last night we replaced the oil pressure switch and voila no more leaks. At 37,124 miles the Sonett tooks its first ride of 2010. On the 10 mile ride we had some belt slippage again going to tighten the belt up tomorrow.

Day 394 – Monday March 15

Blade3562 — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:33:18 +0000

Well we had several days of nice weather, but when we went to work on the car this past weekend we got pounded by the typical Northeast Ohio weather. Hopefully this week we will get the oil pressure switch replaced, and the car back on the road quickly.

Day 353 – Tuesday February 2

Blade3562 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:26:36 +0000

Well Punxsutawney Phil says the Snoett will stay in the garage for 6 more weeks. I guess that leaves time for an oil change and other eesentials

Day 270 – Friday December 11

Blade3562 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:34:01 +0000

Time to put in the Sonett away for winter. We’ve gotten blasted and the roads are coated in the crappy ohio winter weather pretreat. The Jetta looks like a WWIII Veteran coated in White. We’ll update you on any part changes.

Day 260 – Tuesday December 1

Blade3562 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:47:44 +0000

Today I took the car to school, first cold day that I have, ran well, but I got lots of belt slippage. No smoke clouds or burning oil smell though… I guess Dad and I will tighten the belt when I get home.

Day 256 – Friday November 27

Blade3562 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:20:56 +0000

The Saab just broke 37,000 miles the other day! Its been a good 1725 miles since we got the car! We’re hoping fora couple more nice days before the Ohio Winter decomission the car til spring!

Day 198 – Saturday August 29

Blade3562 — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:54:10 +0000

Today all the cars got a fresh bath and cleanup, then posted fora photo op outside the house.

Day 108 – Sunday May 31

Blade3562 — Sun, 31 May 2009 18:00:38 +0000

They’re Multiplying! Today we met a fellow ‘74 Saab Sonett III owner in our own little town! He lives within 3 miles of our house, no seriously he was! The owner said he had heard and seen a glimpse of us driving around. Small world huh?

Heres a couple shots of his blue ‘74

Day 79 – Saturday May 2

Blade3562 — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:25:57 +0000

The end to our refurbishing story sadly ends here, but our fun with the car begins here too! The front end was placed back on the car and off we went. We drove down to the minit mart, got gas, a Diet Pepsi(Jeff) and a Pepsi Throwback(Adam/me). We then took a joyride and then out of nowhere i got to drive! I almost fried the transmission by pushing to far left and into reverse but Dad caught it quick enough(well i noticed the grinding noise first but he desevres som credit lol). Well heres our first pics of the full car, plenty more will come along with our ventures into the world of Sonetts. Which will hopefully include a second car by the end of this year. *hint* *hint*

if you want high def pics post a comment and ill shoot u an email with the ones you want

Day 78 – Friday May 1

Blade3562 — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:17:51 +0000

Adam(me) got to put the trunk back together. Fairly simple task except finding the glue took some time. Heres some pics.